Fantasy Reads for Tweens

Welcome to another installment of Tween Reads!  This week the focus will be on fantasy fiction, but keep your eyes peeled for other genres as the weeks go by.  This list isn’t meant to be exhaustive, but to give tweens and parents some initial guidance as they make their way over to the young adult shelves.  And some of these are titles that are new to the Children’s shelves or might have flown under the radar.  What are your favorite tween fantasy fiction reads?

Mer’s Tween Fantasy Reads Picks:

• The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson (sequel available)
• Peter & the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (series)
• Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem
• No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko
• Foundling by D.M. Cornish (series)

• The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
• Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (sequel available)
• Reckless by Cornelia Funke (first in planned series)
• Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
• Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

• Wizards of the Game by David Lubar
• The Water Mirror by Kai Meyer (series)
• Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce (series)
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (series)
• The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

• The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (series)
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi (series)
• Wizard at Work by Vivian Vande Velde
• Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur by Jane Yolen
• Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink (series)

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