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Books for Kids and Tweens May 2025 |
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The peach thief
by Linda Joan Smith
When orphan Scilla Brown climbs the Earl of Havermore's garden wall to steal a peach, she is caught, mistaken for a boy and ends up with a job, but her loyalties become divided, in a story about fate, ambition and identity.
Available on Cloud Library
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No purchase necessary
by Maria Marianayagam
Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.
Available on Cloud Library
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Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo
by Philippa Leathley
On her 10th birthday, Meticulous Jones, or Metty, receives a magical tattoo that indicates she will become a murderer, so she is hidden away until her father disappears, then travels to New London and hears about a mysterious organization.
Available on Cloud Library
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Just kitten around
by Hilda Eunice Burgos
Yesenia appears calm but is a constant ball of nerves with overachieving sisters and parents who left the Dominican Republic for a better life, and then her new kitten, Candy, gets lost, in a heartwarming story about family and community.
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Away
by Megan E. Freeman
An imminent yet unnamed danger forces people to leave their Colorado homes, and an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist investigate the threat and discover there is less truth and more cover-up to what they are being told.
Available on Cloud Library and Libby
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Maple's formula for victory
by Kate McMillan
Sixth-grader and aspiring astronaut Maple McNutt chronicles her foray into the high-stakes world of middle school track in this diary-style illustrated novel.
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| Amil and the After by Veera HiranandaniA year after his family fled to Bombay from their home in Pakistan during the violent 1947 Partition from India, 12-year-old Amil (who is both Muslim and Hindu) uses art to work through his difficult emotions. Though it’s a sequel to The Night Diary, this deep, vivid story stands on its own.
Available on Cloud Library
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| Drawing Deena by Hena KhanFrom her family’s money troubles to school stress, it seems like everything makes Pakistani American Deena feel so worried she gets sick. Could her art help her communicate when her words can't? This hopeful story will grab readers who like a deep dive into a character’s mind. |
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| Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd by Lyla LeeAgainst her parents’ practical wishes, Texan seventh-grader Jiyoung "Gigi" Shin wants to be a professional artist. When Gigi and her friends start a tutoring club to raise money for an elite art program, they have to keep it a secret from her parents.
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Penny draws a best friend
by Sara Shepard
When her best friend Violet doesn't want to hang out anymore, spending all her time with the meanest girl in school, fifth-grader Penny Lowry, riddled with anxiety, wonders what she did wrong, in this story about friendship, feelings and finding your people.
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| Timid by Jonathan ToddBased on the author's own life in the 1980s, this funny and sensitive graphic novel follows shy cartoonist Cecil as he struggles to both fit in and be himself at a new middle school where he's one of the few Black kids.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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County of SLO Public Libraries
995 PALM ST
SAN LUIS OBISPO, California 93403
805-781-5991 |
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