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Ages 11–13

Best books for ages 11–13

Tween novels with real depth.

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The Bartimaeus Sequence: The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud

Ages 12–16

Caution

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Ji-li Jiang

Ages 12–16

Safe

Sexual content

The Lunar Chronicles: Winter

Marissa Meyer

Ages 12–16

Caution

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Adeline Yen Mah

Ages 12–16

Safe

The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder

Marissa Meyer

Ages 12–16

Safe

The Lunar Chronicles: Cress

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

The Eagle of the Ninth

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Case Closed, Vol. 1: The Mouri Kogoro Files

Gosho Aoyama

Ages 12–16

Caution

Strong violence

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

James Cross Giblin

Ages 12–16

Caution

The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

Esther Hautzig

Ages 12–16

Caution

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–16

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ages 13–18

Caution

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

Ages 13–18

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