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  • 6 days ago | commonsensemedia.org | Maureen Johnson |Carrie R. Wheadon

    age 14+ Clever murder mystery at truly hip, mature boarding school. Parents need to know that Truly Devious is the first book in a trilogy by the author of the Shades of London series. The story takes place at a school for gifted students in Vermont where a kidnapping and murder happened in the 1930s. In the present, a student is also found dead.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | commonsensemedia.org | Carrie R. Wheadon

    age 10+ Fourth Potter has brilliant plotting -- and dragons. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Know right off the bat that a Hogwarts student dies in this one, and he's heavily mourned by fellow students and young readers alike.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | commonsensemedia.org | Carrie R. Wheadon

    age 11+ Emotionally powerful volume book mines Voldemort's past. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like Books 4 and 5, a major character dies at the end.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | commonsensemedia.org | Carrie R. Wheadon

    age 12+ Grim, gripping end to the biggest saga in history. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's series about an orphan who discovers that he's a wizard tasked with saving the magical world from the evil Lord Voldemort. There have been major character deaths since Book 4.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | commonsensemedia.org | Carrie R. Wheadon

    age 9+ Third Potter is darker, more complex, and fantastic. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series gets more layered and scarier from here on.

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