Warren County Library System: Books for Kids and Tweens: November 2025

Recent Releases

Busted
by Dan Gemeinhart

An 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. Things get out of hand fast in this hilarious joyride. (Ages 8-12.)

War Games
by Alan Gratz

Desperate 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. Fans of author Alan Gratz will know to expect fascinating details and gripping twists in this historical heist thriller. (Ages 9-13.)

The Planet, the Portal, and a Pizza
by Wendy Mass and Nora Raleigh Baskin

Piper, who's obsessed with robotics, and Raisa, the daughter of a scientist, live in alternate versions of the same town -- until Raisa tests her mom's portal device and ends up in Piper's world. Soon, the girls are on a time-twisting voyage through the multiverse, with their parents' fates at stake. Read-alikes: Carlos Hernandez's Sal and Gabi series; Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being. (Ages 9-12.)

Kindred Dragons
by Sarah Mensinga

Even 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. Inspired by L.M. Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gables, this graphic novel features heartfelt friendship, a cozy historical setting, and intriguing dragon magic. (Ages 10-13.)

Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow: Volume 4 by Jessica Townsend

Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend

In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow's life is about to turn upside down. When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor's wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she's eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon, and a red pool of blood. Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder investigation, while also grappling with her ever-growing Wundersmith powers. And although her friends are there to help, she fears that could change if they learn she's keeping a terrible secret of her own. As shadowy forces awaken in Nevermoor, can Morrigan find a killer and solve the mystery in her own past ... before the clock strikes midnight? (Ages 8-12.)

Finding Lost
by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Everything changed two years ago, when Cordy's fisherman father died in an accident. Now, Cordy is anxious about any other changes, whether it's her mom saving up to move the family away from their Oregon town or the arrival of a lovable (and extremely smelly) lost dog. Read-alike: The Line Tender by Kate Allen. (Ages 9-12.)

Murdle Jr.: Sleuths on the Loose
by G. T. Karber

Inspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series, for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and The Swifts. It's a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground, but Jake likes it that way--dark and uncertain. For a junior detective like Jake, standing up to bad guys is a piece of cake. After all, she's the only detective at Sacred Kidney Elementary with a hard-earned badge to her name. But just as Jake and her sidekick Sterling prepare to face off against the biggest bully in school, there's a scream from inside the library. (Ages 7-11.)

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