Category Archives: Ages 14 – 16

Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Don’t Let Your Guard Down

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“Sure Fire” Series by Jack Higgins

  1. Sure Fire
  2. Death Run
  3. Sharp Shot
  4. First Strike

Fun action stories featuring teenage spies.

Recommended age: 14 – 16; 16 – 18

When Rich and Jade Chance’s mom is killed by a car, they wonder where they’re going to go next. At their mom’s funeral, however, their long-lost father shows up to take them to live with him. Two days after they move in, however, the father disappears, and less than an hour later his flat is shot up by gunmen. Rich and Jade go on the run, trying to stay one step ahead of their pursuers while desperately attempting to find out what’s going on.

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

He Knew Trouble Was Coming

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“Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School” series by Andrew Clements

  1. We the Children
  2. Fear Itself
  3. The Whites of their Eyes
  4. In Harm’s Way
  5. We Hold These Truths

An intriguing series of stories of kids trying to solve an old mystery.

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

Glennley is a large corporation which wants to buy Benjamin Pratt’s two hundred-year old school, demolish it and set up an amusement park.   One day as Benjamin is rushing to school, he comes across the school’s old custodian who is dying.  He gives Benjamin an old coin, and tells him that it is his duty to protect the school.  The coin has a clue on it which leads Benjamin onward.  But first he must get around a sinister assistant custodian or two who have secrets of their own.

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Adult, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

You Never Know What You May Find Lying About

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The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson

A well-written story about life in some other world.

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

Piper is a scrapper, making her living by finding scrap items left behind from a meteor storm that seems to carry items from our world, and perhaps other worlds.    She seems to have a special gift with mechanical devices.  One day on the meteor field, she rescues a girl from a caravan that had been partially destroyed by a meteor.   This girl has the mark of the Dragonfly on her, marking her as important in the southern kingdom.   However, after Piper rescues Anna, she discovers that Anna is being pursued by a dangerous man.  Piper and Anna flee town by stowing away on a train where they meet unusual allies and dangerous opponents.

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Adult, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Too Many Thieves at Blandings Castle

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Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse

More assumed identities at Blandings Castle.

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

Joe Keeble wants to give some of his money to his step-daughter, Phyllis.   Joe’s wife, Lady Constance, doesn’t like Phyllis and won’t let him give her the money.   Freddie, who wants some money to start a business, offers to steal Constance’s expensive necklace for his Uncle Joe — who would then “spend” twenty thousand pounds on a new necklace (but actually just give her the same stones in a new setting).  This way, Joe would get twenty thousand pounds to control without Constance knowing about it, and she would still have her necklace, and she would be appreciative of the fact that he was willing to replace her necklace.   Freddie is incompetent, so he hires Psmith to steal the necklace.   Psmith enters Blandings under the guise of a poet who was supposed to come, but who had decided not to.  Psmith’s real reason for coming is that he wants to court Eve Halliday who is working there.  In the meantime, there are two real thieves who have also finagled their way into the Castle, also with their eyes on the diamond necklace.

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

Time for a True Hero to Arise

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Hero by Mike Lupica

An interesting story about a boy who is this generation’s hero.

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

The “Bads” are always trying to cause trouble in the world.    And in every generation, there is one “hero” who arises to fight them.   Zach is that hero.

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Adult, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Dangers Past and Present

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“The Gideon Trilogy” also known as “The Enlightenment of Peter Schock” by Linda Buckley-Archer

  1. Gideon The Cutpurse also known as The Time Travelers
  2. The Time Thief
  3. Time Quake

An imaginative story of two young people caught in 1763.

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

Peter and Kate, through an accident at a high-tech lab, wind up in 1763.   There they make friends with Gideon, a good man with a checkered past.   He protects them from the evil characters in his past, while they seek to make their way home.

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Ages 12 - 14, Ages 14 - 16

A Mystery Wrapped in a Puzzle Locked in the Library

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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

An intriguing story full of puzzles, books, mysteries, and games, which teaches a lot about teamwork, honesty, and playing fair.

Recommended age: 12 – 14; 14 – 16.

Kyle Keeley is only good at one thing: games. He couldn’t be happier when Mr. Lemoncello, the greatest game maker in the world, creates the most amazing library in the world. Right in his hometown! And to top it off, the twelve-year-olds of his town (including Kyle) are offered an amazing opportunity. Each kid may write an essay about the library, and the twelve with the best essays are invited to stay the night before the opening of the library in the library. Kyle is determined to get in. But getting in is the easy part; the hard part is getting out again.  Kyle is caught up in a game called “get out of the library.” The first one to do it gets a prize, but it might be beyond even Kyle’s ability escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.

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

Sofa Diving Surprise

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What We Found in the Sofa and How it Saved the World by Henry Clark

An entertaining book with tessering sofas, Lord of the Rings spoofs, talking dominoes, belly-buttonless clones, and alternate dimensions.

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

When a mysterious sofa appears in front of the bus stop, River, Freak and Fiona thinks it’s a good place to sit while they wait for the bus. Not much more. But when they search under the cushions, they come up with a two-headed coin, a flattened peanut shell, a chewing gum wrapper, a plaid sock, a fishhook (which of course gets stuck in River’s hand), an old wooden double-six domino, and a green crayon with a label that says ZUCCHINI. It turns out that this is likely the only zucchini crayon in existence. And that means it’s valuable. Of course, if you found a multi-hundred-dollar crayon, what would you do? Sell it on e-bay, of course! But when the auction goes startlingly high, and when they meet the owner of the mysterious sofa, they realize they’re into something a lot bigger than they could ever imagine. So come along, catch a ride and find out what they found in the sofa and how it saved the world.

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Adult, Ages 14 - 16, Ages 16 - 18

Rescue Comes From the Sky

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Airman by Eoin Colfer

Original and unusual story about a young man who creates an air-machine.

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

Conor has a lot of potential, but he sees some murders committed by a very ruthless and evil individual with a lot of power.   Falsely imprisoned, he plots his escape using a very unexpected means.

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

Frontier Life Ain’t All Fun and Games

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Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell

An enjoyable look at the “Living  in the Past” trend with surprising twists.

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

Gen’s mother has chosen to take their family to a camp where you live like it was the 1890s on the frontier.  Gen is not happy.   She smuggles in a cell phone, and, unwittingly, creates a crisis at the camp — and a very surprising media event.   In the meantime, Gen learns how to milk cows, harvest corn, fight a mill fire, avoid bears and even to like her enemies!

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