{"id":158331,"date":"2023-06-30T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springvilleutah.gov\/library\/?page_id=158331"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:12:26","slug":"tween-book-club-sets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.springvilleutah.gov\/library\/book-lists\/book-club-sets\/tween-book-club-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tween"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Springville<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Library<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Book Lists<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Book Club Sets<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Tween<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Tween Book Club Sets<\/h1>\n

    Aru Shah and the End of Time
    \nBy: Roshani Chokshi
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:8<\/h3>\n

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    Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?<\/p>\n

    One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don’t believe her claim that the museum’s Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.<\/p>\n

    But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it’s up to Aru to save them.<\/p>\n

    The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    El Deafo
    \nBy: Cece Bell
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece\u2019s class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school \u2014 in the hallway \u2026 in the teacher\u2019s lounge \u2026 in the bathroom! This is power, maybe even superpower. Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, listener for all. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it\u2019s just another way of feeling different \u2026 and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Escape from Mr. Lemoncello\u2019s Library
    \nBy: Chris Grabenstein
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors remain locked. Kyle and the other winners must solve every clue and every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route. And the stakes are very high.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Hoops
    \nBy: Matt Tavares
    \nGenre: Junior Graphic\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports.<\/p>\n

    It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls’ basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys’ team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Land of Stories – The Wishing Spell
    \nBy: Chris Colfer
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    Alex and Conner Bailey\u2019s world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
    \nBut after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    \nBy: C.S. Lewis
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:6<\/h3>\n

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    Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Listening for Lions
    \nBy: Gloria Whelan
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:9<\/h3>\n

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    Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when influenza strikes down her missionary parents, she is left vulnerable prey to her family\u2019s wicked neighbors. Surrounded by greed and lies, Rachel is entangled in a criminal scheme and sent to England, where she is forced into a life of deception. Like the lion, she must be patient and strong, awaiting the moment when she can take control of her own fate\u2014and find her way home again at last.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Moon Over Manifest
    \nBy: Clare Vanderpool
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:8<\/h3>\n

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    Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was.
    \nHaving heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it\u2019s just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to \u201cLeave Well Enough Alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest\u2019s history is full of colorful and shadowy characters\u2014and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest\u2019s secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Navigating Early
    \nBy: Clare Vanderpool
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    When Jack Baker\u2019s father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys\u2019 boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn\u2019t know what to expect. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to accept truths others take for granted. Jack, feeling lonely and out of place, connects with Early, and the two become friends.<\/p>\n

    During a break from school, the boys set out for the Appalachian Trail on a quest for a great black bear. As Jack and Early travel deeper into the mountains, they meet peculiar and dangerous characters, and they make some shocking discoveries. But their adventure is only just beginning. Will Jack\u2019s and Early\u2019s friendship last the journey? Can the boys make it home alive?<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Prairie Lotus
    \nBy: Linda Sue Park
    \nGenre: Fiction – Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered novel about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father’s shop, and making at least one friend.<\/p>\n

    Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America’s heartland, in 1880. Hanna’s adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople’s almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story.<\/p>\n

    Narrated by Hanna, the novel has poignant moments yet sparkles with humor, introducing a captivating heroine whose wry, observant voice will resonate with readers. Includes an afterword from the author.<\/p>\n

    This moving historical novel is from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park, whose beloved middle grade books include A Single Shard and A Long Walk to Water.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

    Rules
    \nBy: Cynthia Lord
    \nGenre: Junior Fiction\/Tween
    \nBooks in Set:10<\/h3>\n

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    Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.<\/p>\n

    Place a hold<\/a><\/p>\n

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