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BKLYN BookMatchTeen: Fiction Books for Tweens

This list consists of all types of fiction books: historical, adventure, and realistic fiction. If you're looking for suspenseful, mystery, adventure and or thriller books look no further. This list contains books you will love! Created by LoT intern Fatima.

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The lightning thief
Riordan, Rick.
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Percy Jackson's life gets a lot more complicated when he finds out he’s a demigod, half god, half human. He goes to camp half blood where he learns to control his powers, and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime: he must prevent a war among the gods, and rescue his mother from Hades, god of the underworld.

Seeing red
Kathryn Erskine.
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In 1972, in Red’s small southern town Red, his friends, family, and teacher are all victims of the prejudice that surrounds them. It's up to Red to make the wrongs of past and present right, and make his stand demanding change for the future.

Esperanza rising
Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
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This historical fiction book is set during the Great Depression. Esperanza Ortega is a wealthy girl who lives in a mansion with her loving family in Mexico. Esperanza's father is killed by bandits one day, throwing Esperanza's life into chaos.

Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
Kinney, Jeff.
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In this book Greg Heffley writes about his life in middle school. He writes about his fights with his brothers, Manny and Rodrick. His adventures with his best friend, Rowley. His Christmas, and Halloween experiences. The school dance, talent show and more.

Ali Cross
Patterson, James, 1947- author.
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Ali Cross always wanted to follow in his father, Alex cross, footsteps as a detective. When Ali’s best friend, Gabe, goes missing Ali takes it upon himself to find him. With Ali’s father on trial for a crime he didn’t commit, it’s up to Ali to find Gabe on his own. Will Ali’s detective work lead to him finding Gabe, or just cause more trouble for the Cross family?

If we were giants : a novel
Matthews, Dave, 1967- author.
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Kirra and her father live in a peaceful community hidden inside a dormant volcano. She is training to be a storyteller like her father and together they travel from village to village spreading scary tales designed to keep outsiders away from their secret nest. One day, Kirra heard rumors of people called Takers, and went by herself to discover her own story. She unknowingly leads the takers to her volcano and they took everything she loved. Kirra, devastated, gets found by a boy named Luwan and his family adopt her. One day the takers come to Luwans community. To save them, kirra must face her inner demons and summon all her storytelling to weave the most important tale of her life.

The bad beginning
by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
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The first book to the series of the series of unfortunate events. The Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. The three children encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.

The BFG
Roald Dahl ; illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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Sophie had been captured by a giant. Fortunately for Sophie she was captured by the Big Friendly Giant rather than the Bonecruncher, the bloodbottler, or any other giant. When Sophie finds out other giants eat kids she takes it upon herself to stop them, with help from the BFG.

The maze runner
James Dashner.
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Thomas wakes up in a lift with no memory but his name. He is surrounded by thirty boys and finds out he is in the Glade. Outside the stone walls there is a never ending maze that always changes. He finds out no one has ever made it out alive when they go through the maze because of the Grievers, creatures that come out after dark . Everything changes when the first girl in the glades arrives with a terrifying message. Everyone in the glade tries to escape, not everyone makes it.

The lost hero
by Rick Riordan.
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This book focuses on Piper, Jason, and Leo. Jason wakes up on a bus full of kids on a field trip with no memory. He finds out he has a best friend, Leo, and a girlfriend, Piper. His friends tell him he’s in a boarding school for bad kids and they’re going on a field trip. Jason doesn't know anything except that something seems very wrong. Piper has been having nightmares about her dad being in trouble ever since he disappeared three days ago. On a school trip, a terrible storm hit, unleashing strange creatures. The instructor takes her, Jason, and Leo to a place called camp half blood. When Leo gets to his cabin at camp half blood filled with tools he feels at home. However, something feels off at the camp: everyone is talking about a curse, and a camper has gone missing. Also, everyone keeps insisting he’s related to a god. He wonders if this has to do with Jasons sudden memory loss, or the fact that he sees ghosts.