|
|
Kids' New Chapter Books October 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
Witchycakes: Sweet Magic
by Kara LaReau
Blue helps their mother's magical bakery by delivering baked goods all over town while helping her neighbors solve different kinds of problems.
|
|
|
|
The Weirdies
by Michael Buckley
After being left behind when everyone from Deadeye Manor goes on a doomed vacation, the Weirdie triplets--Barnacle, Garlic, and Melancholy--learn to fend for themselves as they navigate life at their new adoptive home on Sunshine Circle.
|
|
|
|
Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend
by Lance Rubin
Zed Moonstein makes an A.I. best friend but realizes it might not be as cool-- and may be more dangerous-- than he imagined.
|
|
|
|
Elvira Vance and the Monster Mystery
by Kacy Ritter
Half-siren Elvira Vance doesn't trust outsiders. Especially not the human detective who's been hired to investigate the disappearances of a chupacabra and the crown for the Marfa Monster Festival. While humans are convinced the monster skipped town with the crown, Elvira knows there's more to the story. As the daughter of Vince Vance -- founder of Vince Vance's Vintage Trailer Park Inn for Monsters -- Elvira cares too much about her home to let this mystery go unsolved. With her two best friends, Elvira collects clues and investigates humans, banshees, vampires, and ghosts. Time is running out, and Elvira must use her siren powers and sleuthing skills to solve this mystery -- or lose everything she loves.
|
|
|
|
Death by Whoopee Cushion
by Vicki Grant
The best Halloween costumes. The funniest pranks. An endless supply of chocolate fudge that looks exactly like dog poo. Most kids would love it if their parents owned a joke store, but twelve-year-old Manya isn't like most kids. The only thing she finds even vaguely interesting about her parents' shop is the science behind the pranks. One day, Manya comes back from her after-school Serious Science class to see two police in the store. A trick cigar bought at Pranks a Million blew up in a customer's face and burnt off his eyebrows. Then there's a poisoning incident. And when a whoopee cushion explodes, actually killing an innocent bystander, things become very serious indeed: Manya's parents are arrested for murder. It's up to Manya to prove their innocence - and she may have to use some of the science behind the pranks to do so.
|
|
|
|
Incredibly Penelope
by Lauren Myracle
Penelope has been all over the globe, from the tippity top to the bottomitty bottom, traveling alongside her godmother, the super celebrity Queenie Bee. And she's done things most kids never dream of, like feeding giraffes, exploring real glaciers, and hopping from one five-star hotel to the next. But there's one thing she has never done, and she desperately wants to give it a try: go to school! Penelope persuades her mother and godmother to let her attend Idlewild Academy for Girls, where Penelope's charm, openness, and generosity quickly win over many of her new classmates. Although some, including sullen Dilly, think she's a snob. But when Penelope's mother and godmother go missing, her wealth goes along with them, and people start treating her differently--even cruelly. Is Penelope still special? Is she still the same person? And whatever will she do now?
|
|
|
|
Dive
by John David Anderson
Kassandra Conner joins the diving team at her new private school, but when she befriends a townie who dumpster dives, she starts to break out of her own box.
|
|
|
Elmhurst Public Library 125 S Prospect Ave. Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 (630) 279-8696
|
|
|
|