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Books and authors for young readers with recommendations by topic, reading level, previous favorites, and more. Have your Pembroke Library Card ready.

Books Recs for Every Reader

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If you can't get enough of your favorite book, check out some of our suggestions below.  Don't see your favorite?  Ask our library staff to make a list or visit one of the websites or databases above.

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  • Cucumber Quest​: GiGi D.G.’s video game–esque tale follows adorable Cucumber the bunny and his sister Almond as they go up against a series of baddies.
  • Scared by the Bell: Though being the new kid is never easy, it’s especially hard for Peter, an average kid whose classmates include a mummy, a pumpkinhead, and a skeleton.
  • Tea Dragon Society: After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives—and eventually her own.
  • The Wormworld Saga: Jonas, a young boy from our human world, stumbles into an alternate universe through a painting in his grandmother's attic. When the portal closes behind him, Jonas must find another way home and begins a journey through this strange and dangerous land.