Spring 2025 Reading Recommendations
3/8/2025
Embrace the rainy spring days with these indoor reads, featuring museums, mansions, and a touch of magic…
Pieces and Players by Blue Balliet
Thirteen extremely valuable art pieces have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world! It’s up to a group of kids with a talent for puzzles to find out where the artworks are and who may have stolen them.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
When billionaire Sam Westing passes away, his 16 eclectic “heirs” find out that he has left them one last game to play, a game that just might uncover their deepest insecurities.
A Brush With Magic by Flora Ahn
When Yumi visits Korea for the first time, she finds an ink brush in a neighborhood art shop that has the power to bring anything she paints to life, including creatures straight out of her grandfather’s retellings of Korean fairy tales.
Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner
Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. Goldie — who has always been both impatient and bold— runs away to the Museum of Dunt, where she discovers its strange and mysterious secrets.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
When high school senior Pip decides to reexamine a closed case for her final project, she discovers a trail of dark secrets that may put her own life in danger. This book is the first of a thrilling series!
… then turn to these whimsical tales as the flowers around us come into full bloom!
When the Butterflies Came by Kimberley Griffiths Little
After her beloved Grammy Claire passed away, Tara receives a stack of keys and detailed letters that lead her to the beautiful islands of Chuuk to protect the mystical butterflies that her grandmother had spent her life researching.
Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure by Geronimo Stilton
While the Thea Sisters are busy exploring Kyoto during an exchange program, a valuable doll is stolen from a wealthy Japanese collector. Will the five mice be able to track down the doll and catch the thief?
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy
Mallory Marsh has a secret identity as Dr. BotGirl, a sci-fi webcomic author, and she skips swim team practice to join the library’s comic club. However, when her webcomic goes viral, her identity becomes more difficult to hide.
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
For lovers of poetry, this book is a collection of vivid poems that detail the author’s experiences growing up as an African American during the Civil Rights movement on the East Coast. Despite initially struggling with reading, Woodson finds joy through writing stories, a feeling our students at Sentence Center can no doubt relate to!
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Can a robot survive in the wilderness? This is the story of robot Roz, who ends up on a remote island and must adapt to her surroundings in order to survive. Roz slowly befriends the animals, but one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.