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Books for Kids and Tweens April 2025 |
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| Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse AndersonIn 1776 Boston, smallpox sweeps through the city, the Patriots try to push out the British Loyalists, and 13-year-old Elsbeth can't find her father. Taking a job with a wealthy family, Elsbeth discovers new friendships -- and new dangers. |
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| Speak Up, Santiago! by Julio Anta; illustrated by Gabi MendezThough he's bilingual, middle schooler Santi speaks way more English than Spanish. He's trying to change that while visiting his Abuela Emma in the Latin American neighborhood of Hillside Valley, but his frustration and embarrassment keeps getting in the way. |
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The Cartoonists Club by Raina TelgemeierMakayla has ideas but can't form a story, Howard loves to draw but struggles with ideas, Lynda draws constantly but focuses on mistakes, and Art loves trying something new--and together, they form The Cartoonists Club.
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Speechless by Aron Nels SteinkeNew sixth-grader Mira can speak just fine at home, or when she's making stop-motion animations, but at school? The words just won't come, in her classroom or with potential friends.
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| Right Back at You by Carolyn MacklerA quirk in space-time leads to a pair of impossible pen pals: Mason, who's facing bullies and parent problems in 2023 New York, and Talia, who's dealing with anti-Jewish classmates and unhelpful friends in 1987 Pennsylvania. |
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| The Trouble with Sunshine by Yamile Saied MéndezFor outspoken Dorani, the shock of her mom's sudden death is made worse when she has to leave Miami to live with her estranged Tía Ivette in Wyoming. But it's there that Dorani meets Sunshine, a troubled horse who might be just the companion she needs. |
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| One Wrong Step by Jennifer A. NielsenIt's 1939, and nobody has ever reached the top of Tibet's Mt. Everest. British 14-year-old Atlas and his dad hope to be among the first. Their climb, however, is charged with danger, from Nazi spies to a life-threatening avalanche. |
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Clare is an Usher, guiding the souls of Deadwood to their final resting place. But when he meets a badger soul named Gingersnipes, something unprecedented happens: the badger can't leave Deadwood, and Clare must set off on a treacherous journey to find out why. |
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Nightmare Hunter by Brady SmithTwelve-year-old Maxwell, who can enter and battle other kids' nightmares, has helped countless dreamers--until he meets Sid, whose increasingly eerie and inescapable nightmares make Maxwell question if he is trapped in one himself.
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Away by Megan E. FreemanAn imminent yet unnamed danger forces people to leave their Colorado homes, and an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist investigate the threat. Soon they discover there is less truth and more cover-up to what they're being told.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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