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The Honest Truth

age 11+

Boy with cancer runs away to climb mountain in moving tale.

By Dan Gemeinhart

(2015)

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Warriors Series

age 9+

Cat clans mirror human issues in exciting fantasy saga.

By Erin Hunter, Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, Tui T. Sutherland

(2003)

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Son: The Giver, Book 4

age 11+

Classic battle pulls quest quartet to exciting conclusion.

By Lois Lowry

(2012)

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The Apothecary, Book 1

age 11+

Cold War kids use magic to save world in brilliant novel.

By Maile Meloy

(2011)

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Virals: Book 1

age 9+

Exciting story of murder-solving heroine with superpowers.

By Kathy Reichs

(2010)

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Found: The Missing, Book 1

age 9+

Time-travel series start is suspenseful.

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

(2008)

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Uglies: Uglies Quartet, Book 1

age 11+

Thoughtful sci-fi about the price of beauty.

By Scott Westerfeld

(2006)

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Maximum Ride, Book 1: The Angel Experiment

age 11+

OK series launch about flock of mutants. Tweens.

By James Patterson

(2006)

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Hatchet

age 11+

Hold on tight for an intense tale of survival.

By Gary Paulsen

(1987)

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Among the Hidden: Shadow Children, Book 1

age 9+

A forbidden child hides from Population Police.

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

(2005)

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The Cay

age 9+

Exciting shipwreck adventure has anti-racism message.

By Theodore Taylor

(1987)

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

age 9+

Attention to detail makes adventure satisfying.

By E. L. Konigsburg

(1977)

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The People of Sparks

age 9+

A simple, clear look at the slippery slope to war.

By Jeanne DuPrau

(2004)

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The Reptile Room: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2

age 9+

A clever, suspenseful mystery in series.

By Lemony Snicket

(1999)

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The Wide Window: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3

age 9+

The least subtle book thus far in the series.

By Lemony Snicket

(1999)

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The Bad Beginning: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1

age 9+

A cliff-hanging orphan adventure wrapped in black humor.

By Lemony Snicket

(1999)

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The Cricket in Times Square

age 9+

Absorbing tale of a very talented cricket.

By George Selden

(1960)

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A Wrinkle in Time

age 9+

Classic sci-fi story still inspires and gets kids thinking.

By Madeleine L'Engle

(1962)

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