Books for Kids and Tweens
October 2025

Recent Releases
Lunar / :  Super Readable & Dyslexia Friendly by Chris Bradford
Lunar
by Chris Bradford

Luna loves living on the moon. She enjoys helping her father--a Moon Miner--on his search for precious minerals and rocks. But when a devastating meteor strike destroys their base, Luna is left stranded alone on the moon. With no shelter and few supplies, she must find a way to survive. The problem is--any hope of rescue is at least three days and 250,000 miles away . . . and her oxygen is running out fast!
The memory spinner by C. M. Cornwell
The memory spinner
by C. M. Cornwell

A young girl must choose between staying immersed in a magical past with her deceased mother, or saving those she loves most in the complicated, yet real present.
The cursed catacombs by Nick Eliopulos
The cursed catacombs
by Nick Eliopulos

In this interactive fantasy with elements of roleplaying, Seth is apprenticed to a demanding wizard, obsessed with his 'research' and the reader must use dice to assist Seth in his latest quest--escaping from a cursed catacomb
Death by whoopee cushion by Vicki Grant
Death by whoopee cushion
by Vicki Grant

Most kids would love it if their parents owned a joke store, but not twelve-year-old Manya. She loves science. But one day Manya comes back from her Serious Science class to see police in the store. A trick cigar bought at Pranks a Million blew up in a customer's face. Then there's a poisoning incident. And when a whoopee cushion explodes, things become very serious indeed: Manya's parents are arrested for murder. It's up to Manya to prove their innocence - and she may have to use some of the science behind the pranks to do so.
Zed Moonstein makes a friend by Lance Rubin
Zed Moonstein makes a friend
by Lance Rubin

Zed Moonstein makes an A.I. best friend but realizes it might not be as cool - and may be more dangerous - than he imagined.
Bad badger / :  A Love Story by Maryrose Wood
Bad badger : A Love Story
by Maryrose Wood

An eccentric badger ventures out to find his missing seagull friend.
Fantastic Fantasy
The Poisoned King
by Katherine Rundell

Ever since his first excursion, Christopher has been longing to return to the Archipelago, a hidden realm of mythological animals. So when he’s summoned by a dragon, Christopher is thrilled to follow it into a mystery involving a sphinx, a spreading poison, and a small girl bent on revenge. This exciting sequel will be most fun if you’ve already read Impossible Creatures.
 
Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina; illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso 
Graciela in the Abyss
by Meg Medina; illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso 

One hundred years after falling to her death in the ocean, Graciela awakens as a sea spirit. Meanwhile, living boy Jorge accidentally delivers a ghost-killing harpoon to a vengeful villain. The quest to set things right on land and sea brings Graciela and Jorge together in this exciting and heartfelt fantasy.
Dad rock dragon quest by Joan Reardon
Dad rock dragon quest
by Joan Reardon

Chaperoned by their boring stepfather, twelve-year-old Zadie and her sister spend the summer with their rock-and-roll, park-ranger dad, rescuing his dragon companion from a magical animal poacher
Sea dragons by Jane Yolen
Sea dragons
by Jane Yolen

In 1900 Fife Cat Douglas is one of a team of children training to be monster hunters in hopes of ridding Scotland of the land monsters that plague it--the most dangerous of which are the dragons.
Wishing day by Lauren Myracle
Wishing day
by Lauren Myracle

An oldest child in a family steeped in magic makes three wishes according to a local tradition and wonders about the mother who disappeared years earlier, a first crush and her chaotic life with her sisters, aunts and grieving father. 
The horrible bag of terrible things by Robert Renzetti
The horrible bag of terrible things
by Robert Renzetti

Eleven-year-old Zenith journeys into a bizarre, macabre world within a mysterious bag where he struggles to save his older sister from a living hairball and survive a trio of bloodthirsty mouths, a sentient sawdust-stuffed giant, and other horrors.

 
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