We're almost at the end of November and guess what? The holidays are just around the corner! Get ready to take the hassle out of your holiday shipping with these 10 Great Book Gift Ideas for Tweens!
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10 Great Book Gift Ideas for Tweens
Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink are here to make sure present buying woes are a thing of the past. We've gathered some of the biggest middle grade releases from the past year that are sure to thrill even the most reluctant of readers!
The Girl Who Lost a Leopard by Nizrana Farook
(Peachtree, for ages 8-12, $16.99)
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another thrilling escapade set in fictional Sri Lanka. Selvi is a free spirit who loves climbing mountains. There, she befriended Lokka, a leopard. When hunters come, Selvi knows she must stop them.
But what can she do, especially when the friends and family she turns to for help are not all they seem to be? Selvi must outwit the poachers and expose the mastermind behind it all.
With breezy chapters and lush, atmospheric settings, this action-adventure is a superb pick for readers who enjoy stories with peril, friendship, and close encounters with the natural wild.
You can buy it here on Amazon.com.
Nothing Else But Miracles by Kate Albus
(Margaret Ferguson Books/Holilday House, for ages 9-12, $17.99)
From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes another World War II story about three siblings on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Based on a very real place in old New York and steeped in the history of the last year of World War II, Nothing Else but Miracles shows how, when things get tough, the neighborhood really will give you what you need… and may even offer up a miracle or two in the process.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera
(Holiday House, for ages 8-12, $18.99)
I Am Kavi centers a powerful South Asian voice and stars an unforgettable heroine each one of us can relate to. This dazzling novel-in-verse comes from an astonishing new talent who lived through the civil war herself.
Caught between two worlds - a poverty-stricken village and a new fancy big-city school - a young Sri Lankan girl must decide who she really is and where she really belongs. 1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. To fit in at her new school, Kavi begins lying about her background.
Now Kavi is afraid of something even scarier than war. She fears that if her friends discover her secret - that she is not who she is pretending to be - they’ll stop talking to her.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
Pine Island Visitors by Polly Horvath
(Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, for ages 9-12, $18.99)
From Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath comes a sequel to her popular Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family. The girls have been adopted by their unlikely guardian and are now settled into their new home on Pine Island.
Then they receive a letter from their former caretaker. She is coming to visit with her narcissistic friend for an inordinate amount of time.
When the two announce that they are going to extend their stay even longer, the sisters must find the courage to stand up to these grown-up bullies if there is any hope of getting their lives back to normal.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
The Winterton Deception 1: Final Word by Janet Sumner Johnson
(Pixel+Ink, for ages 8-12, $18.99)
In this twisty middle grade mystery, thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their family from financial ruin, only to find themselves in a cut-throat competition to uncover a fortune and dark secrets about the wealthy relations they’ve never known.
A tense, clever clue hunt unafraid to tackle the challenges and secrets often kept behind closed doors, Final Word is a gripping series starter sure to satisfy even the most voracious armchair detectives.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
Finding Langston, Leaving Lymon, and Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome
(Holiday House, ages 8–12, $17.99 each)
This award-winning trilogy masterfully recreates mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of three boys: Langston, Lymon, and Clem.
Buy Finding Langston here on Amazon.com.
Exploring the impact of the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow laws, and much more!
Buy Leaving Lymon here on Amazon.com.
Lesa's work manages at once to be both an intimate portrait of each boy and his family as well as a landscape of American history.
Buy Being Clem here on Amazon.com.
Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa
(Holiday House, for ages 8–12, $22.99)
In this collection of reimagined Indonesian fairy tales, the girls are the ones with power. Because why should girls in folktales always need saving? Based on debut graphic novelist Clar Angkasa’s favorite childhood stories, it is gorgeously illustrated with a dedicated color palette for each tale.
This retelling of “Keong Mas,” “Bawang Merah Bawang Putih,” and “Timun Mas” is filled with spectacular landscapes, deep emotions, and a firm belief in the power of girls’ stories.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
Team Trash: A Time Traveler's Guide to Sustainability by Kate Wheeler and Trent Huntington, by Kate Wheeler
(Holiday House, for ages 10–14, $22.99)
In this sweeping educational adventure that transports readers across continents and centuries, Washington Post contributor Katie Wheeler and sustainability expert Trent Huntington invite readers into the history of recycling and how students can reduce plastic waste.
The fresh journal-style graphic novel acknowledges the reality of plastic pollution while offering accessible activist solutions, playfully-illustrated sustainability tips, and an optimistic look into how scientists are combating waste.
Buy it here on Amazon.com.
Whether your tweens are already avid readers, or you're try to instill a love of reading into them at an early age, these 10 Great Book Gift Ideas for Tweens will make awesome holiday presents!
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