Clean Reads for Tweens

Young Adult and Middle Grade novels that are clean reads for tweens - older elementary to young high school. 'Clean' as in no reference to sex and limited violence however there may be some action. Use your best judgment.

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Book cover for "Belly up"
Star rating for Belly up
Series:
FunJungle volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered.
Book cover for "Beyond the grave"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Amy and Dan are hot on the trail of the fourth Clue, but their ruthless relatives will stop at nothing to eliminate them from the competition. Their hunt leads them to an ancient city that has been a hotbed of Cahill activity for centuries. The clock is ticking for Amy and Dan.
Book cover for "Big game"
Star rating for Big game
Series:
FunJungle volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
"Someone is trying to hunt FunJungle's Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, and twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is on the case"--
Book cover for "The black circle"
Star rating for The black circle
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible--what will Amy and Dan...
Book cover for "Dragon on trial"
Star rating for Dragon on trial
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Seventh graders Zoe and Logan investigate a missing goose who lays golden eggs, a disappearance they believe is being wrongly blamed on a hungry dragon.
Book cover for "The emperor's code"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan must explore an ancient culture and steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers. It's the most dangerous Clue search yet ... and it may mean the end for Amy and Dan.
Book cover for "The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict"
Star rating for The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
Book cover for "The ghosts of Tupelo Landing"
Star rating for The ghosts of Tupelo Landing
Series:
Tupelo Landing volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
"When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--opens up a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th anniversary bash"--
Book cover for "Into the gauntlet"
Star rating for Into the gauntlet
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
Book cover for "The menagerie"
Star rating for The menagerie
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Logan and Zoe's efforts to identify a saboteur are complicated by the unchecked activities of the kraken and the agenda of Logan's famous tracker mother.
Book cover for "The odds of getting even"
Star rating for The odds of getting even
Series:
Tupelo Landing volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Desperado Detectives--aka Mo Lo Beau and her best friend Dale, along with newly-appointed intern, Harm Crenshaw--must take on a new case when Dale's daddy goes on the lam just before his trial is about to start"--
Book cover for "Panda-monium"
Star rating for Panda-monium
Series:
FunJungle volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping.

13. Poached

Book cover for "Poached"
Star rating for Poached
Series:
FunJungle volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the curse of Moustache Mary"
Star rating for Sammy Keyes and the curse of Moustache Mary
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy"
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A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the killer cruise"
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"Teen sleuth Sammy Keyes solves a classic locked-room mystery aboard a cruise ship"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the kiss goodbye"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Sammy Keyes has spent the last few years solving other people's mysteries; now her friends (and some foes) come together to unmask the fiend who has put Sammy in a coma"--
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the night of skulls"
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Junior high detective Sammy Keyes and her friends take a detour through a graveyard on Halloween night and find themselves in the middle of a mystery involving missing people, human skulls, and a ghoulish embalmer, while school presents its own set of tricks and treats.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the psycho Kitty Queen"
Star rating for Sammy Keyes and the psycho Kitty Queen
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the search for Snake Eyes"
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When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.