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Splendors and Glooms

age 11+

Dark, magical, Dickensian page-turner for tweens.

By Laura Amy Schlitz

(2012)

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Burning Kingdoms: The Internment Chronicles, Book 2

age 11+

Second, stronger installment focuses on characters.

By Lauren DeStefano

(2015)

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A Song of Fire and Ice (A Game of Thrones) Series

age 17+

Dark, violent epic upends the usual fantasy clichés.

By George R.R. Martin

(1996)

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Refugee

age 11+

Harrowing page-turner sheds light on child refugees.

By Alan Gratz

(2017)

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March Forward Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

age 11+

Must-read memoir of a childhood in the segregated South.

By Melba Pattillo Beals

(2018)

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Grenade

age 11+

Tense, gripping WWII drama has powerful cost-of-war message.

By Alan Gratz

(2018)

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Who Put This Song On?

age 17+

Eccentric teen girl fights depression in moving story.

By Morgan Parker

(2019)

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1919 The Year That Changed America

age 11+

Riveting tale of racial, labor protests, women's vote, more.

By Martin W. Sandler

(2019)

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The River Between Us

age 11+

Civil War realism for young readers.

By Richard Peck

(2003)

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The Giver, Book 1

age 11+

Riveting, expertly crafted novel shows utopia's flaws.

By Lois Lowry

(1993)

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The Red Pencil

age 11+

Moving verse tale of girl's experience in Darfur genocide.

By Andrea Davis Pinkney

(2014)

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One Crazy Summer

age 11+

A gem, with strong girl characters, '60s black history.

By Rita Williams-Garcia

(2010)

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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

age 11+

Empowering activist guide to defying and disrupting racism.

By Tiffany Jewell

(2020)

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Goodbye Stranger

age 11+

Bittersweet, lovely story of friendship and social media.

By Rebecca Stead

(2015)

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Parked

age 11+

Poverty, being unhoused explored in hopeful tale.

By Danielle Svetcov

(2020)

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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

age 11+

Little-known disaster gets overdue, in-depth treatment.

By Steve Sheinkin

(2014)

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The Thickety: A Path Begins

age 11+

Thrilling, brilliant witch tale is vividly violent, scary.

By J.A. White

(2014)

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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

age 11+

Inspirational must-read about the power of nonviolence.

By Todd Hasak-Lowy

(2020)

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Fighting Words

age 11+

Powerful, moving story of 10-year-old recovering from abuse.

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

(2020)

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The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 6

age 11+

Ambitious, edu-taining fantasy series gets a grand send-off.

By Michael Scott

(2012)

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