Youth – What We’re Reading

Because her family has had to move so often, ten-year-old Alice’s life has been a little unusual. Good thing she’s learned a lot of DIY skills and knows her way around a library, though, because the dilapidated home on the property next door to her family’s newest house needs a lot of help—and so do […]

Benny is dealing with a LOT of troubles (which are creating more troubles like insomnia and poor grades at school).  He and his siblings are feeling completely invisible now that their mom and dad are going through a messy divorce and their mom has moved away. Now, Benny’s dad has received a frightening diagnosis—but refuses […]

This book can draw a lot of things like a wet puddle, bubble paper, a sand monster, and a giant pile of leaves. It can draw a cat on a skateboard and a horse wearing shoes, but it CANNOT draw a bicycle. This book cannot draw a bicycle because it has never seen a bicycle! […]

In 1982 sixth grader Abigail Snook went into the woods of Fall Hollow and never came out. Every year since, three sixth graders are chosen to race against Abigail to ring a bell in the woods, otherwise misfortune falls upon the town for the whole year. In addition to protecting the town, whoever wins the […]

Nubby is a stuffed rabbit who is over being dropped, dragged, torn, and used as a nose wipe, so he decides to leave his home for somewhere he is appreciated. He encounters many potential friends, including live rabbits and a magician, but he doesn’t find someone who appreciates him. Someone who holds him close and […]