For serious readers who like to start a story and keep going…and going…and going…Check out these first books of series especially for tweens!
Series: Suddenly Supernatural
Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
All Kat Roberts wants is to be normal, or at least to look that way to students at her new school. But her mother is a medium, and not the kind that fits in between small and large; Kat's mom is the kind of medium who sees spirits and communicat
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The Colossus Rises
Peter Lerangis
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior ab
Read More View in CatalogSeries: The Adventures of Lily Lapp
Life with Lily
Mary Ann Kinsinger, Suzanne Woods Fisher
Introduces Lily Lapp who, beginning at age five, finds opportunities for blessings, laughter, learning and mischief as she explores her Amish community, welcomes a new baby brother, begins school and spends time with family and friends.
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The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other)
Geoff Rodkey
Twelve-year-old twins, Claudia and Reese, who couldn't be more different...except in their determination to come out on top in a vicious prank war. But when the competition escalates into an all-out battle that's fought from the cafeteria o
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The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
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Independence Hall
Roland Smith
Thirteen-year-old Quest (Q) isn't sure he's ready for a new family. For a long time it's just been him and his mom, Blaze. But everything changes when Blaze falls in love with Roger and they start a new rock band called Match. Now they
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The Eighth Day
Dianne K. Salerni
When Jax wakes up to a world without any people, he assumes it's the zombie apocalypse. But when he runs into his eighteen-year-old guardian, Riley Pendare, he learns that he's really in the Eighth Day—an extra day sandwiched between Wedn
Read More View in CatalogSeries: Beka Cooper: A Tortall Legend
Terrier
Tamora Pierce
BEKA COOPER IS a rookie with the Provost's Guard, and she's been assigned to the Lower City. It's a tough beat, but Beka can hear the voices of the dead on the wings of pigeons, and Beka's birds clue her in to two major murderers
Read More View in CatalogSeries: The Inheritance Cycle
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empi
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Children of Exile
Margaret Peterson Haddix
For the past twelve years, adults called "Freds" have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since R
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The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable
Dan Gutman
The most exciting road trip in history begins! In this action-packed adventure, twelve-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on a family vacation you'll have to read to believe. With the real-kid humor that has earned Dan Gutman millions
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Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer
John Grisham
A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he's only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years ol
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Tunnels
Brian Williams
Fourteen-year-old Will doesn't think he has much in common with his family. Nothing, that is, except a strange passion for digging which he shares with his father. But one day, Will's dad mysteriously vanishes down a tunnel - part of London
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The Familiars
Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson
When Aldwyn, a young alley cat on the run, ducks into a mysterious pet shop, he doesn’t expect his life to change. But that’s exactly what happens when Jack, a young wizard, picks Aldwyn to be his magical familiar. Finally off the tough streets,
Read More View in CatalogSeries: The Last Apprentice
Revenge of the Witch
Joseph Delaney
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties.
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Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
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The Forbidden Stone (The Copernicus Legacy, Book 1)
Tony Abbott
Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind-blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that could destroy the f
Read More View in CatalogSeries: The Underland Chronicles
Gregor the Overlander
Suzanne Collins
When eleven-year-old Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats and giant cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor
Read More View in CatalogSeries: Swindle
Swindle
Gordon Korman
Ocean's 11 . . . with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman! After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swind
Read More View in CatalogSeries: Sunny
Sunny-side Up
Patricia Reilly Giff
Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state.
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