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The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls

age 10+

Deeply creepy, thought-provoking tale of weird school.

By Claire Legrand

(2012)

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The Wells Bequest

age 10+

Absorbing, fast-paced sci-fi fantasy hinges on time machine.

By Polly Shulman

(2013)

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The Last Wild

age 10+

Brave kids, animals team up in funny, scary, sweet sci-fi.

By Piers Torday

(2014)

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The Night Gardener

age 10+

Deliciously macabre, well-spun tale for fans of horror.

By Jonathan Auxier

(2014)

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The Mighty Odds

age 10+

Fun, thoughtful mystery deals with superpowers, bullying.

By Amy Ignatow

(2016)

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Felix Yz

age 10+

Tale of alien fused inside boy stresses acceptance, empathy.

By Lisa Bunker

(2017)

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Scary Stories for Young Foxes

age 10+

Intense, violent horror adventure is riveting and haunting.

By Christian McKay Heidicker

(2019)

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Bloom: The Overthrow, Book 1

age 10+

Killer plants take over the Earth in gripping series start.

By Kenneth Oppel

(2020)

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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

age 10+

Kid sleuths investigate zany time-travel mystery.

By Lamar Giles

(2019)

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Secrets of the Dragon Tomb: Book 1

age 10+

High-spirited, funny steampunk adventure on Mars.

By Patrick Samphire

(2016)

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Impulse: Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution, Vol. 2

age 10+

Action-packed skate adventure good for reluctant readers.

By M. Zachary Sherman

(2011)

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Brother from a Box

age 10+

Charming, somewhat silly tale of human-robot rivalry.

By Evan Kuhlman

(2012)

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Doll Bones

age 10+

Tween tale is both creepy and sweetly poignant.

By Holly Black

(2013)

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Constable & Toop

age 10+

Thrilling ghost adventure has great characters, plus gore.

By Gareth P. Jones

(2013)

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The Heavens Rise

age 17+

Fantasy intertwining sex, violence, makes for mature fare.

By Christopher Rice

(2013)

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The Orphan Army: The Nightsiders, Book 1

age 10+

Exciting alien-invasion thriller mixes sci-fi and magic.

By Jonathan Maberry

(2015)

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Small Spaces

age 10+

Tween horror done right: scary, not gory, with some heart.

By Katherine Arden

(2018)

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Things Not Seen

age 10+

Invisibility isn't all it's cracked up to be.

By Andrew Clements

(2005)

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Half-Minute Horrors

age 10+

Clever, scary collection with big-name authors.

By Susan Rich, Holly Black, Libba Bray, M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Pseudonymous Bosch

(2009)

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The Lost Tribes, Book 1

age 10+

Teens must win video game to save parents in clever sci-fi.

By C. Taylor-Butler

(2019)

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