{"id":24491,"count":255,"description":"Below you will find children's own recommendations of the best books for kids<\/a> in subjects ranging from philosophy<\/a> to graphic novels<\/a> and manga<\/a>. There are also interviews with bestselling children's authors, such as Cressida Cowell<\/a>, Robin Stevens<\/a> and Michael Morpurgo<\/a>, as well as nonfiction recommendations for science books and chess<\/a> books.\r\n\r\nMany 9-12 year olds are still reluctant readers<\/a>. We have recommendations for scary books<\/a> and horror<\/a> (preferably with a good dose of humour), science fiction<\/a> and verse novels<\/a> to engage those 9-12 year olds who think that books are not for them. For children who have developed a dislike of reading due to dyslexia, remember that audiobooks<\/a> are another brilliant way to access stories.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/best-kids-books\/ages-9-12\/","name":"Books for 9-12 Year Olds","slug":"ages-9-12","taxonomy":"category","parent":6129,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/24491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6129"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=24491"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=24491"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=24491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}