Fiction Reviews for ages 12 and up

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Novels written for children, young people, and the young at heart can truly can take us to the most extraordinary places. Historical fiction takes us back in time whereas fantasy takes us to places that have never even been, Some of the titles reviewed below will be attractive to adult as well as children. For more fiction for older readers please go to the Series, Features, and Bookish Calendar sections of the journal.

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Charlotte

Charlotte"s Choice

Cathleen Twomey
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Boyds Mills Press, 2002   ISBN: 1590780361
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I So Don't Do Mysteries

I So Don't Do Mysteries

Barrie Summy
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Random House, 2009   ISBN: 978-0385736039
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Love Is a Many Trousered Thing

Love Is a Many Trousered Thing

Louise Rennison
Fiction  Series
For ages 14 and up
HarperCollins, 2008   ISBN: 978-0060853891
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My Guardian Angel

My Guardian Angel

Sylvie Weil
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2004   ISBN: 0439576814
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Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

Ann Rinaldi
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
HarperCollins, 2005   ISBN: 0060549238
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Ranger's Apprentice: Erak's Ransom

Ranger's Apprentice: Erak's Ransom

John Flanagan
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Penguin, 2010   ISBN: 978-0399252051
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Betraying Season

Betraying Season

Marissa Doyle
Fiction  Series
For ages 14 and up
Henry Holt, 2009   ISBN: 978-0805082524
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The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye

The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye

Joseph Delaney
Illustrator:  Patrick Arrasmith 
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
HarperCollins, 2008   ISBN: 978-0061344619
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The Lighthouse Keepers

The Lighthouse Keepers

Adrian McKinty
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Abrams, 2008   ISBN: 978-0810970700
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The Pillow Book of Lotus Lowenstein

The Pillow Book of Lotus Lowenstein

Libby Schmais
Fiction
For ages 14 and up
Random House, 2009   ISBN: 978-0385737562
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Tigerheart

Tigerheart

Peter David
Fiction
For ages 14 and up
Random House, 2009   ISBN: 978-0345501608
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