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Books For 13/14-year-olds with 13/14-year-old characters!

21/7/2019

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I've neglected this blog recently since SO MUCH has been happening in my life that's led to a wee bit of cutting back, but this weekend, after hearing some tales of how publishers aren't taking on MG books with 13-year-old protagonists, I shouted about my MG frustrations on Twitter and asked for book suggestions so I could stock up my library.

YOU ALL CAME THROUGH BIG TIME!

The conversation sure did take a few twists and turns, with some librarians, teachers, and authors chipping in their thoughts and opinions (read the whole thread here), but...

I decided to list the books right here with their Goodreads links for everyone to see and refer to. And, I hope to keep this list growing and growing, so leave your book recommendations in the comments below or send them to me by email or DM, and I'll add them. 

I haven't read all of these books so, please, if any shouldn't be here - i.e. they are definitely NOT suitable for MG readers - or are problematic, TELL ME! Eventually I will list them alphabetically and include some brief details about the content/genre, but that's for another day when I have time! 

And before I go, if you're a teacher, librarian, educator, guardian, author, publisher, agent, and all the rest in between, I would LOVE to hear your experiences of reading and finding and writing books for this strange MG/YA crossover, the "no man's land" of age groups. 
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  A POCKETFUL OF STARS by Aisha Bushby


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​A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine D'Engle

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​ALL OF ME by Chris Baron

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS by B.B. Alston
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  ANA ON THE EDGE by A.J. Sass

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​  AS HAPPY AS HERE by Jane Godwin

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​   ASHA ANDERSON: THE DRAGON by Dustin Archibald

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​  BUS STOP BABY by Fleur Hitchcock

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   CHANGELING by Molly Harper

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​  CRUSH by Svetlana Chmakova

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​  FEEDING THE FIRE by Amy Waeschle

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​    FLYAWAY by Lucy Christopher

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​  FLIGHT by Vanessa Harbour

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​  HOW TO SPEAK DOLPHIN by Ginny Rorby

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  IN THE ROLE OF BRIE HUTCHENS by Nicole Melleby


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  ​INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A CACTUS by Dusti Bowling

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​  IT WASN'T ME by Dana Alison Levy

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​  JAGGER JONES AND THE MUMMY'S ANKH by Malayna Evans

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​  KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger

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​  KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK SERIES by Dave Rudden

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​  LITTLE APOCALYPSE by Katherine Sparrow

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​  LIZZIE FLYING SOLO by Nanci Turner Steveson

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    LIZZY'S DRAGON by Melissa Gijsbers

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​  LOST ON THE WATER by  D.G. Driver

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​  MARCUS VEGA DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH by Pablo Cartaya

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​  MARY UNDERWATER by Shannon Doleski

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​  MURDER IN MIDWINTER by Fleur Hitchcock

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​  MURDER AT TWILIGHT by Fleur Hitchcock

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​  MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE SERIES by Robin Stevens

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​  MY JASPER JUNE by Laurel Snyder

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​  NOWHERE BOY by Katherine Marsh

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​  OCDANIEL by Wesley King

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   ONLY EVER ALWAYS by Penni Russon 

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  OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PIG by Catch Tilly

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​  PERCY JACKSON SERIES by Rick Riordan

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​  POSTED by John David Anderson

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​  SCHOOLED by Gordon Korman
  (See other books by this author)

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​SENSITIVE by Allayne L. Webster

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​  SO DONE SERIES by Paula Chase

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​  SQUINT by Chad Morris

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  STAR by Catherine Bateson


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​STAR CROSSED by Barbara Dee

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​  STEELHEART by Brandon Sanderson

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​  STEERING TOWARD NORMAL by Rebecca Petruck

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​  STU TRULY by Dan Richards

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​  SUMMER'S SHADOW by Anna Wilson

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​  THE ADVENTURER'S GUIDE SERIES by Wade Albert White

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  THE APOTHECARY SERIES by Maile Meloy


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  THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO REVENGE by Marianne Musgrove

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​  THE BOTTLE IMP OF BRIGHT HOUSE by Tom Llewellyn

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​  THE BOY WHO FLEW by Fleur Hitchcock

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  THE CHANGEOVER by Margaret Mahy

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​    THE CRYPTID FACTOR by Lija Fisher

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​  THE EPIC FAIL OF ARTURO ZAMORA by Pablo Cartaya

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​    THE FAMILY FIASCO by Anna Wilson

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​  THE GATEWAY CHRONICLES SERIES by K.B. Hoyle

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​  THE GOOSE ROAD by Rowena House

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​  THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS SERIES by Rick Riordan

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​  THE HUMILIATIONS OF PIPI MCGEE by Beth Vrabel

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​  THE INSIDE BATTLE by Melanie Sumrow

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   THE LIE TREE by Frances Hardinge

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  THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER by Emily Gale


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​  THE PARENT PROBLEM by Anna Wilson

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​  THE PERFECT SCORE by Rob Buyea

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​  THE PRINCESS OF BAKER STREET by Mia Kerick

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​  THE PROPHET CALLS by Melanie Sumrow

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​  THE SAMMY KEYES SERIES by Wendelin Van Draanen

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​  THE SECRET DEEP by Lindsay Galvin

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  THE SECRETS WE SHARE by Nova Weetman


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​  THE STORM RUNNER SERIES by J.C. Cervantes

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​  THE STRANGE AND DEADLY PORTRAITS OF BRYONY GRAY by E. Latimer

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  THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH by Ali Benjamin

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​  THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL SERIES by Shannon Hale

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​  THE WORST CLASS TRIP EVER by Dave Berry

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​  THE YEAR I DIDN'T EAT by Samuel Pollen

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​  THEODORE BOONE SERIES by John Grisham

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​  TOTALLY JOE by James Howe

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​  UP FOR AIR by Laurie Morrison

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​  WELL, THAT WAS AWKWARD by Rachel Vail

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​  WHERE THE HEART IS by Jo Knowles

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​  24 HOURS IN NOWHERE by Dusti Bowling

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