Subscribe via RSS 2.0Wikipedia defines a tween as "a child between middle childhood and adolescence." If you're a tween who also enjoys reading, it can be difficult to find books which feature characters your own age, and subject matter that's not too young & innocent, or too mature & racy. In an attempt to solve this problem, we keep our eye out for great books that bridge the gap.
| By Sharon Creech - $12.99 - add to cart | |
Mary Lou has what she calls a normally-strange family. That is, until her cousin Carl comes to stay. She had plans to enjoy the summer hanging out with her first ever crush, but there's something s...
| By Adrian Fogelin - $7.95 - add to cart | |
I time my breathing - in on four, out on four; in on four, out on four. The front yard blurs. The exact moment I drain out of the me who cares and pour into the Big Nothing is like the second betw...
| By Natasha Friend - $20.99 - add to cart | |
Evyn wants to be left alone. Evyn's had enough problems in her life, starting with her mother's death when she was young. But now her father's thrown a whole new mess her way. Not only is he marry...
| By Jordan Sonnenblick - $7.99 - add to cart | |
Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, ...
| By Polly Shulman - $9.50 - add to cart | |
Jane Austen never had friends like this... "There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an Enthusiast." Julie knows from bitter ...
| By Amy Koss - $8.99 - add to cart | |
Maya was part of the group ever since the day Candace asked her if she wanted to "do lunch" in the cafeteria. Yet when Candace suddenly deems her unworthy, Maya's so-called friends just blow her of...
| By Mark Peter Hughes - $9.95 - add to cart | |
Thirteen-year-old Floey Packer feels like she's always blended into the background. After all, she's the frumpy younger sister of the Amazing Lillian, a girl so popular and spontaneous that their h...
| By Judy Blume - $8.00 - add to cart | |
Rachel is Stephanie's best friend. Since the second grade they have shared all their secrets, good and bad. So when Alison moves in, Stephanie hopes that the three of them can be best friends becau...
| By Wendy Mass - $9.50 - add to cart | |
Thirteen-year-old Mia Winchell appears to be a typical eighth grader. But Mia is keeping a secret from everyone who knows her: sounds, numbers and words appear in color for her. Mia has synesthesia...
| By Jennifer L. Holm - $15.99 - add to cart | |
Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing t...
| By Lily Archer - $18.95 - add to cart | |
Archer makes a wickedly funny debut with this contemporary tale of three evil stepmothers and their banished daughters who cross paths at boarding school. Molly Miller is the only one of the girls ...
| By Sue Townsend - $10.99 - add to cart | |
'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4' is an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of an adolescent. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his l...
| By Jenny Han - $6.99 - add to cart | |
Shug is clever and brave and true (on the inside, anyway). And she's about to become your new best friend. Annemarie Wilcox, or Shug as her family calls her, is beginning to think there's nothing ...
| By P.g. Kain - $7.99 - add to cart | |
Twelve-year-old Dorie Dilts has just moved from California to New Jersey. Determined to attain popularity, she collects data on what it takes to be popular by studying girls her age at the mall. So...
| By James Howe - $7.99 - add to cart | |
Every day, she sits at the top of the stairs leading to the beach. Always writing in her little notebook. Always watching. Watching the loving brother, so caring and attentive to his little sist...
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