Great reads for tweens becoming teens
Lion: A Long Way Home (Young Readers' Edition)
As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.
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Kristy’s Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, Graphic Novel 1)
Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up -- cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls -- you can count on them to save the day.
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Raymie Nightingale
New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo returns to her roots with a moving yet witty story of an unforgettable summer friendship. For fans of Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond and Katherine Rundell.
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The Shark Caller
Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there's another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy's twin brother, Ray, died in a freak diving...
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Skulduggery Pleasant
Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick,...
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Wolf Hollow
Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about...
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The Other Side of Summer
This sweet and spellbinding story about family, friends and believing in yourself will warm your heart.
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Iris And The Tiger
Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make sure her elderly and unusual aunt, Ursula, leaves her fortune - and her sprawling estate - to Iris's scheming parents. But from the moment Iris arrives at Bosque de...
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Roller Girl
For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most...
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Alanna: The First Adventure
For use in schools and libraries only. Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
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Holes
`This is a story of friendship with the cleverest of plot twists, and descriptions so vivid you can feel the heat of Stanley's desert prison burning off the page. A total must-read' The Times `Totally absorbing and beautifully...
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Run, Pip, Run
Winner of the 2016 Readings Children's Book Prize Pip Sullivan's tenth birthday was a disaster -- and that was only the beginning. Run, Pip, Run is a warm-hearted story about a small girl on her own in a big...
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88 Lime Street: The Way in
From the moment Ellen arrives, she can feel something stirring in the old house. It's almost as if it's alive. Is there a ghost, as the kids at her new school say? Or is it something stranger? And why is there a tower with no...
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El Deafo
A hearing aid grants superpowers in this funny, poignant, exceptional graphic novel memoir about growing up deaf.
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A Face Like Glass
In Caverna, lies are an art - and everyone's an artist ...
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Hatchet
The internationally best-selling story of survival against the odds.
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Life is Sweet: A Chocolate Box Short Story Collection
Dip into the world of the Chocolate Box Girls with this delicious collection of short stories.
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The Amulet of Samarkand
When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation or a few simple illusions. But Nathaniel is a precocious...
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The Underneath
Abandoned and about to have kittens, a calico cat is befriended by a hound dog who urges her to raise her kittens underneath the porch of his owner's house, where they will be safe--as long as they stay in the Underneath. This...
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The One and Only Ivan
Winner of the Newbery Medal 2013 Inspired by a true story, this is the beautifully written tale of how a mighty gorilla wins his freedom. A winning blend of humour and poignancy that will...
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The School for Good and Evil
A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist.
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A World Without Princes
It's all happy ever after in the School for Good and Evil... or is it? The second title in the NYT bestselling fantasy adventure series - perfect for girls who prefer their fairy tales with a twist.
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The Last Ever After
Can Agatha and Sophie find the perfect ending to their story in this epic conclusion to this bestselling series.
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Song for a Scarlet Runner
WINNER OF THE READINGS CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2014 Peat is on the run - forced to flee for her life when she's blamed for bringing bad luck to her village. She heads for the endless marshes,...
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His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Light, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a...
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Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Boxed Set
This three-book set contains the complete Miss Peregrine trilogy--Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, and The Library of Souls --in a handsome gift box.
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Withering-By-Sea: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue
A Victorian fantasy-adventure, perfect for fans of Wildwood, Lemony Snicket and Tensy Farlow Ages: 9+ High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering-by-Sea stands the...
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The Spook’s Apprentice
For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried. Some floundered, some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas...
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A Wizard of Earthsea
The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless, awkward boy, he discovered the great power that was in him - with terrifying consequences. Tempted by...
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Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and...
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Counting by 7s
If you loved The Curious Incident of the Dog At Night-Time, you'll adore Counting By 7s.
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Love, Aubrey
Something terrible has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own. She's determined to hide away and take care of herself, because facing the truth is too much to bear. But with the love of her grandmother and the letters she...
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My Sister Jodie
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious one. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs as the cook and caretaker at a fusty old boarding school, the...
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old...
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Mac Slater Coolhunter 1: The Rules Of Cool
Mac's just crashed the latest prototype of his flying bike in front of practically the whole school. So when the creators of Coolhunters approach him and tell him he's an Innovator, Mac thinks they're crazy. I mean, Mac lives in...
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Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet
Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of...
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Liquidator
Hilarious, terrifying and ultimately heart-warming - the tale of a few ordinary kids doing work experience all over the city on the day of the launch of new global brand.
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The Graveyard Book
Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts and hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story, laced with menace and humour
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Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase: Book 1
For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent,...
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Geek Girl
My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.
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Spurt : A Balls and All Story
Jack Sprigley isn't just a late-bloomer. He's a no-bloomer. He's about to start the last term of year nine and puberty is still a total no-show. Worse yet, he hasn't heard from his friends all holidays. He assumes they've finally...
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Goodbye Stranger
As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since...
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Son of Death
Sod's parents have been keeping something from him. Just a minor thing, really, about what they do. The thing is, they are grim reapers. Oh yes, and Sod's a grim reaper, too. Grim reaping is the family business, and Sod's name...
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My Life as an Alphabet
Introducing Candice Phee: twelve years old, hilariously honest and a little ... odd. But she has a big heart, the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to ensure everyone is happy. So she sets about trying to...
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The Giver
In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws... THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre and a major motion picture adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie...
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Vango: Between Sky and Earth
Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching adulthood, Vango decides to follow in Zefiro's steps, but at the moment he is taking his...
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The Letter for the King
The classic fantasy novel, acclaimed as a Sunday Times, Times and Metro Book of the Year, now in paperback!
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Trash
Raphael lives on a dumpsite, eking out a living sifting through rubbish. One unlucky-lucky day, he makes an extraordinary and deadly discovery. Now he and his two friends, Gardo and Rat, are wanted by the corrupt forces that run...
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The Secrets We Keep,
A beautifully written and insightful new novel sensitively uncovering the effects of trauma on the mind of an eleven - year - old girl. I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem...
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Two Wolves
Gripping and unpredictable, with a hero you won't forget.' - John Boyne, author of The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas An old man tells his grandson that there is a battle raging inside him, inside all of us. A terrible battle between...
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Prepare to be swept away to a land unlike any other, with a cast of friends you'll have for life. A charming modern fairytale with crossover appeal, full of 'oddments, wisdom and joy' (Holly Black)
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Dandelion Clocks
Helps you discover Liv's passion for photography, her brother's obsession with sticking to the rules, the stupidity of Moronic Louise at school, and how the family copes as Mum's terminal illness takes hold...
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I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon.
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Wonder
Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary...
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Throne of Glass
A hugely commercial, fabulously addictive fantastical romp - from an author with top-notch digital self-publishing pedigree and legions of fans awaiting publication
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Magisterium: The Iron Trial
From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown.The Magisterium awaits . . . And so he tries his best to do his worst - but fails at failing. And...
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