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Tweens Ready for the Teen Shelves

Check out these YA books perfect for grades 7 and up!

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  • FANTASY - Six dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction.
    Book, 2015New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
  • The Alchemyst

    the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

    Scott, Michael, 1959-
    FANTASY - Having discovered the secret to eternal youth, 14th-century alchemist Nicholas Flamel and his wife are alive and well in present-day San Francisco, California. But they won't stay well if 15-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman don't…
    Book, 2007New York : Delacorte Press, [2007]
  • FANTASY - When an attempted revenge plot goes dangerously wrong, Ash inadvertently throws the fire and earth gods into a conflict that can only be settled by deadly, lavish gladiator games, throwing Madoc in Ash's path. She realizes that his powers…
    Book, 2020New York : BALZER + BRAY, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
  • FANTASY - When she learns that her brother is spreading the nation’s secret spice magic to outsiders, 16-year-old Shield warrior Imani sets out on a dangerous mission to find him, discovering secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes — and in her…
    Book, 2023New York : Delacorte Press, [2023]
  • FANTASY - After unleashing forbidden magic, being banished by her stepmother and unable to speak or her brothers will die, Shiori'anma must find a way to save them with the help of a paper bird, a mercurial dragon and the very boy she fought so hard…
    Book, 2021New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]
  • FANTASY - Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous…
    Book, 2022New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022.
  • FANTASY - This isn't the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting…
    Book, 2018New York : Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, [2018]
  • FANTASY - Having read all about the sinister world in which the villainous Tall Jake resides, fans Luke, Seth, and Kady learn more about it than they ever wanted when they are suddenly pulled into the pages of their comic book and come face-to-face…
    Book, 2009New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
  • FANTASY & ADVENTURE - When a supernatural being appears in DunBroch on Christmas Eve with the intent of demolishing the realm, Princess Merida, under the watchful eyes of the gods, embarks on a series of epic journeys to save those she loves from…
    Book, 2022Los Angeles : Disney Press, 2022.
  • FANTASY - Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.
    Book, 2005New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005.
  • FANTASY - When fifteen-year-old Eragon comes to learn that he is a gifted Dragon Rider, he realizes that his destiny is to fight the evil powers that will bring complete destruction to the Empire and so leaves his quiet life as a farm boy to succeed…
    Book, 2003New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
  • ACTION & ADVENTURE - When her father goes missing, Cara is led to the Cascade Mountains while trying to track him down, where she uncovers a hidden secret that spans generations, forcing her to navigate through time, lost stories and love to save…
    Book, 2023New York : Atheneum Books for Young Reader, [2023]
  • ACTION & ADVENTURE - After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
    Book, 2001New York : Philomel Books, 2001.
  • ACTION & ADVENTURE - When James is recently orphaned, he is recruited by a secret agency for his math skills and must undergo one hundred days of grueling training.
    Book, 2010New York : Simon Pulse, 2010.
  • MYSTERY & ADVENTURE - The stress of an oil refinery being built in their backyard, threatening their families' livelihood, prompts four working-class teens to join a dangerous scavenger hunt where the reward of power could change their families'…
    Book, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023]
  • MYSTERY & FANTASY - Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no…
    Book, 2020Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2020.
  • MYSTERY - Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles,…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
  • MYSTERY - Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery…
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
  • REALISTIC - An evocative novel in verse follows the experiences of two grieving sisters who navigate the loss of their father and the impact of his death on their relationship.
    Book, 2020New York : Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
  • REALISTIC - Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.
    Book, 2014New York : Amulet Books, 2014.