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Need more book recommendations for teens and tweens



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amother
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Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 7:44 pm
My avid readers are desperate for books. I went through all the threads here and got so many wonderful suggestions. I need more.

My teen read alex rider, maze runner, and hunger games. Looking for more on that level. I don't care about violence I don't want a focus on boy/ girl relationships, a mention here or there is fine.

My tween read the mysterious bennedict society, warriors, mr lemoncello, spy school... need more on that level. Need super clean books for this one.

Both don't love major magic and fantasy. Talking animals and some futuristic plots are ok.
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amother
Acacia  


 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 7:54 pm
Fake Mustache (Tom Angelberger)

Holes (and anything by Louis Sachar such as Wayside School)

Running Out of Time (and everything else by that author Margaret Peterson Haddox such as the shadow children series)

Cosmic

El Deafo (Cece Bell)

From the Mixed Up Files of Basil E Frankweiler (and anything by EL Konigsburg)

The Westing Game (and anything by Ellen Raskin)

Out of my Mind

Fish in a Tree

11 Birthdays

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Seventh Grade versus the Galaxy

The Fourteenth Goldfish, Turtle in Paradise, Penny from Heaven (all by Jennifer Holm)

The War that Saved my Life

Happy reading!!!
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Story




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 8:21 pm
City Spies series by James Ponti (more for tweens)

Most Gordon Korman books are clean:

The Hypnotists series
Masterminds series
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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 8:27 pm
The city of gold and lead by John Christopher

The boy who had the power

True confessions are charlotte doyle by Avi

Flowers for Algernon

The witches bridge

The midwives apprentice

Chinese handcuffs by Chris crutcher

Old Yeller

Mama's Bank Account

The Family Nobody Wanted

Cheaper by the Dozen

A chance child by Jill Patton Walsh

No promises in the wind by Irene hunt

The Egypt game by zilphia Keaton Snyder

The princess and the goblet

Anne of Green gables

Little women

The shivering sands by Victoria holt


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amother
  Acacia


 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 8:36 pm
City of Ember
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seeker




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 9:50 pm
Most of my ideas have been mentioned, oh well. Someone above listed life if a cactus; I didn't think it was appropriate for my tweens at that age because iirc much of the plot revived around an illegitimate relationship or something like that.
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amother
Papaya


 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 9:53 pm
My son who loved Alex rider also loves Ranger's Apprentice.
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devorah1231




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 10:11 pm
From personal experience, look up every book someone suggests at least briefly. People forget or miss things, no matter how well meaning they are.
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amother
Tulip


 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 10:32 pm
amother OP wrote:
My avid readers are desperate for books. I went through all the threads here and got so many wonderful suggestions. I need more.

My teen read alex rider, maze runner, and hunger games. Looking for more on that level. I don't care about violence I don't want a focus on boy/ girl relationships, a mention here or there is fine.

My tween read the mysterious bennedict society, warriors, mr lemoncello, spy school... need more on that level. Need super clean books for this one.

Both don't love major magic and fantasy. Talking animals and some futuristic plots are ok.


Running Out of Time - by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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aimhabanim




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 10:52 pm
All James ponti books
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theoneandonly




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 10:57 pm
The story thieves
The secret series
Fablehaven and other Brandon Mull books (very heavy fantasy though)
Ender's Game (no romance, yes violence and language. Sci-fi)
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2xmom




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jul 04 2024, 11:09 pm
The great brain
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