Pan's Labyrinth
by Guillermo del Toro
Picture book · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 620L · 320 pages · 2019
Why we'd hand it over
Del Toro's illustrated novelization is visually stunning and deeply felt, but the wartime violence and real peril are genuinely scary for younger readers — anchor to 10+, not the publisher's 8.