Category: Wholesome Books for Preteens
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 16 Books with Multicultural Perspectives
When my inspiration for this series, parents of preteens, asked me if I had any wholesome book recommendations for their kids, I knew I wanted to include a list of books that feature kids who have to straddle two cultures. You see, the friend who asked me about recommendations is…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 9 Historical Fiction Reads from Across the Globe
As I explained in the series opener, these posts are specifically for parents of preteens who are looking for stories that are free of middle school drama. There is so much more out there than the most popular kids in school and who’s got a crush on whom! The books…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 11 Historical Fiction Books Set During War Time
There was a period of time growing up where I read and reread any historical fiction books I could get my hands on that related to the U.S. Civil War – and then I went on to World War II. It wasn’t that I was enraptured by war; I rather…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 10+ Historical Fiction Tales Set in the U.S.
I’m back with the next installment of Wholesome Books for Preteens! If you haven’t already, check out the first few posts in the series: Wholesome “Old-fashioned” Books Wholesome Fantasy Series Wholesome Fantasy Stand-alone Books Today I’m sharing with you books suitable for preteens in one of my favorite genres. Because it’s…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 8 Stand-alone Fantasy Books
Here is part two of my wholesome fantasy books for preteens post, which is next in my wholesome books for preteens series. If you didn’t catch the intro post, I’m creating this series in order to give parents (and teachers) suggestions for tweens and preteens of quality, interesting books that…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 10 Magical Fantasy Series (part 1)
This post is part of a series I’m writing in response to some parents asking me for book recommendations for their preteens. They lamented how common it is for books for preteens to be filled with middle school drama and romance, and their kids aren’t really ready for that yet.…
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Wholesome Books for Pre-teens: 19 Old-fashioned and Contemporary Picks
Waaaay back in April of 2022, I was talking with some parents who inspired me to make a booklist. They were talking about their kiddos who are preteens but aren’t ready for “typical” preteen books – you know, crushes, school drama, and all that sort of thing. They want their…
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