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Irene Latham Author Of If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of Possibility

From Irene's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Irene's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Irene Latham Why Irene loves this book

This is my favorite Kate Messner novel to date! I loved the premise of kid-having-to-climb-mountains in order to make reparations for his misbehavior. The changes in Finn across the book felt well-earned, and the storytelling style of including newspaper articles, recipes, and poems, helped make it a quick, engaging read.

By Kate Messner ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Trouble with Heroes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.

What is this book about?

An instant New York Times bestseller!

A USA Today bestseller!

Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!

"Genuinely moving." --The New York Times Book Review

"Explores the healing power of hiking." --NPR's All Things Considered

The Week Jr.'s Book Club Pick

Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing.

One summer.
46 mountain peaks.
A second chance to make things right.

Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is…


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The Time-Jinx Twins by Carol Fisher Saller,

Twelve-year-old identical twins Ellie and Kat accidentally trigger their physicist mom’s unfinished time machine, launching themselves into a high-stakes adventure in 1970 Chicago. If they learn how to join forces and keep time travel out of the wrong hands, they might be able find a way home. Ellie’s gymnastics and…

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Laura Segal Stegman Author Of Ready or Not

From Laura's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Laura's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Laura Segal Stegman Why Laura loves this book

Efrén Divided, Ernesto Cisneros' beautifully written story of a family broken apart by ICE deportation in the US, is even more heartbreakingly relevant today than when it came out in 2020. A must-read for kids and their loved ones.

By Ernesto Cisneros ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Efrén Divided as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.

What is this book about?

Winner of the Pura Belpre Award!

"We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness." -Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

Efren Nava's Ama is his Superwoman-or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Ama and Apa work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efren and his younger siblings Max and Mia feel safe and loved.

But…


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