Looking for a good book for a teen or tween? I’ve started a small list here. Check back often as I’ll be adding new titles all the time. I’ll also add a link to each one as I review it on my blog.
Middle Grade Mystery:
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (read my review)
- The 39 Clues Series (Various authors)
- The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
- The Man Who Was Poe by Avi
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (read my review)
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (read my review)
- Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (read my review)
- Escape from Mr. Limoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (read my review)
Middle Grade Fantasy:
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (read my review)
- Children of the Lamp Series by P.B. Kerr
- The Tiger’s Apprentice Series by Laurence Yep
- Magyk by Angie Sage (read my review)
Middle Grade Science-Fiction:
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (read my review)
- The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer (read my review)
- The Phantom Bully (Star Wars Jedi Academy #3) by Jeffrey Brown (read my review)
Middle Grade Historical Fiction:
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (read my review)
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The Apothecary by Maile Meloy (read my review)
Middle Grade Contemporary & General Fiction:
- So B. It by Sarah Weeks (read my review)
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (read my review)
- Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai (read my review)
- How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio (read my review)
- Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins (read my review)
Young Adult Mystery:
- Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Young Adult Historical Fiction:
- Playing by Heart by Carmela Martino (read my review)
- Faithful by Janet Fox
- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (read my review)
Young Adult Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi & Fantasy):
- Cinder (Lunar Chronicles book #1) by Marissa Meyer (read my review)
- Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles book #2) by Marissa Meyer
- Divergent Series by Veronica Roth (read my review)
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
- Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- East by Edith Pattou (read my review)
- Saving Yesterday by Jessica Keller (read my review)
- The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (read my review)
Young Adult Contemporary:
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
- The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (read my review)
- Need by Joelle Charbonneau (read my review)
YA Christian fiction:
- The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson (read my review)
- 8 Notes to a Nobody (Bird Face Series Book 1) by Cynthia T. Toney (read my review)
- 10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face Series Book 2) by Cynthia T. Toney (read my review)
- A Single Bead by Stephanie Engelman (read my review)
- The Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl (read my review)
- Life-Changing Love by Theresa Linden (read my review)
