Discover, read, and discuss new books in a fun, welcoming, and encouraging environment! Connect with other readers, share your thoughts, and explore great stories together. For tweens ages 10-13.
How Does It Work?
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Sign Up: Register at the Teen Reference Desk or the Children’s Circulation Desk on the 2nd floor of the library.
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Pick Up Your Book: Receive a FREE copy of this month’s selection (limit one per household).
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Read & Get Ready: Enjoy the book before our meeting.
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Join the Discussion: Meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Teen Area to talk about the book with fellow members.
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Repeat! Come back next month for a new title and another great conversation.
Upcoming Selections:
March 2026: The Last Dragon on Mars, by Scott Reintgen
“Keep your eyes down and your feet moving, or this planet will rust you.”
That’s how Lunar Jones survives on Mars—a dying world where resources are scarce and hope is scarcer. Generations ago, humanity learned space was filled with dragons, one for every world. After Earth’s dragon sacrificed herself to make the planet livable, humans tried to do the same on Mars. They won the war—but the dying dragon cursed the planet. Crops failed. Storms raged. Mars was doomed.
Now Lunar scavenges the dangerous war zones for salvage, knowing no one is coming to save them. But when a mission goes wrong and he takes shelter in a forbidden underground zone, he discovers something buried in the dust—something that could be the last hope for a dying planet.
February 2026: Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically anyone, especially to the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu whose body they discover one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills mansion where she moved once her fame skyrocketed.
The sisters suspect Lulu’s death is the result of foul play, but the LAPD—known for being corrupt to the core—doesn’t seem motivated to investigate. Even worse, there are signs that point to the possibility of a police cover-up, and powerful forces in the city want to frame the killing as evidence that Chinatown is a den of iniquity and crime, even more reason it should be demolished to make room for the construction of a new railway depot, Union Station.
Worried that neither the police nor the papers will treat a Chinese girl fairly—no matter how famous and wealthy—the sisters set out to solve their friend’s murder themselves, and maybe save their neighborhood in the bargain. But with Lulu’s killer still on the loose, the girls’ investigation just might put them square in the crosshairs of a coldblooded murderer.
