Monday, July 29, 2024

It's Better With Two! Stories Featuring Twins

All of these books feature twins in the stories.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .


The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day.

The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by Geoff Rodkey
An oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, an epic prank war between twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper of New York City.

Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott
This bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death.

Witch Twins by Adele Griffin
Troubled about being separated at school and preoccupied with sabotaging their father's marriage, ten-year-old witches, Claire and Luna, have little time to think of something good, smart and tricky to do that will finally make them one-star witches.


More Books --
Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui
Capitol Chase by Matthew Landis
Cosmic Commandos by Chris Eliopoulos
Double, Double, Twins and Trouble by Luna Graves
Double Vision by Tia Mowry
The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
The Hunt for the Hollower by Callie C. Miller
Jake and Lilly by Jerry Spinelli
Journey Across the Hidden Islands by Sarah Beth Durst
Shira & Esther's Double Dream Debut by Anna E. Jordan 
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner
The Two and Only Kelly Twins by Johanna Hurwitz

Monday, July 8, 2024

Laugh Out Loud

Sometimes you are just done with all the drama and you want to laugh out loud.  Check out one of these humorous teen books.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula by Andi Watson
Stuck with doing most of her father's work, Decomposia struggles to keep up with her responsibilities to her mummy, werewolf, and ghost subjects, until charming chef Count Spatula steps in to help.

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Bored with her proper, circumscribed life as a princess, Cimorene runs away to join a powerful, fascinating dragon named Kazul and encounters a host of adventures along the way.

Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer
Outcast high school senior Carson Phillips blackmails the most popular students in his school into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application.


More Humorous Teen Fiction --
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson
Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto
Dark Lord: The Early Years by Jamie Thomson
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons
Halo and Sprocket by Kerry Callen
Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen
It's All Your Fault by Paul Rudnick
Just Our Luck by Julia Walton
Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews 
My Neighbor Seki series by Takuma Morishige
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
Nichijou series by Keiichi Arawi
Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia
Wicked Things by John Allison
Yotsuba&! series by Kiyohiko Azuma
Your Own Worst Enemy by Gordon Jack