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 "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the deathly hallows"
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
At a time when the forces of evil seem to be gaining the upper hand, Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, and must take on and defeat Voldemort--or be killed himself.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability. Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Fifteen-year-old wizard Harry Potter struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

168. Hatchet

Book cover for "Hatchet"
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Series:
Brian's saga volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness.
Book cover for "Heist society"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.
Book cover for "Heroes of the dustbin"
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Series:
Janitors volume 5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Spencer and his team of Rebels must face the combined evil of the Founding Witches and the Sweepers, or the world is doomed to fall under the control of the sinister Bureau of Educational Maintenance.
Book cover for "High Rhulain"
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Series:
Redwall volume 18.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Following a dream, the young ottermaid Tiria travels from Redwall to the Green Isle, where otters have long been enslaved by feral cats but fight back as they await the High Rhulain, a savior whose coming was foretold.
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Young wizards volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita uses her wizardry to try to find her.

173. Hoot

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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Book cover for "The hostile hospital"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
Book cover for "House of many ways"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems.
Book cover for "Howl's moving castle"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
Book cover for "Hunt for Jade Dragon"
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Series:
Michael Vey volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
Book cover for "I am Alice"
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Series:
Last apprentice volume 12.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Description:
"Alice Dean's destiny is intertwined with Tom Ward's. But he's going to be the next Spook, and she's a witch--possibly the most powerful one the county has ever seen. To rid the world of its greatest evil, the Fiend, Alice will venture into the depths of the dark"--
Book cover for "I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you"
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Gallagher girls volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
Book cover for "Igraine the brave"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.