Junior Fiction
Fiction for ages 9-12, offering more complex plots, richer character development, and themes that encourage pre-teens to think critically about the world around them.

The Ever After
Amanda Hocking

Burn Our Bodies Down
Rory Power

Vega Jane and the Secrets of Sorcery
David Baldacci
Tomislav Tomic

Gone to the Woods: A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild
Gary Paulsen

The Thirteenth Fairy
Melissa de la Cruz

Owl and the Lost Boy
Amy Wilson

A Girl Called Owl
Amy Wilson

The Orphans of St Halibut's
Sophie Wills
David Tazzyman

Kidnap on the California Comet
M. G. Leonard
Sam Sedgman
Elisa Paganelli

The Cheerleaders
Kara Thomas

The Time of Green Magic
Hilary McKay

Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen

Wayward Son
Rainbow Rowell

Return to Wonderland
Various

The Morning Flower
Amanda Hocking

Boy Queen
George Lester

Umbrella Mouse to the Rescue
Anna Fargher
Sam Usher

The Great Blue Yonder
Alex Shearer

Melt My Heart
Bethany Rutter

The Lost City
Amanda Hocking

Rules for Being a Girl
Candace Bushnell
Katie Cotugno

Deeplight
Frances Hardinge

War Stories
Michael Morpurgo

Supernova
Marissa Meyer

Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Tomi Adeyemi

Ember Queen
Laura Sebastian

Wilder Girls
Rory Power

The Highland Falcon Thief
M. G. Leonard
Sam Sedgman
Elisa Paganelli

Follow Me, Like Me
Charlotte Seager

10 Blind Dates
Ashley Elston

The Lotterys More or Less
Emma Donoghue
Caroline Hadilaksono

The Beast
Brendan Reichs
Ally Condie

Shadows of Winterspell
Amy Wilson

Boy Meets Ghoul
Birdie Milano

The Secret of Platform 13
Eva Ibbotson
Beatriz Castro

Five Dark Fates
Kendare Blake

Pumpkinheads
Rainbow Rowell
Faith Erin Hicks

Secret Friends
Elizabeth Laird
Alleanna Harris

The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7
Garth Jennings

No Big Deal
Bethany Rutter