November, 2025 Reader’s Choice: Youth-Recommended Reads
Stories – Ehlert Leaf Man by Ehlert, Lois
Annotation: A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. For preschool-grade 2.
DB100822 Leif and the Fall by Grant, Allison Sweet
Annotation: It is autumn, and a very worried leaf named Leif is afraid to fall. With the help of his friend Laurel, Leif uses the resources around him in hopes of softening his landing. Commercial audiobook. For grades K-3.
DB114645 A True Home by George, K.
Annotation: Mona the mouse is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. For grades 2-4.
DB82669 Judy Moody and Stink: the Wishbone Wish by McDonald, Megan
Annotation: The town’s eagerly anticipated annual Turkey Trot race and festival are coming up, and Judy and Stink are training to win. But the duo may be putting their Thanksgiving feast in jeopardy if they don’t bring home the prize. For grades 2-4.
BRN15509 The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Pinkwater, Daniel
Annotation: Arthur Bobowicz goes to pick up his family’s Thanksgiving turkey at the butcher’s and finds it’s not there because of a mix-up. But resourceful Arthur ends up with a choice chicken — it just happens to weigh 266 pounds and cannot be returned. For grades 3-6.
DB79882 BR20583 Third Grade Angels by Spinelli, Jerry
Annotation: George “Suds” Morton competes with his third-grade classmates to earn the first halo of the year for good behavior, but being good turns out to be more stressful than he anticipated. For grades 3-6.
JBR Lup The Extra Yard: A Home Team Novel by Lupica, Mike
Annotation: Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life he is faced with a much bigger challenge. For grades 4-7.
DB72623 Mockingbird (Mok’ing-burd) by Erskine, Kathryn
Annotation: Caitlin, a ten-year-old with Asperger syndrome, has difficulty grieving over the recent death of her brother Devon, who often explained things to her. After looking up “closure” in the dictionary, Caitlin tries to convince her father that finishing Devon’s Eagle Scout project will help them cope. For grades 4-7.
DB58350 DB12787 BR6285 BR15600 LT881The Westing Game by Raskin, Ellen
Annotation: An unlikely assortment of friends, relatives, and enemies gathers for the reading of eccentric millionaire Samuel Westing’s will after he’s murdered in his mansion. Before the heirs can claim their inheritance, however, they must uncover Westing’s killer among them. For grades 5-8.
DB90156 Top Prospect by Volponi, Paul
Annotation: Travis, a quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the coach of the Gainesville University football program offers him a scholarship before he even starts high school. Suddenly, Travis is in the spotlight, facing mounting pressure to succeed. For grades 6-9.
DB55550 LT8475 LT8125 BR17274 BRN21581Hoot by Hiaasen, Carl
Annotation: Middle school student Roy has just moved from Montana to south Florida. He befriends a boy named Mullet Fingers and his stepsister, who are trying to prevent a pancake-house chain from building a restaurant over a colony of burrowing owls. For grades 6-9.
DB68384 BRN26590 BR18488 YA LT Col The Hunger Games by Collins, Suzanne.
Annotation: In a future North America, Panem’s rulers maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting teens from twelve districts in a fight to the death. Sixteen-year-olds Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are this year’s girl and boy contestants from District Twelve. For young adult readers.
Special request by Khanh from the After School Program!
DB92612 BRN22859 Small Spaces by Arden, Katherine.
Annotation: After the school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, Ollie and her friends must go through the scary woods as night falls. But before they leave, the bus driver creepily warns them to stick to small spaces. Commercial audiobook. For grades 5-8.
