Teen Book Match

Since you say you really enjoyed the Lasky book about Elizabeth I, I
think you should be aware that there are 19 more books in that series by a variety of authors. They cover many female world leaders such as
Queen Victoria, Mary: Queen of Scots, Anastasia, etc. You can find them
in our catalog by searching "series" and typing in "royal diaries."

Here are some book titles that I hope you will enjoy:

The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty.
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students
from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to
romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer.
Seventeen-year-old Kate hopes for romance when her older brother's
friend Richard comes to stay at their house during Christmas vacation.

What Eric Knew : a Sebastian Barth Mystery / by James Howe.
After Eric moves away he sends cryptic notes to Sebastian and David, who attempt to make sense of them by investigating a mysterious death.

The Eyes of the Killer Robot / John Bellairs.
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon is put in jeopardy when he and Professor Childermass try to find a robot made many years ago by an evil wizard.

The Witchmaster's Key / by Franklin W. Dixon.
The Hardy boys' investigation of a museum robbery in England arouses the anger of a coven of black witches.

Ttfn (Ta-Ta for Now) - Lauren Myracle.
This sequel to the breakout bestseller, Ttyl (a novel told entirely in instant messages), follows Maddie, Zoe, and Angela through their next year in high school, 11th grade. There's trouble and lots of IMs ahead for the Winsome Threesome.
Angela has just found out that her family is moving to El Cerrito,
California, and she seriously doesn't know how she'll survive without
her best friends. Maddie makes some really bad moves with Clive, a

BOSTON JANE by Jennifer L. Holm.
Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.

Here are some other titles you might enjoy reading.

Sabriel by Garth Nix.
This is a part of a trilogy. The 1st book is called Sabriel, and introduces us to the daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, who must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. The 2 books that follow are Lirael and Abhorsen.

Here are some titles that
other thirteen-year-olds have enjoyed.

Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart and Brett Helquist.
Describes the youthful adventures of J.M. Barrie's classic character,
Captain Hook, from his days at Eton to his voyages on the high sea.

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris.
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.

I have included two other titles by that same author in the list of book titles I am sending you. I hope you find some other books that you will like just as much.

The Time of the Ghost / Diana Wynne Jones.
A ghost, uncertain of her identity, watches the four Melford sisters
hatch a plan to get their parents' attention and slowly becomes aware of the danger from a supernatural power unleashed by the the girls and their friends from the boys boarding school run by the Melfords.

All of these books are from our young adult collection.

The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz.
After the death of his guardian uncle, Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency. The first book in the series is Stormbreaker and there are now six titles in the series.