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 "Conrad's Fate"
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5 stars
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Someone at Stallery Mansion is changing the world. At first, only small details, but the changes get bigger and bigger. It's up to Conrad, a twelve-year-old with terrible karma who's just joined the mansion's staff, to find out who is behind it.

But he's not the only one snooping around. His fellow servant-in-training, Christopher Chant, is charming, confident, and from another world, with a mission of his own—rescuing his friend,

...
Book cover for "A conspiracy of kings"
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Queen's thief volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.
Book cover for "Countdown"
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Sixties trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear.
Book cover for "Counting by 7s"
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4.4 stars
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Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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5 stars
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Rick Hanski, a young soldier in Vietnam, bonds with Cracker, his bomb-sniffing dog. A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.

86. Cress

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4.8 stars
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Working to overthrow Queen Levana, a fugitive Cinder and her companions search for Rapunzel-like hacker Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood and who has received orders from Levana to foil Cinder's efforts.
Book cover for "Cross my heart and hope to spy"
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Gallagher girls volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Cammie Morgan is a CIA legacy and attends the premier school in the world ... for spies. The school hosts some mysterious guests with the code name Blackthorne. When Cammie is blamed for a security breach that threatens to expose the school's top secret status, she and her friends face danger to clear Cammie's name and learn the truth about Blackthorne.
Book cover for "The curious world of Calpurnia Tate"
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Series:
Calpurnia Tate volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Book cover for "Curse of the bane"
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Last apprentice volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Now 13 years old, Tom Ward continues his apprenticeship with the Spook as they confront a dangerous bane who can control people's thoughts.
Book cover for "Curse of the broomstaff"
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Janitors volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Spencer, Daisy, and their little team of rebels must find the source of all magical Glop and destroy it before it destroys the world as they know it.
Book cover for "The dark talent"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Having broken the Smedry Talents while saving the kingdom of Mokia from the Evil Librarian army, Alcatraz Smedry infiltrates the Highbrary as part of a desperate plan to save his comatose friend, Batille.

92. Darke

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Septimus Heap volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Apprentice Septimus Heap must enter the Darke to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction, but he needs the help of many to battle the spreading Darkenesse.
Book cover for "Dead of night"
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4.4 stars
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Determined to find out the truth about Whisper's death, Wild Pack leader Storm searches for a traitor in the pack.
Book cover for "El deafo"
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4.7 stars
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The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
Book cover for "Dealing with dragons"
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4.6 stars
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Bored with her proper, circumscribed life as a princess, Cimorene runs away to join a powerful, fascinating dragon named Kazul and encounters a host of adventures along the way.
Book cover for "The death cure"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus.
Book cover for "Deep wizardry"
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Young wizards volume 2.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.
Book cover for "The diamond of Darkhold"
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Books of Ember volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
Book cover for "Diary of a wimpy kid"
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4.3 stars
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In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
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4.5 stars
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Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?