Tween Recommended Read: The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

The Lions of Little Rock
X LEVINE, K.

In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.

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Tween Recommended Reading: Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead

Liar and Spy
X STEAD, R.

Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.

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Tween Recommended Reads: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Keeper of the Lost Cities
X SF MESSENGER, S.

At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.

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Tween Recommended Reads: Jinx by Sage Blackwood

Jinx 
X SF BLACKWOOD, S

A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald and discovers that the world beyond--and within--the Urwald is more complex than he could imagine.

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Tween Recommended Reads: In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz

In A Glass Grimmly
X GIDWITZ, A.

The sequel to A Tale Dark & Grimm. Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.

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Tween Recommended Reads: The Hypnotists (Hypnotists; book 1) by Gordon Korman

The Hypnotists
(Hypnotists; book 1)
X KORMAN, G.

Twelve-year-old Jackson Opus is descended from two powerful hypnotist bloodlines, but he has just begun to realize that he can control other peoples' actions with sometimes frightening results--especially when the head of the Sentia Institute plans to use Jackson for his own benefit.

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Tween Recommended Reads: The False Prince (Ascendance trilogy; book 1) by Jennifer Nielson

The False Prince
(Ascendance trilogy; book 1) 
FIC (YA) NIELSEN, J.

In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.

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Tween Recommended Reads: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
X GRABENSTEIN, C.

Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.

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Tween Recommended Reads: Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Drama
FIC (YA VL) TELGEMEIER, R.

Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.

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