Children's Fiction Books on Growing Up & the Facts of Life

The Roman Beanfeast (Young Puffin Confident Readers)

By Cross, Gillian

The Birthday Wish

By Hilary McKay, David Melling

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers

By Dav Pilkey

Cool!

By Morpurgo, Michael

I'd Like a Little Word, Leonie

By Oldfield, Jenny, Jenny Oldfield, Lauren Child

Peanut

By David Lucas

Nobody Owns the Sky

By Reeve Lindbergh, Pamela Papparone

Diamond (Hetty Feather)

By Wilson, Jacqueline, Sharratt, Nick

The Challenge: Story About AIDS

By Jay Edwards

Just You Wait, Winona: No.2 (Definitely Daisy)

By Oldfield, Jenny

Amazing Grace

By Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch

Tadpole's Promise

By Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross

Humphrey's Ho-Ho-Ho Book of Stories

By Betty G. Birney

The Drowning

By Rachel Ward

Ninja 2: Death Touch (Ninja Trilogy)

By Chris Bradford, Sonia Leong

Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story

By Hena Khan, Julie Paschkis

John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who Was Always Late

By John Burningham

Lawn Boy

By Gary Paulsen

Shoot to Win (2021 edition)

By Dan Freedman

Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary

By Smith, Alexander Gordon

No Nits! (I am Reading)

By Clarke, Jane, Lewis, Jan

Pumpkin Power: A Bloomsbury Young Reader: Gold Book Band

By Patricia Cleveland-Peck, Hannah Marks

Magic at Silver Spires (School Friends)

By Bryant, Ann

How to Survive Summer Camp

By Wilson, Jacqueline

All Night Long

By Kate William

Five Things to Find: A Story from Tunisia (Bbc TV Science Challenge TV)

By Wilkins, Verna Allette, McLean, Gill

The City of Secret Rivers

By Jacob Sager Weinstein

Jo's Boys

By Louisa May Alcott

Stories of Rotten Rascals: Contains 30 classic tales

By Enid Blyton

The Saggy Baggy Elephant

By Golden Books, Byron Jackson, Gustaf Tenggren