Spine Crackers: A Tween Book Group (ages 9-12)
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Spine Crackers is a Tween Book Group for older elementary level readers ages 9- 12 at the Central Library.
We are currently reading:
Pablo and Birdy by Alison McGhee
Summer 2019
- June Pablo and Birdy by Alison McGhee
- July The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- August Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Winter/Spring 2019
- January Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
- February Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
- March Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- April Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
- May The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish
Fall 2018
- September The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
- October Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
- November The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
- December The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Other books we have read:
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson
Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick
Because of Mr. Terupt by Wendy Mass
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Beswitched by Kate Saunders
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth
Boom! by Mark Haddon
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
The Cavendish Home For Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Dog Friday by Hilary McKay
Dolphin Song by Lauren St. John
Down The Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass
Everything on A Waffle by Polly Horvath
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Gone Crazy In Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Half-Minute Horrors by Susan Rich
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
How To Steal A Dog: A Novel by Barbara O'Connor
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Lion Boy by Zizou Corder
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life by Wendy Mass
Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
May B.: A Novel by Caroline Starr Rose
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
A Murder For Her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
The Ninja Librarians: The Accidental Keyhand by Jen Downey
The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes: A Story by Jonathan Auxier
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Small As An Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Space Case: A Moon Base Alpha Novel by Stuart Gibbs
Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. La Fevers
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Time Stops For No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
Tuesdays At the Castle by Jessica Day George
The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier
Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
