Tween Picks

Favorite Teen Books of Tweens & Young Teens

A book with an * has a sequel or is the first book in a series, so keep reading!
 

Realistic Fiction, Humor & Romance
Author	Title
Bauer, Joan	Hope Was Here Rules of the Road*
Brashares, Ann	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants*
Cabot, Meg	All-American Girl* The Princess Diaries*
Carter, Ally	I’d Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You*
Curtis, Christopher	Bucking the Sarge
Jaffe, Michele	Bad Kitty
Levine, Gail	Fairest
Limb, Sue	Girl, 15, Charming but Insane*
Mlynowski, Sarah	Bras and Broomsticks*
Murdock, Catherine	Dairy Queen
Oates, Joyce	Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
Pauley, Kimberly	Sucks to Be Me*
Rennison, Louise	Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging*
Sheldon, Dyan	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen*
Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl*
Wittlinger, Ellen	Razzle
Woods, Brenda	Emako Blue
Yolen, Jane	Armageddon Summer

Mystery, Horror & Adventure
Author	Title
Abrahams, Peter	Down the Rabbit Hole
Balliett, Blue	Chasing Vermeer
Carman, Patrick	Dark Eden Skeleton Creek* Trackers*
Feinstein, John	The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game*
Hahn, Mary	Closed for the Season: a Mystery Story
Hautman, Pete	The Obsidian Blade
Jay, Stacey	My So-called Death
Karbo, Karen	Minerva Clark Gets a Clue*
Landy, Derek	Skulduggery Pleasant*
Munday, Evan	The Dead Kid Detective Agency
Paulsen, Gary	Hatchet*
Sauder, B. L.	Year of the Golden Dragon
Shan, Darren	The Birth of a Killer* Cirque Du Freak*
Silvey, Craig	Jasper Jones : a novel
Sleator, William	The Boy Who Couldn’t Die
Springer, Nancy	Case of the Missing Marquess*
Turner, Max	Night Runner
Winterfeld, Henry	Detectives in Togas

Historical Fiction
Author	Title
Avi	Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Doherty, Berlie	Treason
Cushman, Karen	Catherine, Called Birdy The Midwife’s Apprentice
Hoffman, Alice	Incantation
Hughes, Dean	Missing in Action Soldier Boys
Lester, Julius	Day of Tears
Levine, Kristin	Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Meyer, L. A.	Bloody Jack*
Meyer, Carolyn	Mary, Bloody Mary*
Morpurgo, Michael	War Horse
Namioka, Lensey	Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Paver, Michelle	Wolf Brother
Peck, Robert	Horse Thief
Ryan, Pam	Esperanza Rising
Salisbury, Graham	Under the Blood-Red Sun
Schmidt, Gary	Wednesday Wars
Smelcer, John	Great Death
Smith, Roland	Elephant Run
Turner, Megan	The Thief
Yancey, Richard	The Monstrumologist*

Fantasy, Supernatural & Sci-Fi
Author	Title
Bow, Erin	Plain Kate
Brennan, Herbie	The Doomsday Box*
Caine, Rachel	Glass Houses*
Colfer, Eoin	The Supernaturalist
Delaney, Joseph	Revenge of the Witch*
Farmer, Nancy	House of the Scorpion
Gaiman, Neil	The Graveyard Book
Haddix, Margaret	Found Just Ella
Klass, David	Stuck on Earth
Larbalestier, Justine	How to Ditch Your Fairy
L’Homme, Erik	Quadehar the Sorceror*
Lyga, Barry	Archvillain
Meehl, Brian	Suck It Up
Michelle, Sara	The Aftermath
Milford, Kate	Boneshaker
Moore, Stuart	John Carter: The Movie Novel
Oppel, Kenneth	Airborn*
Patterson, James	Maximum Ride - The Angel Experiment*
Pfeffer, Susan	Life As We Knew It*
Pinkwater, Daniel	Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl The Yggyssey
Rubinstein, Gillian	Galax-Arena
Schreiber, Ellen	Vampire Kisses*
Showalter, Gena	Intertwined
Shusterman, Neil	The Dark Side of Nowhere
Smith, L. J.	Night World, No. 1*
Stead, Rebecca	When You Reach Me
Westerfeld, Scott	Leviathan*
Yolen, Jane	Dragon’s Blood*