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Recommended Books for Children Ages 12-14 BUILDING Building A HOME LIBRARY A Home Library Ages 12-14 Interested in more book titles? We suggest the following sites for great reading. http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/summerreading/ recsummerreading/recommendedreading.htm http://www.cbcbooks.org/ ©2007 American Library Association Contact: American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 800-545-2433 x 2163 Levine, Gail Carson. death of a convenience store owner. Steve Welcome to the world of books for your home! tells his side of the story in screenplay Here are suggested contemporary book titles either for a great start to or enhancement Ella Enchanted. HarperCollins, 1997. format – an appropriate choice for this of your home library. A home library collection is an ever-present resource for children The tale of Cinderella is expanded in this adventure-fi lled story of Ella and a fast-paced book focusing on the issues of and adults. The American Library Association/Children’s Book Council Joint Committee childhood curse that makes her obey truth versus perception and action versus and the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee recommend these titles for children ages ؐ .intention ؐ 12-14. Three other pamphlets recommend books for children ages 0-3, 4-7, and 8-11. everyone. A Newbery Honor Book. Ask your librarian or bookseller for more suggestions. Lowry, Lois. Pratchett, Terry. Alvarez, Julia. Creech, Sharon. The Giver. Houghton Miffl in, 1993. The Wee Free Men. HarperCollins, 2003. Before We Were Free. Random, 2004. Walk Two Moons. HarperCollins, 1994. Jonas’ illusions are shattered when he is When nine-year-old Tiff any’s little brother The universal concerns of young people Thirteen-year-old Sal relates the plight of assigned the job of memory receiver and is stolen by the Queen of Faerie, her exploring their own identities while trying her friend Phoebe, whose mom abandoned suddenly realizes that things are not as latent magic skills quickly mature as she to make sense of the wider world are her, while taking a road trip with her good as they seem. A Newbery Medal blossoms into a formidable witch. Tiff any mirrored in this novel that describes the grandparents to visit her own mom who winner. ؐ is assisted in her quest to free her brother turbulent unrest of the Dominican Republic also left abruptly. A Newbery Medal winner. by the hilarity-invoking Wee Free Men, in 1960 through the eyes of 12-year-old Lubar, David. six-inch tall blue men with a fondness for Anita de la Torre. A Belpré Award for Cushman, Karen. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. strong drink, strong language, and other ؐ Narrative winner. Catherine, Called Birdy. Clarion, 1994. Dutton, 2005. pictsie tricks. Much to her father’s chagrin, spunky High school isn’t easy especially when Anderson, M. T. Catherine tries various creative means there are bullies, old friends fi nding new Sachar Louis. Feed. Candlewick, 2002. to get out of marrying various suitors in people to hang out with, girls and a new Holes. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. Brain implants “feed” information, Medieval England. A Newbery Honor Book. baby in the family to deal with, but Scott Stanley Yelnats’ bad luck reaches a new communication and advertisements fi nds that keeping a diary makes it easier low when he arrives at Camp Green Lake directly into the brains of teenagers in this Halls, Kelly Milner, Rick Spears, and to cope in this hilarious novel. for juvenile delinquents. A sadistic warden, futuristic, biting satire. ؐ Roxyanne Young. a back-breaking dig for an unknown Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. object and a most unusual group of boys Bauer, Joan. Creatures That May or May Not Exist. Dairy Queen. Houghton Miffl in/Graphia, come together in this humorous, quick- Hope Was Here. Putnam, 2000. Illus. by Rick Spears. Darby Creek, 2006. 2006. paced and compelling tall tale of the ؐ Sixteen-year-old short-order waitress Hope What’s the true name for those legendary D.J. is used to hard work as she’s been Yelnats family’s redemption. serves up hash and good humor and fi nds animals that may or may not exist? spending the summer running the family both a worthy cause to fi ght and a sweet Cryptids! Discover Bigfoot, the Loch Ness farm and helping train the rival high Sonnenblick, Jordan. romance when she and her aunt move to monster, the Orang-pendek of Sumatra and school’s quarterback but that doesn’t Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. .Wisconsin. A Newbery Honor Book. ؐ the study of cryptozoology itself. quite prepare her for how diffi cult things Scholastic, 2005 get when she decides to try out for her Jeff thinks he has enough stress Bruchac, Joseph. Holt, Kimberly Willis. school’s all-male football team. ؐ navigating eighth grade, unraveling the The Warriors. Darby Creek, 2003. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. mysteries of girls and exploring his love of Fast-paced sports action mixes with Henry Holt, 1999. Murphy, Jim. music; but when his fi ve-year-old brother traditional Algonquin beliefs in this story of Toby and Cal meet the fattest man in the An American Plague: The True and is diagnosed with leukemia, Jeff evaluates young Jake Forrest who reluctantly leaves world when the sideshow comes to their Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever his life anew. Primarily written in journal small Texas town. At fi rst they gawk and format, the story is told in a fresh, realistic the reservation to live with his widowed Epidemic of 1793. Clarion, 2003. treat him poorly, but they soon befriend and often humorous voice. mother and attend boarding school. The fl edgling American government him and help him leave his trailer and re- fl ed as doctors tried all kinds of .Woodson, Jacqueline ؐ Cooney, Caroline B. enter the world. ineff ectual treatments to save the 10% of Miracle’s Boys. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2000. The Face on the Milk Carton. Philadelphia’s population who died over The temptations of gangs and the struggle Delacorte, 1990; reissued 1996. L’Engle, Madeleine. the course of the summer of the Yellow against poverty scar this urban family as Over her morning cereal, Jane Johnson A Wrinkle in Time. Farrar, Straus, and Fever epidemic. A Newbery Honor Book they try to survive their parents’ deaths. sees a milk carton advertisement for a Giroux, 1962. and a Sibert Medal winner. missing child—herself. This classic tale of When a government experiment runs amok, But the three brothers fi nd great strength in their love for each other and in the mystery still leaves readers on edge. Meg and her extraordinarily bright younger Myers, Walter Dean. memories of their parents, enabling them brother Charles Wallace must travel the Monster. HarperCollins, 1999. ؐ .to endure and even grow cosmos to rescue their scientist father and The prosecution labeled sixteen-year-old ؐ combat evil. A Newbery Medal winner. Steve Harmon a monster for his role in the ؐ Available in an audio edition from Listening Library .
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