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Popular Series for Kids and Tweens * The series are not in a specific order, however, we tried to list some of the series for younger readers first, ending with series that would be appreciated by readers first starting to get into young adult fiction* **The underlined titles are those that we do not have in our system, however, if you would like to read these books, or any others you cannot find, ask at the circulation desk and we will do our best to find them for you**
Cam Jansen Containing 27 books (not including the "special" mysteries), The Cam Jansen series follows Cam, a young girl with a special talent. She puts her photographic memory to good use as she uses it to solve countless mysteries. The Cam Jansen books are great for young readers making the transition into chapter books. The Mystery of
the Stolen Diamonds
Marvin Redpost Marvin Redpost is a normal boy with a very active imagination. In the first book of the series, he becomes convinced that he is the long lost son of the King of Shampoon who was switched at birth. After all, no one else in his family has red hair or blue eyes, he is left handed (and as his teacher says, lefties have royal blood), and his grandmother says that he doesn't remind her of anyone else in the family. Kindnapped at
Birth?
Junie B. Jones Junie B. Jones is just a regular girl with a sense of adventure. Kids everywhere will be able to relate with some of the situations she gets herself into at home and at school. Great for young readers who are looking for their first chapter books. Junie B. Jones and
Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
Amber Brown Amber Brown is a clever young girl who deals with many of the same issues plaguing our young people today. She must learn to deal with her parents divorce, school, homework, having her best friend move away and many other things. Kids everywhere will be able to relate to Amber, and will get a kick out of the situations she gets herself into. Amber Brown is not
a Crayon
Wayside School Wayside School was originally meant to be a one story building with thirty classrooms side by side, but someone got the blueprints wrong and ended up building a thirty story school with one classroom on each story. The odd setup of the school, however, is the least of its oddities. Each chapter is a new story about a different odd character or unusual event at Wayside School. The worst of all is the classroom on the thirtieth floor. This classroom is run by Mrs. Gorf, who is very mean and turns her students into apples. Then there is Tom, who always gets sent home by noon, Bebe, who loves to draw but isn't very good, and what is up with the new kid? Sideways Stories
From Wayside School
Bunnicula Told from the point of view of a dog named Harold, Bunnicula is the story of his human family, the Monroe's, and the bunny they acquire and name Bunnicula. When they bring the bunny home, just after seeing the movie Dracula, Harold and the cat, Chester begin to notice odd things happening with regards to Bunnicula. Could he really be a vampire? Bunnicula: A
Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Dragon Slayer's Academy When a strolling minstrel tells Wiglaf that he was born to be a hero, he takes off with his pig Daisy toward the Dragon Slayer's Academy to become a dragon slayer. There is just one problem with this plan; Wiglaf can't stand the sight of blood. These books are great for young readers who want something with a bit of a fantasy feel to it. The New Kid at
School
Magic Tree House Jack and Annie discover that their tree house is a mode of time travel when they get whisked away to prehistoric times and must find a way to get home for their own dinner before becoming dinner for a dinosaur. In each book, the kids travel to a different time period, each of which holds an adventure. Dinosaurs
Before Dark
The Borrowers Pod, Homily, and Arriety Clock are a family of "little people" who live under the floorboards in a country house in England. Over the years, they have arranged quite a nice setup for their home gathered out of things that have been "borrowed" from the people upstairs, such as matchboxes, postage stamps, thimbles, and other trinkets. The Borrowers
Bailey School Kids Bailey City has always been a little odd, but nothing is stranger than the people encountered by Eddie, Howie, Lisa and Melody who are students at Bailey Elementary School. Each book is about an individual that the children meet in their everyday lives, each of which seems to have a scary resemblance to a different famous creature, or character. Vampires Don't
Wear Polka Dots
Hank the Cowdog Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security must overcome trials and solve crimes that happen on the ranch that it is his job to protect. Join Hank and his friends on the many adventures that they share. Hank the Cowdog
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Greg Heffley is what you would call... well... a wimpy kid. To make matters worse, his mother has asked him to keep a diary. He's not too happy about that at all, especially when she buys him a book that says "diary" on the cover, even though he specifically asked her not to. Based on his web comic, Jeff Kinney has turned the drama and trials of Greg Heffley into an illustrated novel that is quickly becoming popular with kids everywhere. Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
American Girl First introduced in 1986, the American Girl corporation, or the Pleasant company as it was called at the time, has produced a number of popular books about young girls from different eras. Since then, the books have spawned the American Girl Magazine, American Girl dolls, a cosmetic line, and the list goes on. Each series is written by a different author, and tells several stories about regular girls living in historically significant times. The Felicity
series
Babysitter's Club Young girls have enjoyed reading the Babysitters Club books since the introduction of Kristy's Great Idea in 1986. Each book is about a group of friends who are all babysitters, and focuses on a different girl and her story. In 1988, Martin began writing the Babysitter's Little Sister books for younger readers. These follow the life of Kristy's little sister Karen, and her friends. Kristy's Great
Idea
