Top 10 Editors' Picks: Children's Books (Ages 9-12)

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, easily the most highly anticipated book of the year, was our favorite book for readers ages 9 to 12 in Children's Books. See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2003 Store.


1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
J. K. Rowling
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4.4
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Arthur A. Levine Books
June 21, 2003
Hardcover

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As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's... Read more

2. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
Kate DiCamillo
Avg. Customer Review:
4.3
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Candlewick
August 25, 2003
Hardcover

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Kate DiCamillo, author of the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, spins a tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the "powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous" nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. Her old-fashioned, somewhat dark story, narrated "Dear Reader"-style, begins "within the walls of a ... Read more

3. Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies)
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies)
Dugald Steer
Avg. Customer Review:
4.9
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Candlewick
October 13, 2003
Hardcover

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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-7-This faux nonfiction title carries echoes of James Gurney's ... Read more

4. The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)
Lemony Snicket
Avg. Customer Review:
4.7
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HarperCollins
September 23, 2003
Hardcover

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What would you do if you found yourself trapped in a runaway caravan hurtling down a precipitous mountain slope? Fourteen-year-old Violet, the oldest orphan of the three Baudelaires, decides to try to slow the velocity of the caravan with a drag-chute inve... Read more

5. Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist, 1)
Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist, 1)
Jim Benton
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4.6
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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
September 1, 2003
Hardcover

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"Does for chapter books what Frankenstein did for monsters."... Read more

6. Leon and the Spitting Image
Leon and the Spitting Image
Allen Kurzweil
Avg. Customer Review:
4.5
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Greenwillow
September 2, 2003
Hardcover

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Leon Zeisel is in big trouble. He is perpetually exhausted due to an overactive icemaker in the hotel where he lives, he discovers in his mother's desk a confidential envelope from his school announcing that he displays "a troubling lack of fine moto... Read more

7. The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
Tony DiTerlizzi
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4.3
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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
May 1, 2003
Hardcover

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The first book in a beautifully produced series of five, ... Read more

8. Inkheart
Inkheart
Cornelia Caroline Funke
Avg. Customer Review:
4.3
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The Chicken House
October 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Meggie’s father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book’s wicked characters ended ... Read more

9. Little Vampire Goes to School
Little Vampire Goes to School
Joann Sfar
Avg. Customer Review:
4.9
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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
July 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Little Vampire has decided that despite his ability to fly, freedom to turn himself into a rat, a wolf, or a bat--even his unquestioned right to "bite little girls till they bleed, without ever getting into trouble"--that what he really wants to do i... Read more

10. The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))
Peter Sis
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4.9
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
October 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Here is a fascinating, detailed look at the life of Charles Darwin: naturalist, geologist, and independent thinker. In his author's note, Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis (... Read more




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