Staff Picks - Kids & Teens
September 2025

Mary Had a Little Jam
by Tammi Sauer

It's impossible not to dance along while reading this rhythmic text as Mary joins up with Jack & Jill, Bo Peep, & more familiar friends to start a band & learn the value of working together as a group.
--Recommended by EC.
Basil of Baker Street
by Eve Titus

A mouse who lives in Sherlock Holmes' cellar evolves a daring plan to uncover the identity of a kidnapper. --Recommended by koh.

                                                                                                                       
TEENS
There's No Way I'd Die First
by Lisa Springer

A spine-tingling contemporary horror-comedy novel that follows a scary-movie buff as she hosts an elaborate Halloween bash but soon finds the festivities upended when she & her guests are forced to test their survival skills in a deadly game.
--Recommended by AJ.
Lucha of the Forgotten Spring
by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Fresh off her triumph in the Night Forest, Lucha Moya is back in Robado to settle unfinished business. The stunning fantasy duology about addiction, power, & love comes to a close in a tale of treacherous villains, environmental disaster, & a love triangle its heroine doesn’t see coming. --Recommended by Diana M.

                                                                                                                       

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