Category Archives: Ages 12 – 14

Adult, Ages 10 - 12, Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Don’t Underestimate a Girl With Long Hair

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 “Rapunzel’s Revenge” series by Shannon Hale

Book Titles:

  1. Rapunzel’s Revenge
  2. Calamity Jack

Graphic Novel

A fun and unusual take on the Rapunzel story.

10 – 12; 12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult

Evil Mother Gothel stole Rapunzel when she was little and used magic to dominate the land.   When Rapunzel challenged her, she imprisoned Rapunzel in a tower.   But Rapunzel escapes and uses her long hair to fight her way across the land to rescue her real mother, defeat Gothel and free the land from Gothel’s domination.   In the following book, Rapunzel and her friend Jack set off to Jack’s hometown where giants are oppressing the city.   Aided by a newspaper publisher friend, they work to foil the plans of the giants and rescue Jack’s mother.

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Ages 08 - 10, Ages 10 - 12, Ages 12 - 14

Robots Out of Control

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“Robots Rule” series by C. J. Richards

Book Titles:

  1. The Junkyard Bot
  2. Lots of Bots

Lots of fun and action

Recommended age: 8 – 10; 10 – 12; 12 – 14

George lives in a city filled with Robots.  One day he manages to create Artificial Intelligence in Jackbot, his helper robot.   Suddenly, Jackbot disappears, and George is attacked by a robotic garbage truck.    Helped by Anne, the daughter of the owner of the robot company, Tinkertown, he fights to save himself, Anne and the town from relentlessly rampaging robots.

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Ages 12 - 14

Don’t Underestimate Dessa

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“Three Thieves” series by Scott Chantler

Graphic Novels

Book Titles: 

  1. Tower of Treasure
  2. The Sign of Black Rock
  3. The Captive Prince
  4. The King’s Dragon
  5. Pirates of the Silver Coast
  6. The Dark Island
  7. The Iron Hand

Exciting fun stories of a girl in search of her brother who had been kidnapped by an evil nobleman.

Recommended age: 12 – 14

We first meet Dessa when she is performing for a traveling circus.   In trouble with the owner of the circus, she is convinced to join two friends as they try to rob a queen’s treasure chamber.  Fleeing for her life after the failed attempt, she pursues the nobleman who kidnapped her brother years before.

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Adult, Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Ancient Evil and Young Heroes

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 “The Berinfell Prophecies” by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper

Book Titles:

  1. Curse of the Spider King
  2. Venom and Song
  3. The Tide of the Unmaking

An entertaining series.

Recommended age:

  • Curse of the Spider King and Venom and Song; 12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult
  • The Tide of the Unmaking; 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult

In a world where the good Elves have been defeated and decimated by the evil Spider King and his villainous army, the only light of hope are the long lost Seven Elven Lords. But the Lords were snatched out of Allyra as toddlers long ago and never seen again. There are rumors that the Lords were taken to another world—a world called Earth—and they are now in danger.  If the Elves do not find them before they are exterminated, no hope will remain, and the Elves will be destroyed.  In addition, the Spider King has set his sights on conquering and ruling Earth—and it is totally unprepared.  In the second book, Venom and Song, the Elves take the battle to the Spider King.   In the third book, a new and more dangerous evil has arisen, and the battle plays out on Earth itself — while total destruction relentlessly advances on both worlds.

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Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

You Don’t Want Agent Six on your Trail

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“Agent Six of Hearts” Series by Jack Heath

Book Titles:

  1. The Lab
  2. Remote Control
  3. Third Transmission
  4. Dead Man Running

Fast-paced action.

Recommended age: 12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18 (only first and second books reviewed)

Agent Six of Hearts is an elite superspy who works for a vigilante group called the Deck. Trying to provide a semblance of law and order in the City, Six is always on an assignment to help put various criminals behind bars.

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Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

The Stories Must Be Saved

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“The Perilous Realm” series by Thomas Wharton

Book Titles: 

  1. The Shadow of Malabron
  2. The Fathomless Fire
  3. The Tree of Story

An interesting and intriguing story of a story world.

Recommended age:  12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18.  

Will is running away and crashes into a different world — one in which stories are lived out.   However, an evil ruler is attempting to take control of all the stories and make them his story.   He is pursuing Will, and Will doesn’t even know why.   Will is rescued by a girl, Rowen, who leads him to safety in the city of Fable.  But soon, Will, Rowen, and her grandfather start off on a trek to take Will home—and perhaps save the land.  (Only the first book has been reviewed)

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Ages 10 - 12, Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16

Nothing Stops Homer

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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

A fun historically based story of a boy in his search for his brother braving thieves, murderers, slave catchers, spies and rebels.

Recommended age: 10 – 12; 12 – 14; 14 – 16.

Homer’s older brother Harold is illegally sold off to join the Union Army.   Homer goes to rescue him.   On the way he outsmarts murderers, is outwitted by thieves, joins a traveling show, flies through the air, and rides through the battle lines at Gettysburg — not to mention, saving the day at a critical stage of a very important battle.  

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Adult, Ages 10 - 12, Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Who is My Enemy?

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Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

What do you do when you are forced to fight and kill people who are not your enemies?

Recommended age: 10 – 12; 12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult

Burma is oppressed by its government, and it is at war with its ethnic minorities, among them, the Karenni people.  Chiko, who sympathizes with the Karenni, is kidnapped by the military and forced to train to fight the Karenni.  When Chiko steps on a mine, he is rescued by a Karenni young person who chooses to save him rather than kill him.   But bringing him home to the Karenni camp brings its own problems.

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Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16

SOMETHING ISN’T QUITE RIGHT HERE

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“Under Their Skin” series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Book Titles:

  1. Under Their Skin
  2. In Over Their Heads

An intriguing and thought-provoking series about interactions between robots and humans.

Recommended age: 12 – 14; 14 – 16

Nick and Eryn’s mother is getting remarried.  But there is something unusual about the situation.   They are told that they will not be able to meet their step-siblings.   This arouses their curiosity, and they set off to find out what is going on.   What they discover is very disturbing and upsets their world completely.  The second book continues the story.

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Adult, Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

He Walks through Dimensions

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 “Interworld” Series by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

  1. Interworld
  2. The Silver Dream
  3. Eternity’s Wheel

Yes; a fast-moving imaginative story about fighting evil.

Recommended age: 12 – 14; 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult

Joey is walking around town on a school assignment when he walks through a fog and finds himself in a world very much like his world, but somehow different.   Suddenly attacked by futuristic raiders, he escapes with the aid of an unusual-looking man wearing a mask.   However, his escape brings him to a world where he is already dead.  Then, before he can process this, he is captured by pirates who take him up to space.   Rescued again, he finds out that he is a Walker—a person capable of passing through dimensions.  He joins Interworld in their battle against the futuristic Binary and the evil, magical HEX pirates.  In the second book, Joey meets a Time Traveler from the Time Watch organization who intervenes in Joey’s time frustrating the plans of Binary and HEX.   In the third book, Joey leads the fight to stop Binary and HEX’s universe-destroying plans.

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