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Level Up! Take your reading to new heights with books about games, gamers, contests & competitions!
June & July 2025 |
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Picture Books & Beginning Readers
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Let's Play Jegi
by Im Seo-Ha
From the renowned author of Let’s Play Ddakji and Let’s Play Gonggi comes the third book in the Traditional Korean Games series, Let’s Play Jegi. With the history of jegi’s origins and detailed instructions of how to play, kids will learn about this fun, fast-footwork South Korean game through an engaging story of friendship and scrapbook-style illustrations.
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In Plain Sight
by Richard Jackson
A young girl and her ailing grandfather play a game of lost-and-found every day after school that leads them through layers of memory and family history. Illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Lion and the Mouse.
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Mr. Fox's Game of "No!"
by David LaRochelle
Can you beat Mr. Fox at his Game of No? The rules are simple: every time he asks a question, you must respond with 'NO.' If you accidentally say 'YES,' then it's back to the beginning of the book for you, where you must start all over again.
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Do Not Eat the Game!
by Matthew McElligott
An inventive ode to learning to play by the rules is told through the course of a whimsical board game involving a competitive monster friend who has trouble taking turns, playing fairly and being a good loser. By the author of Even Monsters Need Haircuts.
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The Guessing Game
by Catherine Rayner
Playing Olive the owl's favorite game,“Guess what I'm thinking about,” Dexter the fox and Molly the hare are soon stumped when it's Olive's turn and are ready to give up, wondering what two things Olive's thinking about at the same time.
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Jump In!
by Shadra Strickland
An acclaimed artist makes her author/illustrator debut in a joyful picture book celebrating a community at play.
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The Good Game
by Arihhonni David
In this entertaining Native American tale, Mouse and Squirrel want to play lacrosse with the four-legged animals facing off against the winged animals, but neither team will let them join until the winged animals come up with a clever plan.
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Juvenile Fiction & JGRAPHIC
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Their Just Desserts
by Tracy Badua
Baker extraordinaire Laila Thomas and budding journalist Lucy Flores are living it up at the top of the junior high food chain as eighth graders. But between busy schedules and kinda-boyfriends, these two best friends haven't gotten to hang out as much.So, when Jaden, an ex-competition rival, begs the duo to step back into the world of cooking competitions and crime--the answer is yes. Jaden is desperate: His father is accused of stealing prized jewels on the set of an amateur kids' holiday baking show. The plan is for Laila to smash the competition while Lucy investigates behind the scenes--but their half-baked plan gets turned totally upside down when Lucy ends up in front of the cameras instead. As the investigation and competition heat up, Lucy and Laila's bond is put to the ultimate test. Can they solve this bakeoff mystery, or will they---and their friendship--crack under pressure?
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Exit Nowhere
by Juliana Brandt
Visiting the abandoned Raithfield Manor, a decrepit house surrounded by rumors of ghosts and kids disappearing, for her history group project, Barret and her assigned partners find themselves trapped in this mansion that's a maze of childhood games—ones they must solve to survive.
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La Isla
by Max Brooks
Si estás solo, confundido y muerto de miedo, estás exactamente como estaba yo cuando llegué a la Isla. Por esto he dejado aquí este libro. Para que mi aventura te ayude con la tuya.
#LaIslaMinecraft, la primera novela oficial de la licencia Minecraft.
Al despertarse en la playa, el náufrago solitario escruta la orilla. ¿Dónde estoy? ¿Quién soy? ¿Qué significan esos bloques? Pero el tiempo apremia. No puede permanecer tumbado bajo el sol. Pronto se hará de noche y ¡hay que explorar este nuevo mundo tan extraño!
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Gamerville
by Johnnie Christmas
Sent to Camp Reset, a summer camp where electronics are forbidden and he's forced to socialize, eat healthy and go outdoors, gamer Max, a qualifier for the Gamerville championship, must level up his escape plan to realize his dreams of digital domination.
