1000+ Lexile books in Tween Fiction: Fantasy, Mystery and Supernatural

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Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison (1000)

The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood (1000)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (1010)

King of Shadows by Susan Cooper (1010)

The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless by Ahmet Zappa (1010)

Cousins in the Castle by Barbara Brooks Wallace (1010)

Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (1010)

The Black Canary  by Jane Louise Curry (1020)

Captain Hook: the Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart (1020)

Moonflower and the Pearl of Paramour by J.H. Sweet  (1020)

Snapdragon and the Odyssey of Elan by J.H. Sweet (1020)

The Unvisibles by Ian Whybrow (1020)

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer (1020)

Return of the Emerald Skull by Paul Stewart (1020)

Physik (Septimus Heap) by Angie Sage (1030)

The Boggart by Susan Cooper (1030)

Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1040)

Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1040)

Drift House: The First Voyage by Dale Peck (1050)

ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor (1070)

Libby on Wednesdays by Zipha Keatley Snyder (1070)

Legion of the Dead by Paul Stewart (1080 NC)

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer (1080)

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (1090)

The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye by Nancy Springer (1110 NC)

The Princess and the Curdie by George MacDonald (1120)

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (1120)

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (1120)

Radiance by Alyson Noel (1120)

Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit (1170)

1000+ Lexile titles in Kids Fiction: Fantasy, Mystery, Sports & Adventure, Tales

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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1000)

The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies (1000)

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein (1010 NC)

Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis  (1010)

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum (1020)

Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins and Other Nasties: a Practical Guide by Miss Edythe McFate by Lesley Blume (1020)

Goblins by Philip Reeve (1020)

The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson (1030)

How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm: the Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking by Cressida Cowell (1040)

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (1060)

The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Dubois  (1070)

Mudshark by Gary Paulsen (1080 NC)

Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum (1100)

The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1110)

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (1110)

Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1130)

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1140)

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1140)

Paddington at Large by Michael Bond (1160)

New Call Numbers, New Books: Kids vs. Tween Fiction

As we continue our children’s department  reorganization, you might have noticed that our chapter books are in two different places now…Kids and Tweens!

The difference between the two sections is less about the “reading level” or “grade level” of the book, and more about whether a younger child or a tween (ages 10-12 or so) would be interested in reading it.  Stories in the Kids section will be less intense than those in the same category in the Tween section.  The Kids section is great for younger kids who are reading above grade-level but not ready for “older kid” books.  The Tween section is great for upper elementary readers of all reading abilities who find shorter, “easier” chapter books too “babyish”.  Books for teens (grade 6 and up) will remain in their own area separate from the Kids and Tween collections.

Both sections will now be organized by genre.  Kids Fiction will include:

• General Fiction
• Fantasy
• Frightful Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Mystery
• Science Fiction
• Sports & Adventure
• Tales (folktales, fairy tales, traditional tales)
• Poetry
• Puzzles & Humor (I Spy and other picture puzzle books, jokes, riddles, brain teasers, Encyclopedia Brown, etc.)

Leveled readers and easy/beginning chapter books will still have their own section.

The Tween section will include:

• Fantasy
• General Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Mystery
• Science Fiction
• Sports & Adventure
• Supernatural Stories

Click on the book covers to see new additions to our collection in these new categories!

First Line Fiction

My Rotten Life: Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie by David Lubar

“It’s no fun having your heart ripped from your body, slammed to the floor and stomped into a puddle of quivering red mush. It’s even less fun when it happens three times in one afternoon.”

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A Deadly Game of Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon

“A spring rain slithered over the car windows in a blinding liquid sheet.  It surged against the rhythmically creaking wipers that failed to sweep the heavy water from the windshield.”

This book has the single creepiest last sentence in all of children’s fiction…but you’ll have to read it to find out what it is!