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Books for Kids and Tweens November 2025 |
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| Busted by Dan GemeinhartAn unexpected rent hike is threatening to push 12-year-old Oscar and his grandfather, Pops, from their home at Sunny Days Retirement Community. That's why Oscar agrees to a risky job: sneaking 104-year-old Jimmy Deluca, a rumored mobster, out of the retirement home. |
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| War Games by Alan GratzDesperate to help her poor family, American gymnast Evie competes in the 1936 Berlin Olympics with a secret goal: to join with other Olympians in a high-stakes attempt to steal Nazi gold. |
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| Coach by Jason ReynoldsThis follow-up to the Track series takes you back to 1988, when Coach was a seventh-grade sprinter called Otie. Obsessed with Olympic track star Carl Lewis, Otie hopes to become an Olympian himself. But then his dad goes missing, and Otie has to balance hope against hard truths. |
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Lost Evangelineby Kate DiCamilloWhen a shoemaker discovers a tiny girl (as small as a mouse!) in his shop, he takes her in and names her Evangeline. But when the shoemaker's wife grows suspicious, she rids herself of the girl, leaving Evangeline to live as a tiny but hopeful girl, lost in the wide world.
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| Kindred Dragons by Sarah MensingaEven though she isn't one of the Kindred -- humans magically linked to dragon companions -- Alice forms a bond with Brim, an ailing dragon she meets while exploring near her home on Prince Edward Island. |
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Confessions from the Group Chat by Jodi MeadowsVirginia Vaughn just wants to fit in with her super-popular friend group. So she says nasty things she doesn't actually mean, but only in the group chat, so it's harmless, right? But when she has a blowout fight with her clique, her mean texts are posted online for the entire school to see.
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi by Angie ThomasAfter years of hiding as a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world, Nic now has everything she'd ever wanted: certified hero status, a big family, and a real home--her life should be perfect. But when Nic exhibits a strange new power, threats press in on all sides.
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Winging It: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner LloydTwelve-year-old Luna never wanted to move from California to Virginia, and she definitely doesn't want to live with a very formal grandmother she barely knows. But when she spots her namesake, the rarely seen luna moth, Luna uncovers old secrets and makes a new friend.
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The Vale by Abigail Hing WenBran Joseph Lee has spent half his life building the Vale. It's a fantasy world--a much better place to exist than his real life, with his failed inventor parents. But just when Bran's AI Elves are about to come to life, the Vale begins falling apart--and Bran must protect both his worlds.
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Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee are on to the mad scientists of the Krenetics Research Association, and they've got a plan: find a mysterious creature called a Shrimpmaid, boil the lake, and retrieve the Purple Pearl before the KRA gets its evil hands on it! |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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