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The hook: Anne Shirley is a spirited 11-year-old orphan who can鈥檛 believe her luck when she鈥檚 sent from the orphanage to live with a pair of unmarried siblings on Prince Edward Island. Her hopes for a real home are dashed when her new guardians, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, tell her that the orphanage has made a mistake 鈥� they wanted a boy to help them run the family farm. But gregarious, red-haired Anne wins friends on the island, even if her big imagination and unusual upbringing leads her to make mistakes, like wearing wildflowers in her hair to church and adding liniment to a cake instead of vanilla. Kids will connect with this sweetly old-fashioned coming-of-age tale and its numerous sequels.

Want to see the movie? Check out the acclaimed 1985 CBC miniseries, which closely follows the plot of the book.

Perfect for: Kids with big imaginations.

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The hook: Artemis Fowl is no regular kid. He happens to be an evil genius — a criminal mastermind with high-tech toys — and only聽12 years old. Delve into the murky underworld of fairies, elves, and other sprites as they battle Artemis in his relentless quest for the fairyfolks’ pot of gold.

Perfect for: Kids too jaded to be entertained by old-fashioned fairies and elves.

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The hook: Hal, 16, has been waiting for the day when he can start brotherband training, a rite of passage where he鈥檒l compete against other boys in weapons and navigation skills. But when Hal is stuck on a team of misfits, he must rally his leadership skills to whip his crew into shape. What follows is a thrilling series of pirate adventures (full of age-appropriate action) as Hal and his crew come into their own. Tweens 鈥� especially boys 鈥� who love survivalist stories or pirate romps often get hooked on this series, which is a spin-off of the popular Ranger鈥檚 Apprentice books.

Perfect for: Tweens who like adventures on the high sea.

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The hook: For the past 241 years, no resident of the entirely subterranean Ember has seen daylight. Carefully designed to preserve life in the face of impending disaster, the city now feeds a population with dwindling supplies. The original plan had been for residents to return to the Earth’s surface, but now no one recalls how to get there. Teens Lina and Doon, newly assigned to the first jobs as messenger and pipe works laborer, embark on a plan to find the way out.

Perfect for: Idealists with a strong sense of what’s right, and what could be.

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The hook: Macabre, funny, and action-packed, this series follows a traveling freak show with wolf-man, snake-boy, Larten Crepsley, and a giant spider.

Perfect for: Kids ages 10 and up drawn to dark, twisted tales filled with eccentric characters.

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The hook: Son of the local police chief, Leroy 鈥淓ncyclopedia鈥� Brown has a head for trivia and a nose for mysteries. When he鈥檚 not helping out the neighborhood kids with his detective agency, he鈥檚 helping his father crack cases around the dining room table. Each book in this 29-book series follows the same formula, with every chapter devoted to its own mystery. Encyclopedia Brown gathers the clues and reaches his verdict, but the how of the mystery is tucked in the back of the book, encouraging kids to find their own answers. Young readers love trying to beat Encyclopedia Brown to the solution.

Perfect for: Budding sleuths and wanna-be detectives.

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The hook: Teenager Sam Gribley is tired of living in a cramped apartment in New York City, so he takes off for the Catskills. Sam鈥檚 level head and wilderness knowledge serve him well in the mountains, and it helps that his parents approve his adventure. As Sam prepares to survive the winter inside a cozy hollow tree, word starts to spread about the wild boy living on his own. The highlight of the book, which includes lots of small vivid details about living off the land, is how Sam bonds with 鈥� and trains 鈥� a Peregrine falcon named Frightful.

Want to see the movie? Check out the 1969 film, which changes some of the details of the book but stays true to its spirit.

Perfect for: Kids who appreciate nature鈥檚 quiet beauty and seek alone time.

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The hook: Each extraordinary in different ways, Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance get recruited to the Benedict Society, a secret group formed to solve a mystery that has global ramifications. Whether they鈥檙e using one of their gifts (puzzle solving, photographic memory, incredible athleticism, fierce defiance (yes, that comes in handy) or a gift for rhyming), the gang of brave, intelligent kids must infiltrate a mysterious and potentially dangerous organization, seemingly run by kids.

Perfect for: Gifted kids who聽like to solve mysteries聽and kids who like stories about friendship.

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The hook: Carter and Sadie Kane are brother and sister but they don鈥檛 know each other very well. Since the death of their mother, the two have lived separately. Sadie has lived in London with their maternal grandparents. Carter has traveled the world with their father, a famous Egyptologist who has a mysterious mission. The siblings join their father for a trip to the British museum, where Dr. Kane performs a ritual that accidentally releases the Egyptian god Set. Carter and Sadie are thrust into a thrilling adventure as they try to save their father from the wrath of the gods and uncover their family鈥檚 ancient connection to the Egyptian pharaohs.

Perfect for: Tweens who love adventure and history.

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