A Series of Unfortunate Events Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire have led a wonderful life thus far. They live with their parents in a large house where they can each indulge in their favorite pastimes. Violet likes to invent things, Klaus likes to read, and Sunny is a baby who likes to bite things. This is all before the first book though. Sadly, their lives take a turn for the worst. It all begins one fateful day when they are standing on Briny Beach. This is when they receive the awful news that their parents have been killed in a fire that has engulfed their whole house. They are then forced to move in with a relative they have never even heard of; the villainous Count Olaf. He only takes them in to find a way to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune. Once his evil plot is unveiled, the children are moved from one place to the next as Count Olaf follows them, destroying any hope that they have for happiness. The Bad Beginning
Harry Potter Harry Potter has lived with his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley Dursley for as long as he can remember. His parents were killed in a car crash when he was just a baby, that left him with a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. The Dursleys have been anything but kind to Harry. They basically treat him like a servant. It is just before his 11th birthday that the letters begin to arrive. Mysterious letters addressed to him, that his Uncle Vernon will not allow him to see. Eventually, so many letters arrive, that Vernon takes the whole family, and the begin moving from hotel to hotel, but everywhere they go, the letters find them. One the eve of his birthday, a special visitor arrives. Rubeus Hagrid is the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Harry has been accepted. It turns out that not only is Harry a wizard, but his parents were really killed by the dark wizard Voldemort, and Harry survived with only his scar. No one had heard from Voldemort since. The books follow Harry and his friends as they attend school at Hogwarts, each year coming up against some sort of dangerous situation somehow tied to the dark lord. Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone
The Children of the Red King When he is 10 years old, Charlie Bone makes a rather disconcerting discovery. He can hear the conversations or thoughts of the people in photographs at the time the picture was taken. He finds that this is due to the fact that he is one of the descendants of the Red King, all of whom have different magical abilities. He discovers a photograph of a girl who has been missing for years, and goes on a quest to find her. At around the same time, he is also enrolled in Bloors Academy where he encounters more odd and dangerous situations. Midnight for
Charlie Bone
Redwall Follow Matthias the mouse on his quest to recover the lost sword of Martin the Warrior in order to save Redwall Abbey from the evil intentions of the villain, a rat named Cluny the Scourge, with the help of his friends, a badger named Constance, a mute squirrel named Silent Sam, his mother Jess, and many others. Redwall *Note: The Redwall books were not published in chronological order, so if you want to read about the books in the order that the events happened, the correct order is as follows: Lord Brocktree, Martin The Warrior, Mossflower, The Legend of Luke, Outcast of Redwall, Mariel of Redwall, The Bellmaker, Salamandastron, Redwall, Mattimeo, The Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, High Rhulain.
The Chronicles of Narnia Simply put, the Chronicles of Narnia is a classic tale of good and evil. It is about a group of children who repeatedly travel to the magical world of Narnia where they fulfill a prophecy and must continuously bring down the evil forces threatening the happiness of the creatures who reside there. The Magician's
Nephew
The Spiderwick Chronicles Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace have just moved into the run down Spiderwick estate, and they are none too happy about it. Things start to look up, however, when they discover the secret study of their great-great uncle, Arthur Spiderwick. Once they read his journal, the field guide, weird things begin to happen. Suddenly, the world around them isn't the same. It is filled with creatures they never even knew existed. All of a sudden, they are cast into a new world where they must defend the secrets contained in the field guide from the evil Mulgrath. The Field Guide
The Edge Chronicles Twig always knew he was different. First of all, although he has been raised by woodtrolls, he is obviously not the same as them. He is a human. He finds out that he has been abandoned in the Deepwoods, and becomes determined to find where he came from. On his quest he befriends many other odd creatures, and makes enemies out of others. Beyond the Deep
Woods
The Boxcar Children Since the first book was published in 1942, The Boxcar Children series has been a favorite of young readers. Now with 115 title in the series the books are just as popular as ever. The stories are about a group of siblings, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, who have just been orphaned, and have run away. With nowhere to go, they discover an abandoned boxcar in the woods and make it their new residence. They live there for a while until they find a more permanent residence, after which, they begin solving mysteries. The Boxcar
Children
Encyclopedia Brown You get to help solve the mysteries in these detective books. Each chapter is a different story about Encyclopedia Brown, the boy detective, and his assistant Sally. Each short story is a mystery, in which you are given clues and background, and the story ends without revealing the answer. Each answer is in the back of the book so that you can see if you deduced correctly. Encyclopedia
Brown, Boy Detective
The Bobbsey Twins Centered around the two sets of twins in the Bobbsey family, Nan and Bert, and Freddie and Flossie; the Bobbsey Twins series are a series of mysteries that were first introduced in 1904. They have been a favorite ever since. Similar to Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins books are a little less "sensational" making them more appropriate for kids at a lower reading level. They are great books for kids reading their first chapter books. The Bobbsey Twins'
of Lakeport
