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History Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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History Books for Ages 12–18

History for teenagers gets serious. Primary sources, competing narratives, the uncomfortable parts that earlier books may have softened. These 9,965 books trust older readers to engage with the full complexity of what happened and why it still matters.

9,965 books

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Modern Graphic Greek Myths

The Curse of Medusa

Jessica Gunderson

Medusa wasn't always a monster with snakes for hair. This graphic novel retells the classic Greek myth to reveal what re

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You'll learn the physics behind massive engines and how to launch your own science experiments right in your backyard.

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Swallows and Amazons #11

The Picts and the Martyrs

Forced to camp in the woods to avoid a strict great aunt, two siblings spend their summer mastering rustic housekeeping

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A Place to Hide

Robert Westall

Eighteen-year-old Lucy must vanish and forge a secret identity after the government targets her father for exposing corr

Ages 12–18

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Alvin Fernald #2

Alvin's Secret Code

Clifford B. Hicks

Alvin and his friend Shoie put their knowledge of ciphers to the test when they stumble into a dangerous mystery that on

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The Moonlit Lands #1

Shadows on the Moon

Suzume uses the forbidden magic of shadow-weaving to assume new identities and infiltrate the court of the man who destr

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Witch's powers are no match for the dark obsession Lina feels for Damek in this intense retelling of Wuthering Heights s

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Give the Dark My Love #2

Bid My Soul Farewell

Nedra fights to save souls in a plague-stricken land while trying to keep her sister close, even if it means risking her

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The Erth Dragons #1

Gabrial is a young dragon desperate to find his lost father, but a brewing war on Earth forces him to choose between his

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Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-land Boats

A swindler and an orphan discover a wrecked boat in a mountain lake and attempt to rally an entire town to help them reb

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Who Is Dale Earnhardt Jr.?

David Stabler, Who HQ

From a childhood spent in his father's garage to winning NASCAR championships, follow the high-speed journey of the worl

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Swallows and Amazons #2

A summer camping trip turns into a survival mission when the Swallows are shipwrecked and forced to find refuge in a sec

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National Geographic Investigates Science #1

Genetics: From DNA to Designer Dogs

Kathleen Simpson

From cloning sheep to mapping the human genome, this guide uses expert interviews and timelines to reveal the groundbrea

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Transformers: Bumblebee

Bumblebee: The Junior Novel

In a 1987 California beach town, a lonely teenager named Charlie discovers a broken, battle-scarred robot hiding in a ju

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Time is running out for Kamran to decode the hidden messages that could prove his brother's innocence and stop a devasta

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High schooler Cassidy must balance life as a quirky junior with pre-dawn training to help a fourteenth-century knight pr

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Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis

Corydon and his band of monsters must sail through Kraken-infested waters and escape the Sirens' song to rescue their fr

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A Superfan's Guide to Pro Sports

A Superfan's Guide to Pro Football Teams

Every pro football team takes the field with a mix of legendary history, current stars, and must-know stats that define

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Horrible Science #1

Giant insects and fish with teeth fill this guide to survival, explaining why creatures change over millions of years an

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A Visual Exploration of Science #2

The Language of the Universe

Mathematics comes to life through the geometry of beehives, the orbits of the planets, and the tiny atoms that build eve

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Our Secret, Siri Aang

Cristina Kessler

Namelok keeps a dangerous secret to protect a mother rhino and her baby from poachers while resisting the traditions tha

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Sports Illustrated Kids: Making the Miracle

Making the Miracle: Biggest Comebacks in Sports

Relive the most incredible comebacks in sports, from Michael Jordan's return to Bethany Hamilton's brave recovery after

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So This Is How It Ends

Tui T. Sutherland

An earthquake hurls five teenagers seventy-five years into a future where the world is ending and a mysterious force dra

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The Young World #2

Separated by an ocean, Jefferson and Donna fight to survive a world ravaged by Sickness. One searches for a cure while t

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