Category: Ages 12-14
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False Coin, True Coin
Author: Lois Hoadley Dick Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1993 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Cissy Nidd is the daughter of a jailer and thief. Forced to help conceal her father’s counterfeiting business, she must spread false coins throughout London and the surrounding English counties. But when she meets John Bunyan, a Dissenter preacher who happens to be imprisoned in their…
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The Freedom Seekers (Series)
Author: Lois Walfrid Johnson Recommended Age: 12-14 Genre: Historical Fiction Books in Series: Escape into the Night (1995) Race for Freedom (1996) Midnight Rescue (1996) The Swindler’s Treasure (1997) Mysterious Signal (1998) The Fiddler’s Secret (1998) Summary: Libby Norstad dislikes the hardships of her new life on a steamboat, traveling down the Mississippi River in 1857. But when a…
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The Ascendance Series (Series)
Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Recommended Age: 12-14 Genre: Fantasy Books in Series: The False Prince (2012) The Runaway King (2013) The Shadow Throne (2014) The Captive Kingdom (2020) The Shattered Castle (2021) Summary: Sage is a ragged orphan with a habit for getting himself into trouble. When he is kidnapped by a cruel lord, Bevin Conner, Sage is tasked with becoming the missing…
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Washington City Is Burning
Author: Harriette Gillem Robinet Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1996 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Virginia of Madison is a slave child, but her name is famous among those who know her secret. Honored and respected for her bravery, Virginia is tasked with living in the President’s household and sneaking slaves out of Washington, D.C. and to freedom. But when a…
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From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Author: E. L. Konigsburg Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1967 Genre: Contemporary, Mystery Summary: Claudia knew that she could never run away in the old-fashioned way, hiding in the woods or living somewhere remote, so she didn’t try. Instead, she and her brother, Jamie, run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. And there, they uncover…
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The Green Ember (Series)
Author: S. D. Smith Recommended Age: 12-14 Genre: Fantasy Books in Series: There are a few other novellas that contribute to this story, but they are yet unreviewed. Either way, be sure to begin with The Green Ember. The Green Ember (2015) Ember Falls (2016) Ember Rising (2018) Ember’s End (2020) Summary: Heather and Picket were normal rabbits with normal lives,…