Nancy Drew Since Caroline Keene wrote the first book in 1930, the Nancy Drew series has been a phenomenon with young girls around the world. Girls everywhere fall in love with the books as they follow Nancy, the teenage daughter of a prominent lawyer, through mystery after mystery. Nancy has a good eye for picking out wrongdoers, and she and her friends help track down criminals so well that even the River Heights police department starts coming to Nancy for help. The Secret of the
Old Clock
Hardy Boys The sons of a world-renowned private detective, Frank and Joe Hardy have inherited their fathers love of bringing criminals to justice. Starting in 1927, young boys have been captivated by the exciting adventures of the young, crime fighting sleuths, leading to over 300 titles that are still popular today. The Tower Treasure
Dear America Written by several different authors, the Dear America books chronicle the lives of young women and girls who lived through historic times and events. Read about the struggles of young girls as they must fight to survive during a war, witness their neighbors being accused of witchcraft and killed, watching as the Titanic sinks into the ocean, and many other events in history. I Walk in
Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials,
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1691 by Lisa Rowe
Royal Diaries Like the Dear America Series, the Royal Diaries are written by many different authors. Each one chronicles the life and trials of different young ladies of royal birth from all over the world, in many different time periods. The books give girls a semi-fictional view of the lives of famous princesses and other royalty when they were young girls. Cleopatra VII:
Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory
Warriors Rusty is a young house cat who dreams of a life of adventure. These dreams are answered when he is offered the chance to join the Thunderclan; one of a group of gangs of feral cats in the area. Soon he finds himself in the middle of the gang wars going on all around the area. The series follows young Rusty, renamed Firepaw, as he take on new adventures in his new life. Into the Wild
Anne of Green Gables 11-year old Anne Shirley is an orphan who has just been sent to her new foster parents Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, only to find that they are disappointed in her because they had asked for a boy to help them with their farm. They allow her to stay and are soon glad that they did. Anne is very imaginative, and has a fiery spirit, and soon changes, not only the way that Marilla and Matthew view the world, but the rest of the town as well. The series follows Anne as she grows up in Avonlea and thrives well into adulthood. Anne of Green
Gables
Little House on the Prairie The Little House series is actually autobiographical, written by Laura Ingles Wilder about her life growing up on the prairie. She was born in 1867 in the log cabin in the first book. The rest of the books chronicle her life with her family as they must overcome the trials of living on the prairie in what was then the new frontier. The books follow her through her entire childhood, as well as her adult years, and the later books are about her daughter Rose. Little House in
the Big Woods
Animorphs The Animorphs series is the story of six young people, five humans and one alien, who have the ability to transform into animals. The kids must use their special abilities to fight a top secret guerilla war against an alien infiltration against Earth. The Invasion
Indian in the Cupboard When he is unable to find a Birthday present for him, Omri's older brother gives him an old medicine cabinet that he has found. One night, Omri puts an Indian figurine into it just before he falls asleep. It is then that he learns that there is more to the gift than any of them thought. If you turn the key once, the toy will come to life, and if you turn it again, the toy will be a toy again. The Indian in the
Cupboard
Shadow Children The Shadow Children series takes place in a world where families are only allowed to have two children. The illegal third-born children are called shadow children and must go into hiding lest the population police find them, in which case, they will be put to death. The series follows some of these children as they live, hidden away from the world, in constant fear for their lives. Among the Hidden
Books of Ember The City of Ember is the only light place in the world. If people leave Ember they will roam around the world in darkness forever. Everyone in Ember graduates school at the age of 12, when they must go into the workforce. Each new graduate draws the job that they will be expected to do. Lina is disappointed when she draws the role of pipeworks laborer which will have her down in the tunnels, until her friend Doon offers to switch and give her the role of Messenger, as he wants to be in the tunnels to try and fix the generator. When the lights begin to flicker, Lina and Doon must find a way to fix them before they are cast into a world of darkness. The City of Ember
Chronicles of Prydain The Chronicles of Prydain are about a young man named Taran who is an assistant pig keeper in the land of Prydain. Although his life is mundane, he has always dreamed of becoming a hero just like Prince Gwydion. His must go on a quest to become the hero he knows he is and battle the Horned King in defense of his homeland. The Book of Three
Fablehaven For centuries, Fablehaven has served as a sanctuary for mystical creatures that most humans do not believe exist. It is a safe place for them to live, and to avoid extinction. Kendra and her brother, Seth are going to stay with their grandfather while their parents are away on a cruise. Little do they know, he is the caretaker of a magical world full of creatures that they believed to only exist in fairy tales. Once they figure out the secret, their lives become full of adventure with fairies, satyrs, imps, trolls, and all other manner of creatures. Fablehaven The
Bartimaeus Trilogy It is modern day London, and eleven year old Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice learning the art of magic. When he is publicly humiliated by Simon Lovelace, a ruthless and ambitious magician, he decides to take his revenge. To help him out with this, he summons Bartimaeus, a five-thousand-year old djinni, but he soon finds that while he was the one who summoned him, he still cannot control him. The Amulet of
Samarkand
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