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What Should I Read Next? [Pre-Teen]
If you like the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis | |
![]() | Ann Fights for Freedom : an Underground Railroad survival story Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick The Oregon Trail by Mel Friedman Survival in the Storm: the Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edward The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A WWII Soldier Sophia's War a Tale of the Revolution by Avi Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale The Attack on Pearl Harbor : an interactive history adventure Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko |
Life-on-the-line survival stories | |
![]() | Can You Survive Storm Chasing? by Elizabeth Raum Blizzard: A Tale of Snow-blind Survival by Thomas Kingsley Troupe Alone by Megan E. Freeman Peak by Roland Smith Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick Surrounded by Sharks by Micheal Northrop Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhode Hatchet by Gary Paulson Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling The Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry |
If you liked the Spy School series by Stuart Gibbs | |
![]() | Codename Zero by Chris Rylander City Spies by James Ponti The Doublecross by Jackson Pearce Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett Chomp by Carl Hiaasen Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein Ungifted by Gordan Korman The Graham Cracker Plot by Shelley Tougas Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh |
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey | |
![]() | Catwad: It’s Me by Jim Benton The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Max Meow: Cat Crusader by John Gallagher The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey Mac B, Kid Spy: Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School by Julie Falatko Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon |
If you liked the Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan | |
![]() | Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann The Colossus Rises by Peter Lerangis |
Heartfelt stories like Wonder by R.J. Palacio | |
![]() | The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu Lucky : Maris, Mantle, and my best summer ever by Wes Tooke Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Restart by Gordon Korman Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech Maxi's Secrets : (or, what you can learn from a dog) by Lynn Plourde The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf Cyclone by Doreen Cronin |
Stories of the unbreakable bond between an animal and a human | |
![]() | Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate A Boy Called Bat by Elana Arno Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech Because of the Rabbit by Dick King-Smith Lady Lollipop by Ben Michaelsen Stay by Bobbie Pyron I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak Maxi's Secrets : (or, what you can learn from a dog) by Lynn Plourde |
High-stakes sports books | |
![]() | The Crossover by Kwame Alexander The Rookie Bookie by Jon Wertheim Lucky : Maris, Mantle, and my best summer ever by Wes Tooke Ghost by Jason Reynolds The Big Game by Tim Green Lone Stars by Mike Lupica |
If you liked Hatchet by Gary Paulson | |
Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson A Wolf Called Wander by Roseanne Parry Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Michaelsen Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry |