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Books for Kids and Tweens June 2025 |
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Memories in the Margins: DIY Bookmarks @ Southside Library Thursday, July 10th, 5-6pm Encourage kids to read by making photo bookmarks. We’ll provide all the needed supplies, and they’ll leave with personalized keepsakes Registration required. |
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| J vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry CraftThe friendly trash talk between two Newbery Award-winning authors gets a funny, fictional twist in this story about cartoonist J and poet K, two rival fifth-graders each determined to win their school’s storytelling contest. This graphic novel hybrid offers plenty of jokes alongside useful advice for young artists and authors. (Ages 8-12) |
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A Copycat Conundrum
by Lisa Yee
After solving the case of the Royal Rumpus, Olive Cobin Zang and her elite team of underdogs are on top of the world. As the awkward, crime-fighting Misfits, they’re acing every mission thrown at them from NOCK (aka No One Can Know, the covert agency they work for).
But when their classmate Zeke starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits are stumped. They’re no strangers to danger, but this case is a total head-scratcher. Who would target kind, friendly Zeke . . . unless he’s not what he seems to be? (Ages 8-12)
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Old School
by Gordon Korman
Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb. (Ages 8-12)
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I Survived the Black Death, 1348 by Lauren TarshisTravel to medieval England to learn about the horrors of the Black Death as one girl finds hope amid illness and grief, in this story that includes nonfiction backmatter with facts and photos about the real-life event. Don't miss this recent addition to the popular historical fiction series! (Ages 9-12)
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Safe Harbor by Padma VenkatramanAfter Geetha and her mom move from India to Rhode Island following her parents' divorce, Geetha is bullied for her clothes, food and English, eventually finding friends and rescuing an injured seal while she learns to live with mixed feelings. (Ages 10-13)
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| Spirit Service by Sarena and Sasha NanuaAfter getting zapped by an unusual old rotary phone, middle school friends Raveena, Aiko, Blair, and Lillian suddenly gain the ability to talk to spirits -- and there are a lot of spirits in their eccentric hometown. Combining the upbeat friendships of The Baby-Sitters Club with creepy paranormal events, this series starter will grab lots of different readers. (Ages 8-12) |
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Scattergood by H. M. BouwmanA lot changes for 12-year-old farm girl Peggy in 1941, when her friend Joe starts acting strange around her, the Quaker hostel starts housing Jewish refugees, and her cousin is diagnosed with leukemia, in a historical coming-of-age novel. (Ages 10-13)
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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