A list of 13 books that may be suitable for 12-year-olds, along with a brief summary of each:
- “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins: This book is set in a dystopian future where children are chosen to participate in a televised fight to the death. It follows the story of Katniss Everdeen as she fights to survive and overthrow the oppressive government.
- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling: This book tells the story of a young orphan boy named Harry Potter who discovers that he is a wizard and enrolls in a school of witchcraft and wizardry.
- “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner: This book is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a group of teenagers are trapped in a giant maze and must find a way to escape before they succumb to the deadly creatures that live inside it.
- “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan: This book follows the adventures of Percy Jackson, a boy who discovers that he is the son of Poseidon and is thrust into a world of Greek gods and monsters.
- “The Giver” by Lois Lowry: This book is set in a seemingly perfect society where everyone is assigned a job and everyone is happy, but the protagonist, Jonas, discovers that there is something not right with society and starts to question everything he knows.
- “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis: This book follows the adventures of four siblings as they discover a magical world hidden in a wardrobe, where they encounter talking animals, witches, and a powerful lion who is the true king of Narnia.
- “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton: This book is a coming-of-age story about two rival groups of teenage boys, the “greasers” and the “socs”, and the struggles they face growing up in a broken home.
- “Holes” by Louis Sachar: This book tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy who is sent to a juvenile detention center where he and the other boys are forced to dig holes in the desert, and how this experience helps him to understand the real meaning of family, friendship, and self-discovery.
- “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio: This book tells the story of August, a boy with facial deformities who starts attending school for the first time and has to navigate the challenges of fitting in and being accepted.
- “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien: This book follows the adventure of hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he joins a company of dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.
- “The Secret Series” by Enid Blyton: This series of books follows the adventures of four friends as they form a secret club and solve mysteries and crimes in their small town.
- “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank: This is a non-fiction book that recounts the experiences of a Jewish girl, Anne Frank, who went into hiding with her family during the Holocaust and wrote about her thoughts, feelings, and daily life.
- “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart: This book is about a group of children who are recruited to save the world from a dangerous organization by using their intelligence and teamwork.