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Shred or Dead
by D. Bradford Gambles
Sam and her little sister, Gearhead, just wanted a crew to belong to. But when the Too Cool Crew takes over their skateboarding territory, this motley bunch of misfits will have to seriously level up if they want to win it back. Along the way, they'll encounter a whole circus of wacky weirdos, including an overzealous security guard, a shadowy group of spooky ghouls, a mysterious cult of woodland creatures, and--gulp--an all-powerful ancient god of skating!
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All the Ways to Go
by Jessie Janowitz
When anxious 12-year-old chess prodigy Milo Bloom meets the half-sister he never knew he had and they get to know each other, he learns a new game—the only thing that makes sense when everything else is falling apart.
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Dreamslinger
by Graci Kim
Fourteen-year-old Aria Loveridge lives at the Resthaven Home for Dreamslingers, a safe haven for children born with a genetic mutation that transports them to a powerfully magical realm while they sleep, but this magic can be unpredictable--even deadly.
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Table Titans Club
by Scott R. Kurtz
New-girl Valeria Winters finds new friends in the Table Titans tabletop gaming club, but when the club is threatened, Val must join the wrestling team and make peace with her bully to save her new group of friends.
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No Purchase Necessary
by Maria Marianayagam
Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.
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Attempting Connection
by E. C. Myers
It's one week into middle school, and Chell Park is already in the principal's office. Not ideal for a new girl. But a chance meeting in line connects her to some kids who like gaming, just like her. First they compete against each other, and then they realize they could compete together. Sure, gaming's been banned at Chell's house since her parents split up. But Chell can't just give up on something she loves, right? Quietly, she gathers the group into an esports team. By the time they enter their first competition, the gamers are way more than just teammates -- they're friends. And what Chell learns from gaming could even help her find a way forward at home.
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Battle Squad
by NickEh30
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Habib, his best friend, Stackz, his German shepherd, Rocco, and other friends are recruited by the government's Special Division to join a league of gamers to save the world from a huge bug infecting longtime gamers and beginners.
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Roll Call
by Molly Knox Ostertag
Middle school is a dungeon ... At least, that's how Jess sees it. Luckily, she and her best friend Olivia know how to escape into the sprawling worlds of their own imaginations. The two friends have always loved making up stories, first with little kid games of make-believe, and more recently with the fantasy roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. When they play, Olivia runs the game as Dungeon Master and Jess is the solo party member, playing a take-no-prisoners, lone-wolf fighter of her own design named Sir Corius. But when Olivia wants to add new players to their group, Jess finds herself struggling to share their game--and her best friend. Will their epic campaign withstand all this change, or has their adventure--and their friendship--finally come to an end?
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Survive this Safari
by Natalie D. Richards
Twelve-year-old Lucy is excited to be selected for the Wildlands Safari Escape Challenge, but her team discovers that Wildlands' beloved baby elephant might be in danger and must tackle a real Wildlands challenge.
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On a Wing and a Tear
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Close friends Melanie (Muscogee-Odawa) and Ray (Cherokee-Seminole) join Grampa Charlie Halfmoon on a road trip from Chicago to Macon, Georgia, to bring Great-Grandfather Bat, a living legend, to a historic game, facing adventure, danger and a hair-raising mystery along the way.
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Feed the Beast
by Michael Anthony Steele
Thirteen-year-old Mason and his friends are totally absorbed by an online fantasy video game, and their current task is to collect ingredients for a meal to deal with a fierce dragon, but Mason has an even more frightening task--preparing dinner for his demanding eight-year-old brother while their mother is at work.
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Gamer Girls: Gnat vs Spyder
by Andrea Towers
Thirteen-year-old Natalie lives a double life. By day, she's an average eighth grader at Golden Trails Middle. At night, she's Gnat112, a streamer for her favorite video game, Alienlord. But when the new girl moves in next door, will Natalie's double life be revealed?
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