Are you a tween looking for great adventure in far off lands or looking for your first great chapter book? Maybe you’re somewhere in-between. No matter your age or interest, the library has something new waiting for you!
Notorious by Gordon Korman Age Interest: 8-12 Grades 3-7 Rating: 5/5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tweens looking for a great adventure on an island that’s half in the United States and half in Canada ( a place so well described I had to look up whether it was real or not!) Meet Keenan who has arrived to live with his father on the U.S. side of the island and Zarabeth(ZeeBee) who lives on the Canadian side of the island in a house once occupied by gangsters. She also once had a dog who was the terror of the island and the new Barny II is the exact opposite of her old dog.
I really liked how the character and the setting were developed through the making of new friends and the consistent theme of the old Barney being compared to the new Barney and the mystery of the gangsters gold. Join the adventure while Keenan and ZeeBee unravel the clues and a conspiracy that dates back to Centerlight’s gangster past in the 1920’s. The bad news is that someone is after them. . .
Northwind by Gary Paulsen Age Interest: 9-12 Grades 3-7 Rating: 4/5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Survival story in the Arctic! Leif is an 11 year old orphan in the wilds of the Arctic who is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe when a deadly plague reaches the small fishing camp where he lives. He flees northward and learns to survive the plague, bears attacks, Orcas and hunger along a wild shore laced with high fjords, all on his own. Leif learns to connect with the ocean and live on his own. Another great survival book by Gary Paulsen. If you like this one, read Hatchet too!
Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro Age Interest: 5-8 Grades 1-3 Rating: 4/5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Do dragons like marshmallows or will they make them sick? From the Zoey and Sassafras series, Meet Zoey who can see magical animals and what’s even better they come to her barn to be taken care of. Fun read for the emerging reader who is ready for chapter books. What’s not to like about fixing magical animals?!
The Ember Stone by Katrina Charman Age Interest: 6-8 Grades 1-3 Rating: 4/5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
From The Last Firehawk series, Magical animals abound in Perodia, but a dark magic used by a powerful vulture named Thorn is trying to destroy it. Can a young owl named Tag and Skyla, a perky squirrel, help save the island when they find the last Firehawk?
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor Age Interest:8-11 Grades 3-6 Rating:5/5❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is the story of two 6th graders Aurora and Frenchie. Aurora is loud and boisterous and Frenchie does not talk. But… they understand each other. They both love nature and they are both a little bit different! They live in a small town in Maine where many of the people march to their own tune. When Frenchie goes missing all of these odd ball characters come together to search for him. This story “Honors the sweet mysteries of how to communicate with each other and the world.” (Kirkus Review Feb 2022)
Alien in My Pocket – Blast Off by Nate Ball Age Interest: 6-9 Grades 1-4 Rating: 5/5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Catch this one on Libby! The first in a series, this is a perfect chapter book for a young readers. There’s a boy – Zach, a girl – Olivia, and a 4 inch tall blue alien – Amp. Will Zach have to protect the world from an alien invasion while trying to navigate 4th Grade? Or will he have to protect Amp from the world? Highly recommend this book with a DYI science experiment ! Have fun!