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Great Advanced Reads for Tweens and Teens
- "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs: A thrilling reading experience which combines fantasy with haunting vintage photography. Find out what happens when 16-year old Jacob discovers the ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
- "The Lost Hero" (Heroes of Olympus series) by Rick Riordan: After rebuilding Camp Half-Blood, Kronos, Percy and their friends inherit a quest for which they need help from a few demigods.
- "Matched" by Ally Condie: What happens when Cassia has to choose between her ideal mate, Xander and Ky, the boy she’s actually interested in? Will she live within the system or challenge its rules?
- "Witch & Wizard" (Witch & Wizard series) by James Patterson: Siblings Wisty and Whit need to defend themselves against accusations of witchcraft, fight against a regime that wants to suppress life, liberty, books and music…..all while navigating the perils of being a normal teenager.
- "Holes" by Louis Sachar: When Stanley Yelnats is given a choice between prison and Camp Green Lake, he readily chooses the easy option. But Camp Green Lake is not what it seems…
- "Masterpiece" by Elise Broach, Illustrated by Kelly Murphy: New York City kid James and his beetle friend, Marvin get caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht Dürer.
- "Anya’s Ghost" by Vera Brosgol: Anya believes that she needs a friend in her life. And she finds one in the bottom of a well. But what do you do when your new BFF is actually a ghost?
- "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia: 11-year old Delphine has it all together. But one crazy summer in 1968 with her mother threatens to change everything.
- "When You Reach Me" By Rebecca Stead: Miranda receives four letters that will change her life forever.
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee: A beloved classic that tells the story of one of the most heroic protagonists in American fiction – Atticus Finch.
- "Looking for Alaska" by John Green: Sixteen-year old Miles leaves his uneventful life behind in pursuit of the “Great Perhaps”.
- "Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon" by Catherine Thimmesh: Read the story of the team that contributed to the success of the first ever lunar mission.
- "How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous" by Georgia Bragg: The deaths of 19 famous people, told in gory and sardonic detail.
- "THE BOOK THIEF" by Markus Zusack: The story of Liesel Meminger, who discovers books and her passion for reading against the backdrop of World War II.
- "SEABISCUIT" by Laura Hillenbrand: The extraordinary novel based on the equally extraordinary true story of the horse that won against all the odds.
- "UNBROKEN" by Laura Hillenbrand: A World War II airman uses ingenuity, determination, humor and resilience to survive in the open ocean after a doomed flight.
The ReadKiddoRead program features bestselling author James Patterson’s picks for the summer. Find reviews of these books and more in the Advanced Reads section of ReadKiddoRead.com.
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