preteen fiction
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Book ReviewsHelmer in the Dragon’s Tomb
by S.D. Smith 2025 / 243 pages Rating: GOOD/great/gift Helmer is a young rabbit who wants to farm the same land his family has been…
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Book ReviewsThe Unlikely Intrusion of Adams Klein
by John Greco 2025 / 288 pages Rating: good/GREAT/gift Adams Klein is a pretty ordinary 14-year-old, except, maybe for that “s” at the end of…
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Book ReviewsBritfield & the Lost Crown
by C.R Stewart 2019 / 383 pages Rating: GOOD Tom is a 12-year-old orphan living in Oliver Twist kind of conditions, though this story is…
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Articles – BooksKeeper of the Lost Cities takes a turn
For most of its run, Keeper of the Lost Cities has been a lightweight but generally “safe” book series – there’s no language, minimal violence,…
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Book ReviewsKodi
by Jared Cullum 2020 / 176 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift Katya is spending the summer in a cottage in the woods of Alaska with her “Meema”…
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Book ReviewsPollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 / 198 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Pollyanna’s father and mother were poor missionaries, and when they died she was sent to…
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Book ReviewsThe Found Boys
by S.D. Smith 2024 / 172 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT Author S.D. Smith is best known for his rabbits-with-swords Green Ember series, and while this is…
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Book ReviewsMaker Comics: Survive in the Outdoors
by Mike Lawrence 2021 / 123 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift When mom and dad go off on a trip on their ownsome, Sophia and Alonso are…
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Book ReviewsThe Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart 512 pages / 2008 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Reynie Muldoon is an 11-year-old orphan who knows he is smart – he certainly reads…
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Book ReviewsUrchin of the Riding Stars
by M.I. McAllister 2021 / 299 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give This was so good I just had to read bits of it out loud to my…
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Book ReviewsAllergic
by Megan Wagner Lloyd illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter 240 pages / 2021 Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift It’s Maggie’s 10th birthday and she’s finally going to get…
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Book ReviewsThe Always War
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011 / 197 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give When my 13-year-old got a gift certificate to the local bookstore, it was an excuse for…
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Book ReviewsThe Secret Code
by Coen Hartman 1980 / 195 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Hank and Dick are two average teenagers who dive into the deep end of adventure and espionage….
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Book ReviewsFuzzy Baseball: Triple Play
by John Steven Gurney 2022 / 176 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift This is, as the title references, three stories in one, each involving the Fernwood Valley…
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Book lists30+ Christian fiction suggestions for your 10-15-year-old boys
I was recently asked for some reading suggestions for boys aged 10-15. This is when boys can sometimes stop reading, so I didn’t want to…
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Book ReviewsOn the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
by Andrew Peterson 284 pages / 2008 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT My wife hasn’t read this book, but she enjoyed it too. As I made my way…
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Book ReviewsJourney Through the Night
by Anne De Vries 372 pages / 1951 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT Christian writers these days, they just don’t know subtlety. They write miraculous stories where the…
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Book ReviewsThe Green Ember
by S.D. Smith 365 pages / 2015 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give “Rabbits with swords” – it’s an irresistible combination, and all I had to say to get…
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Book ReviewsHunger Winter
by Rob Currie 2020 / 236 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Author Rob Currie drops his readers right into the action in the opening scene, with an anxious…