When you know better you do better. – Maya Angelou

My thanks to a very bright eleven-year-old for compiling this list.

1. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
2. The Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Red Pyramid
3. The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Lost Hero
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Lightning Thief
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart and Carson Ellis
Book 1: The Mysterious Benedict Society
6. Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
Book 1: Magyk
7. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff  Kinney
Book 1: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
8. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
9. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
10. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
11. A Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L’Engle
Book 1: A Wrinkle in Time
12. The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall
Book 1: The Penderwicks
13. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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