Best Family and Home Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds

Best Family and Home Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds

As we hit the ages of 11 and 12, our worlds expand and our families grow. It's not close family we consider as such: new social bubbles are created, made up of friends, sports teams and the close-knit communities we become part of.

The books in this list reflect that growth. We've got stories of musicians forming bands, athletes turning into a team, endearing nerds finding their crowds and even young people creating their own family and community online. Scroll down the list to find the very best series about family for 11 and 12 year olds.

If you're looking for more recommendations for this age-group, check out our 50 Best Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds.

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2025-04-08
Best Family and Home Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds
Book pages Rock War Series

Rock War Series

Many know of the bestselling author Robert Muchamore  thanks to Cherub, but we also highly recommend this series. The books follow three talented musicians, Jay, Summer and Dylan, as they form a band and garner nation-wide fame in a TV reality show competition. But winning is no piece of cake... Jay's ambitions are stifled by a whopping seven siblings. Summer is a hard worker, but is often blocked by her own insecurities. Dylan's story grows increasingly complex as his personal life unfolds. This quartet is packed full of twists and turns as our main characters chase their dreams as a team, while they each overcome their own individual challenges.

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Book pages RUN SERIES Series

RUN SERIES Series

This series mixes found family with sports. Meet Ghost, Lu, Patina and Sunny – each very different, and each incredibly talented. But when they clash, they EXPLODE. Throughout the series, they are grouped in an elite middle school running A-level team, and they will have to learn how to get along so that they can qualify them for the Junior Olympics. Readers will fall in love with each of these characters, as well as Coach, an ex-Olympic Medallist who sees the raw talent in each of the four runners and supports them as they grow as people and athletes. 

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Book pages Geek Girl Series

Geek Girl Series

Loosely based on the author's own experience, the Geek Girl series follows main character Harriet Manners, a self-confessed geek girl who, together with her fashion-loving best friend, embarks on a reluctant modelling career veering from one disaster to another both on the catwalk and off. The fashion world turns out to be no easier than school and she has to deal with real life dramas too – from a new baby step-brother or sister, to trying to keep up with her old friends. Harriet learns to stand up to the mean girls and never lose touch with her roots as a geek. 

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Book pages Girl Online Series

Girl Online Series

From the YouTube sensation Zoe Sugg, the books in the Girl Online series follow a young but brilliant Penny. On her online blog, Girl Online, she lets all her feelings out: anything about friendship, boys, high school drama and her crazy family. But her real life is about to get very interesting and throughout the three books we follow her as she moves to New York, meets a famous musician, joins him on tour and overcomes heartbreak. The books are just what you'd expect from a bubbly Zoe Sugg, full of heart, romance and friendship.

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Book pages Noughts and Crosses Series

Noughts and Crosses Series

Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking, award winning series charts the lives and loves of generations as it takes on race and equality with breath-taking drama and heart wrenching sadness. Set in an alternate reality, where the inferior Noughts live as second class citizens in a world run by Crosses, the four books explore the violent politics of a unstable world, and the ordinary lives caught up in in its terror. Beginning with Noughts and Crosses – and the romance of Seph and Callum – and ending with Double Cross, it is a gripping sequence, and an important, relevant story for our time. 

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