15 Best Books for 9-Year-Olds

This is the first book in a series and it follows a young girl who teams up with an undead man with the mission of saving the world. However, the question is will they be able to?

This is one of the best books for nine-year-olds because it has a relatable main character and the storyline follows him on his adventures of being the new kid in a prestigious private school that is known for academics when his real passion is for art.

This follows the events of a game-loving millionaire's death and who is supposed to get his fortune. 16 people come to the reading of the will, but who will be going home with the fortune left behind and who will still be wondering if it was the killer who got the fortune?

In this story, a young boy comes face-to-face with the Grand High Witch and he finds out that all of the horrible tales that his grandmother has told him are true. He always listened closely to the stories she told but will they be enough to save him?

This is a classic tale about an elder couple that only enjoys being mean to everyone around them and playing mean tricks on each other. However, their monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, have some ideas about getting the revenge that they deserve for the Twits keeping them locked up in cages all day.

This is a tale of an evil Duke who is the protector of his niece, a princess. He has frozen time and set impossible tasks to keep any suitors of his niece at bay. However, this doesn't stop the courageous prince Zorn, who has sworn to rescue and take the princess as his own.

Milo is a kid that finds everything in his life to be boring until the day that a mysterious tollbooth appears in his room. Hoping for something fun to happen, he goes through and finds himself in a different world where he learns things from a ticking watchdog named Tock.

In this story, a young girl finds a very peculiar wishing coin. Unlike other coins, this one will only grant half of what a person wishes for. However, some wishes should never be doubled because they can cause more trouble than they are worth. How will this wishing fiasco turn out?

This is a timeless tale of two sisters having to learn how to work together to help their family. They didn't always get along but when issues with their parents arise, they set aside their differences and work together.

Claudia Kincaid knows that she doesn't want to be where she is but she also doesn't want to run away like everyone else. She doesn't want to run away from something. She has decided that she wants to run to somewhere and she winds up taking her younger brother, Jamie, with her on her adventure.

Aster is growing up in a magical world, but in his world, boys are never allowed to be witches. They are only allowed to become shapeshifters but when a new threat appears and threatens his family, he has to choose whether to use his witch powers to save his family and perhaps get in trouble or not.

This story is full of a child's imagination when they find out that a new friend enjoys learning about Ancient Egypt. This story follows them in finding like-minded people to enjoy a fun Eqyptian game where they dress up. However, after starting the game, weird things begin to happen that take them into a whole new world.

This is a spellbinding graphic novel that is designed to follow a young 13-year-old girl who loves witches, even though she had always chalked magic up to fairytales. However, one Halloween night, she finds out that she comes from a long line of witches and her world will never be the same.

This story follows the adventurous Victor who loves many things, and when his parents go away to a resort, he decides to go on an adventure around town while his sister shirks her babysitting responsibilities. Teaming up with the Chicken Man and a hen named Claudia, they head off to a lizard's floating island to find out if they are from outer space.

This story twists the traditional damsel in distress princess story. In this story, the princess isn't a feeble damsel and she never wanted to be a princess. So, when her parents lock her in a tower to await her prince, she takes matters into her own hands.