Winter break can be a great time for kids to get into a good book. Beat cabin fever or take a break from screens with a riveting story from the library!
The following list features something for everybody: Compelling mysteries. Fast-paced action. Resonant characters overcoming challenges. The timeless “scientists-discovered-a-comet-and-it’s-headed-straight-for-Earth!” trope. These absorbing reads will appeal to even the most reluctant readers!
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When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city’s walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from an oppressive regime.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
When difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family, she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, an eBook on Hoopla, and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Sasha has been bullied at his middle school and his anxiety, which he calls the Gray, is growing, so his parents and therapist suggest a summer in the country with his aunt might help him.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Hoopla.
When twelve-year-old River’s only friend is kidnapped and dragged to the terrifying spirit world of The Otherwoods, they have no choice but to face the world’s monsters and their own fears to become the hero they were destined to be.
When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family’s truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby.
As a young teacher on Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Ziggy’s mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key–so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve the mystery of his family’s origins.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Hoopla.
In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Libby, and an eBook on Hoopla, and eAudio on Hoopla.