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Books for Kids and Tweens March 2025 |
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by Elly Swartz
Bess Stein is stunned to learn people don't want certain books in the school vending machine, and the person leading the fight is her friend's mom, but Bess wants to ensure kids who might like the books can read them. (Ages 8-12.)
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Lila Greer and the Shrieking Shadow
by Andrea Beaty
Lila Greer has always loved mysteries, and after a storm blows into Blue River Creek and the paintings are stolen from a new exhibit, she and her Questioneers will need to use their detective skills. (Ages 6-10.)
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Stephen Curry / : Stephen Curry; The Official Graphic Novel
by Josh Bycel
Who is the next sports superhero? From being underrated to unanimously voted as the NBA's Most Valuable Player, Stephen Curry is one of basketball's greatest! This is the origin story of a real-life superhero of sports! Read all about his underdog storyand meteoric rise to greatness in the first official graphic novel series from basketball superstar Stephen Curry. (Ages 8-12.)
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Very bad at math
by Hope Larson
Student body president Verity Nelson can do it all, except math, until a teacher helps her discover she has a learning disability that causes her to mix up the numbers and this knowledge gives her a new perspective. (Ages 8-12.)
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Power to the parasites!
by Chelsea L. Wood
Power to the Parasites! lets you in on a secret: Parasites are all around you, all the time, quietly running the world. You might think of them as slimy, disgusting freeloaders - tapeworms and roundworms and ticks and lice, too small to be important and too selfish to be valued. But by the end of this book, you'll realize that sometimes parasites are the good guys. Learn where you're most likely to find parasites in your own food (heads up, you might not want to eat any uncooked fish right before reading this book), and how parasitic infection changes the behavior of many organisms--including human beings. Parasites might be weird and mysterious, but the better we understand them, the less we have to fear about them. In fact, many parasites are in big trouble. With climate change threatening parasites around the world, there's no better time than right now to learn about these often-unseen creatures living among us. (Ages 8-12.)
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Popcorn
by Rob Harrell
Seventh-grader Andrew worries a lot on a good day. And today -- a school picture day packed with small mishaps and big fears -- is not a good day. Sprinkled with Andrew’s doodle-style "Anxiety Files" comics, this relatable slice of middle school life has both humor and heart. Read-alike: Just Roll With It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie. (Ages 10-13.)
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The dragon with a chocolate heart
by Stephanie Burgis
Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family's mountain cave . . . if only they'd let her leave it. Her family thinks she's too young to fly on her own, but she's determined to prove them wrong by capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human. But when that human tricks her into drinking enchanted hot chocolate, she's transformed into a puny human without any sharp teeth, fire breath, or claws. Still, she's the fiercest creature in these mountains--and now she's found her true passion: chocolate. All she has to do is get to the human city to find herself an apprenticeship (whatever that is) in a chocolate house (which sounds delicious), and she'll be conquering new territory in no time . . . won't she? (Ages 8-12.)
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Tiffany's griffon
by Magnolia Porter Siddell
Marnie Plummer is a bookish, lonely girl with a chip on her shoulder. There's nothing she cares about more than her favorite book series, The Griffon Riders of Crystalfall. When it miraculously turns out that the world of the books is actually real, and they need a Chosen One to come from the real world and save them from danger, Marnie is shocked and--of course--overjoyed. There's just one problem: The Chosen One they seek is not actually her--it's Tiffany Rodriguez, the pretty, popular girl who (in Marnie's eyes) already has everything she could ever want. Why should Tiffany get to have this, too? (Ages 10-14.)
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The prophecy
by Hilari Bell
When a dragon threatens to destroy his kingdom, book-loving Prince Petryn must find a way to use his wits to destroy the beast and win his father's respect, yet when he discovers that he must fulfill a prophecy involving a unicorn, a true bard, and a special sword, Petryn begins to doubt his abilities. (Ages 8-12.)
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A royal guide to monster slaying
by Kelley Armstrong
A 12-year-old reluctant heir to the throne finds her fate upended by a tragedy that prompts her training as a Royal Monster Hunter, before a search for a dangerous gryphon leads to an unlikely alliance. By the best-selling author of the Age of Legends series. (Ages 10-14.)
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| Once There Was by Kiyash MonsefAfter she's suddenly orphaned, 15-year-old Marjan Dastani tries to run her dad's animal clinic in Berkeley, California on her own. It's only then that she discovers -- and picks up -- her dad's secret job of healing endangered mythical beasts like griffons, djinns, and unicorns. This deep, imaginative fantasy continues in a sequel, Bird of a Thousand Stories. (Ages 10-13.) |
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Across the dark water
by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Twelve-year-old Rahkki is a stable groom for the Riders in the Sandwen army, who must battle deadly spit dragons and hordes of warring giants. The Sandwens believe they have tamed all the wild pegasi in the lush jungles of the Realm and turned them into flying warhorses. But when a herd of wild steeds flies over their village, Rahkki and his clanmates are stunned. Meanwhile, a small herd of pegasi have journeyed across a treacherous ocean to settle in a new, and free, land. Led by Echofrost and Hazelwind, the Storm Herd steeds are unaware of the Sandwen clan. But when the unthinkable happens, Echofrost and the rest of Storm Herd will have to come to trust the Sandwens, or both may not survive. (Ages 10-14.)
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Grand Ledge Area District Library
131 E Jefferson St
Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837
(517) 627-7014https://gladl.org |
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