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--Staff Picks Kids

“The Inquisitor’s Tale Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog” By Adam Gidwitz, Illustrated By Hatem Aly

Colleen read The Inquisitor’s Tale and this is what she thought… When Jeanne, a peasant girl with visions, William, an immensely strong oblate (monk-in-training), Jacob, a young Jewish boy with healing power, and a baby-rescuing greyhound set out on a journey together, their experiences are nothing short of legendary! This tale is described from many […]

--Staff Picks Teens

“An Abundance of Katherines” By John Green

Rachel read An Abundance of Katherines and this is what she thought… Colin has been dumped 19 times, all by girls named Katherine. Heartbroken after breakup number 19, Colin and his best friend take a road-trip and end up in Gutshot, Tennessee where they meet a girl named Lindsey. Colin and Lindsey work together to come […]

--Staff Picks Kids

“Bear Came Along” by Richard T. Morris

*Summer Reading List Spotlight* This title was on the 2020 Haverhill Public School’s recommended summer booklist for Grades PreK-1 and Grades 2-3. Amanda read Bear Came Along and this is what she thought… Bear and his new friends go on an adventure with the help of a river. I chose to read this picture book because I […]

--Staff Picks Kids

“Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom” by Louis Sachar

The kids of Wayside School — a school 30 floors high with one classroom on each floor — must prepare for the Ultimate Test as a literal cloud of doom settles overhead. Anyone who fails the test will be sent all the way back to kindergarten. The dark cloud of doom makes the wacky students […]

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“The Electric State” by Simon Stålenhag

Part art book, part novella, “The Electric State” by Simon Stålenhag is a fascinating and bleak look into a bizarre alternate history 90s America. Physically larger than a typical hardcover book, most pages within are dominated by wide scenic vistas of a state in decline, beset by a slow moving catastrophe only mentioned in passing by the […]

--Staff Picks Kids

“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin

Young Minli lives with her parents nestled in a village at the base of Fruitless Mountain. Everyday her father tells her wonderous tales, and her mother sighs about how little rice is left. One day, a talkative goldfish sets Minli on an amazing journey to meet the Old Man of the Moon and change her […]