Here are 12 books to help older kids get through the long summer days. Included is a wide variety of genres, from mystery to fantasy to non-fiction. Books for this age may have some violence or mild language – please see the ratings of a book to make the best choice for your family.
Author: Theodore Taylor
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he…
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Author: Christina Soontornvat
A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice. All light in Chattana is created by one…
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Author: John Hendrix
Interweaving handwritten text and art in his signature style, John Hendrix tells the fascinating story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World…
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Author: Roland Smith
After fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father,…
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Author: William Kamkwamba
A gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi,…
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Author: Victoria Jamieson
A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of…
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Author: Kirsten Hubbard
"Without you, there'd be no hope for the world. Because you are the whole world." That's what Teacher says, and twelve-year-old Eider knows she's right. The world ended long ago,…
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Author: Eva Ibbotson
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.
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Author: Ross Welford
A heartstopping, poignant, epic adventure story about a boy destined to live forever, who only wants to grow up. Without death, life is just existence. Have you ever wondered what…
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Author: L. M. Montgomery
When Jane Stuart, who lives with her mother and grandmother in Toronto, accidentally discovers that the father she believed was dead is living on Prince Edward Island, she yearns to…
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Author: James Patterson
Alex's son Ali is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve…
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