The long Thanksgiving weekend is coming up. Whether your family will be on the road for family fun or hunkering down at home with a turkey in the oven, make sure to carve out some reading time. Here are three courses (picture books, middle grade books, teen books) to whet your appetites and make you thankful for our area’s amazing bookstores and libraries!
APPETIZERS (AGES 3-8)
By Adib Khorram & Michelle Tran
Dial, 2024
Bijan declares himself the winner of everything—even things that are not competitions—until his friends don’t want to play with him anymore.
By Lauren Castillo
Candlewick, 2024
A shy girl and her mom move to a new apartment, and a pet dog might help her make friends.
By Veera Hiranandani & Vesper Stamper
Random House, 2024
When his grandchildren visit, grandfather feels like he’s the greatest at everything!
By Greg Pizzoli
Knopf, 2024
A duck with no luck wins a prize delivered by a hungry wolf! Maybe her luck is changing after all…
By Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Beach Lane Books, 2024
Obaachan teaches her granddaughter the family recipe for mochi.
MAIN COURSE (AGES 8-14)
By Sharee Miller
Little, Brown, 2023
Charlie is the new kid in middle school, and she has a plan to make a trendy first impression.
By Jeff Strand
Sourcebooks, 2024
Oliver and Trisha are stranded in a town guarded by a creepy scarecrow, and they aren’t sure they can escape.
By John Schu
Candlewick, 2024
Jake restricts his eating and exercises nonstop until his mom makes him enter a treatment facility to help him heal.
By Gordon Korman
Balzer & Bray, 2024
Yash has to take PE over the summer with other eighth-grade “slugs” who may be onto a school-wide conspiracy.
By Peter Brown
Little, Brown, 2023
Roz loves her island home and vows to protect it from the “poison tide.”
DESSERTS (AGES 14-18)
By Jarad Green
HarperAlley, 2024
Jay jumps into freshman year with an unexpected elective: theater—full of memorizing lines and changing friendships.
By Daniel Aleman
Little, Brown, 2023
Sol lives in Tijuana and crosses the border every day to attend San Diego high school, making her wonder where she fi ts in—and where she belongs.
Edited by A. S. King
Dutton, 2023
These short stories feature characters with extremely unconventional collections!
By Jonah Newman
Little, Brown, 2024
Over the course of high school, Jonah joins the baseball team, explores his identity, and comes to terms with being himself.
By April Henry
Henry Holt, 2024
After her dad dies, Milan and her senator mom are in a plane crash, and Milan is warned not to trust anyone to survive.
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