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Tweens – Good Books for Younger Readers

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Tweens want to learn more about becoming a teenager, but they’re not ready for the more adult books in the teenager / young adult category.

The list of books below has been recommended by teenagers as really good books for younger teens and tweens.

If you are a parent looking for a good reading list for your tween or young teen, youll want to review them to make sure you find them appropriate for your child.

These books have been reviewed – click on the link to read it.

 

Big List of Tween Books

 

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Are you there, God? It’s me Margaret

Bergdorf Blondes: A Novel by Plum Sykes Blister by Susan Shreve

Bras and Broomsticks series Sarah Mlynowski

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyers

Breathe by Cliff Mcintosh

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

Cave of Terror by Amber Dawn Bell

Christinas Ghost Betty Ren Wright

City of Glass [The Mortal Instruments Book 3] Cassandra Clare

Confessions of a Serial Kisser Wendelin Van Draanen

Confessions of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2 Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3 Jeff Kinney

Double Dare to be Scared Robert D. Souci

Escape From Castle of Cant K.P. Bath

Even More Short and Shivery Robert D. San Souci

Fate Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Flipped Wendelin Van Draaen

Gallagher Girls novels Ally Carter

Girls Night In Meg Cabot

Goodbye Amanda The Good Susan Shreve

Haunted Animals Allan Zullo

Heart Song KL Richardsson

Heaven Looks A Lot Like the Mall Wendy Mass

How I survived Being A Girl Wendelin Van Draanen

How I survived middle School Series

Howls Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones

I Kissed a Girl Gina Harris

Inkheart trilogy Cornelia Funke

InterWorld Neil Gaiman

Kiss Me Tomorrow Susan Shreve

Kissing Kate Lauren Myracle

L8r G8r Lauren Myracle

Lilly B. o the brink of Paris

Lilly B. on the bink of Love

Lilly B. On The Brink of Cool Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Little Earthquakes Jennifer Weiner

Lord of Misrule [The Morganville Vampires Series #5] Rachel Caine

Masks: Rise of Heroes Hayden Thorne

Maximum Ride 2 [Maximum Ride Series Book 2] by James Patterson

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment [Maximum Ride Series Book 1] James Patterson

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Nation Terry Pratchett

People of Sparks [Book of Ember #2] Jeanne DuPrau

Playing With Fire Rhymes with Witches Lauren Myracle

Runaway Wendelin Van Draanen

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports [Maximum Ride Series Book 3] James Patterson

School Spirit Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Shakespeares Secret Elise Broach

Short and Shivery Robert D. San Souci

Spin the Bottle Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Terrier [A Tortall Legend] Tamora Pierce

The 100 Truths

The 1-800-where-r-you series Meg Cabot

The Amber Spyglass [His Dark Materials Trilogy Book 3] Philip Pullman

The Clique series The Diamond of Darkhold [Book of Ember #4] Jeanne DuPrau

The Dollhouse Murders Betty Ren Wright

The Fashion Disaster That Changed my Life! Lauren Myracle

The Mediator series Meg Cabot

The Mother Daughter Book Club

The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot

The Prophet of Yonwood [Book of Ember #3] Jeanne DuPrau

The Secret Castle of Cant- K.P. Bath

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories Joan Aiken & Garth Nix

The Sisters Club Megan McDonald

The Subtle Knife [His Dark Materials Trilogy Book 2] Philip Pullman

The Summoning Kelley Armstrong

The Tenth Man Tamara Sheehan

The Whole Haunted Series TTFN Lauren Myracle

TTYL Lauren Myracle

Under the Watsons Porch Susan Shreve

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories Diana Wynne Jones

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck Lightning Danette Haworth

Wake Lisa McMann

Weekend in Paris Robyn Sisman

Weird But True Tales Alan Zullo