Reads for Tweens
Junior books getting boring but not sure about YA books? Here's some great books for older elementary school and middle school students.
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Among the hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke, an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family's farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another "shadow child," for a chance to come out into the light. This book is the first of a series of seven.
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Charlie Bone Series
The stories are centered on Charlie Bone, a young boy and descendant of The Red King, who reluctantly possesses a powerful endowment, along with many of his friends who he meets at a special school he attends called Bloor's Academy. His family, the Yewbeams, have many dark secrets and Charlie Bone embarks on a series of mysterious adventures to find out the truth about his past. Read excerpts and play games at scholastic.com and charliebone.com.
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Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett; illustrated by Brett Helquist
Petra & Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mystery where they must draw on their powers of intuition, their skills at problem solving, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has left even the FBI baffled? Find the series.
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Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
Four children travel repeatedly to a world in which they are far more than mere children and everything is far more than it seems.
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Ella enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Since her birth, Ella of Frell has been the unfortunate recipient of an addled fairy's gift--the "gift" of obedience. But spunky Ella does not tamely accept her fate and embarks on a quest to break this curse once and for all.
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How to ditch your fairy
by Justine Larbalestier
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers--a parking fairy--and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy.
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Kiki Strike : inside the shadow city
by Kirsten Miller.
Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. A million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan combine in this remarkable novel about a darker side of New York City you have only just begun to know about...
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Maze of Bones
by Rick Riordan
During the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill learn that their family is one of the world's most powerful--and the source of that power is hidden around the world in the form of 39 Clues. The siblings are soon caught in a dangerous race, in this first of a groundbreaking interactive new series. Visit the 39 clues website.
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Sammy Keyes series
Seventh grade sleuth, Sammy Keyes adventures started with Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief and will continue with the upcoming Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash. You don't need to read them in order so dive in!
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Savvy
by Ingrid Law
Why does Mibs Beaumont sneak onto a saleman's bus to get to from Nebraska to Salinas, Kansas on the her 13th birthday? Can her newly received "savvy"- or supernatural power- help save her father who is lying near death in a hospital there?
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So you want to be a wizard
by Diane Duane
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension. Find the rest of the series.
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Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider has become a "junior 007", following in his father's footsteps on Britian's Intelligence Agency. Great adventures begin in this book, the first in the Alex Rider series
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The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Demigods Unite! After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
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The mysterious Benedict Society
by written by Trent Lee Stewart
A dazzling adventure that puts friends, family, and foe to the test, as four children go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children can complete. Illustrations.
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The wish
by Gail Carson Levine
When Wilma gets one wish, she asks to be the most popular girl at school. But when her wish is granted, it's more than she bargained for.
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