Picks for Picky
Readers
Recommended
by Alan (13), who loves
to
read when he finds a book that he
loves
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Artemis
Fowl
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl,
The
Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code. |
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The
Bartimaeus Trilogy
Jonathan Stroud makes a brilliant beginning in The Amulet of Samarkand. |
Big Bad Book of Bart
Simpson
Cartoon stories that satirize school, comic book heroes and modern life. |
The
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
The epic series begins with action-packed thrills in Wolf
Brother. |
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Darren
Shan
Read them in one gulp - Cirque du Freak
to The Vampire
Prince (#7). |
Ender series
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game,
Ender's
Shadow; thrilling SF. |
Eragon
1st in Christopher Paolini's exciting new Inheritance
series. |
Harry
Potter
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is fantastic! |
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Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli's story of the perfect kid hero
in flap-soled sneakers. |
Samurai Spirit
Burt Kozak's 'Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life';
samurai stories. |
Smallville
Tales of a teen Superman from #1, Arrival to #6,
Buried
Secrets. |
The Spiderwick
Chronicles
Jared, Simon & Mallory Grace take on dark faery in this spooky
series. |
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Swords for Hire
Will Allen's 'Two of the most unlikely
heroes you'll ever meet'. |
Warriors
Felines: Into
the Wild, Fire & Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm |
The Wee Free Men
Dreams and nightmares come to life in Terry Pratchett's
Discworld. |
See also our Columns on Teen Reads, including The
Reading Torch, Motivating
Reluctant Readers, Image
Oriented Readers, Take a
Trip, Get an Earful, Teen Reads
Rule! |
