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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

Tween novels with real depth.

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Ages 13–18

The House of the Scorpion

Ages 12–18

Ages 10–14

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Ages 10–14

Ages 13–18

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

Ages 10–14

Safe

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 12–99

Safe

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

Safe

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

Noelle Stevenson

Ages 10–14

Skip

Sexual contentStrong violence

UnDivided

Neal Shusterman

Ages 13–17

Safe

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–99

Caution

This World We Live In

Ages 13–17

Ages 10–14

From the Earth to the Moon

Ages 10–15

Ages 10–14

The Last Book in the Universe

Rodman Philbrick

Ages 10–14

Caution

Strong violence

The Hiding Place (Young Reader's Edition)

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–99

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