September 10, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

Kick-Off Event!

We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club

Join us for our Fall Kick-off Party!
Calling all young adventurers ages 8-11 and your side-kick adult!

Join the Books for Boys or Great Read Reads for Girls Club, where we dive into exciting stories, get creative with hands-on projects, and satisfy your taste buds with delicious treats. Every month, we'll explore a new world through a thrilling book, chat about our favorite parts, and bring the story to life with an awesome craft or STEM project!

For this kick-off book party, we will “meet” the books we’re reading this year, create a cool reading buddy book bag and book pin banner, enjoy a snack, and make new friends!

Join us for an hour of non-stop fun!

October 15, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise

Enter at your own risk: You might just DIE laughing.

The best-selling author Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road, hoping to find some peace and quiet so that he can crack a wicked case of writer's block.

But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied—by an eleven-year-old boy named Seymour, his cat, Shadow, and an irritable ghost named Olive.

And they have no intention of sharing!

book 1 in the 43 Old Cemetery Road series

Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians

Miranda rated it ★★★★ and said "A fun quick read. I really enjoyed the letter format along with the few pages of newspaper articles. There are lots of tongue in cheek references that make the story a lighthearted ghostly tale. I would love to read more."

Marybeth rated it ★★★.

November 12, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline Ogburn

We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club

Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name.

For years people have claimed to see a mysterious white deer in the woods around Chinaberry Creek. It always gets away.

One evening, Eric Harper thinks he spots it. But a deer doesn’t have a coat that shimmers like a pearl. And a deer certainly isn’t born with an ivory horn curling from its forehead.

When Eric discovers the unicorn is hurt and being taken care of by the vet next door and her daughter, Allegra, his life is transformed.

January 21, 2027, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman

Harry has always admired the famous escape artist Houdini. And when Houdini asks for help in coming back to life, it seems like an amazing chance...or could it be Houdini's greatest trick of all?

Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini is NOT Harry Houdini—the famous escape artist who died in 1926. But Harry DOES live in Houdini's old New York City home, and he definitely knows everything there is to know about Houdini's life. What is he supposed to do, then, when someone starts texting him claiming that they're Houdini, communicating from beyond the grave? Respond, of course.

It's hard for Harry to believe that Houdini is really contacting him, but this Houdini texts the secrets to all of the escape tricks the dead Houdini used to do. What's more, Houdini's offering Harry a chance to go back in time and experience it for himself. Should Harry ignore what must be a hoax? Or should he give it a try and take Houdini up on this death-defying offer?

February 18, 2027, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Louie is very popular. Who wouldn't love a swan who can read, write, and play the trumpet? When Louie goes to camp, he meets a boy named A.G. who doesn't like birds, and since Louie is a bird, that means he doesn't like Louie. When A.G. pulls a dangerous stunt out on the lake, he realizes that Louie is a hero, after all.

Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians

Miranda rated it ★★★★★ and said "One of my favorites. I've read it over and over."

Cathy rated it ★★★★.

Emily rated it ★★★★.

March 18, 2027, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

They open a door and enter a world NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.

book 1 in The Chronicles of Narnia series

Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians

Bekka rated it ★★★★★ and said "The one that started it all! For the rest of my childhood, I looked for magic doors and closets I could walk through. It made me want to live in Narnia."

William rated it ★★★★★.

Lorna rated it ★★★★★.

April 8, 2027, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club

The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.

It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And it’s the day he met Mal—a girl on the run, in desperate need of his help.

Mal and Christopher embark on a wild adventure, racing from island to island, searching for someone who can explain why the magic is fading and why magical creatures are suddenly dying. They consult sphinxes, battle kraken, and negotiate with dragons. But the closer they get to the dark truth of what’s happening, the clearer it no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago is to be saved, Mal and Christopher will have to do it themselves.

book 1 in the Impossible Creatures series

Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians

Marybeth rated it ★★★★★.

Mary rated it ★★★★★ and said "What starts out as a predictable hero’s journey shifts gears into the same stratosphere of middle grade fantasy as Fablehaven and Narnia, with a generous helping of the moral dilemmas of Avatar the Last Airbender. Truly, this book deserves to be a classic in its genre."

April 29, 2027, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club

Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending upon how they played the game.

The not-quite-perfect heirs were paired, and each pair was given $10,000 and a set of clues (no two set of clues were alike). All they had to do was find the answer, but the answer to what?

The Westing game was tricky and dangerous, but the heirs played on, through blizzards and burglaries and bombs bursting in air. And one of them won!

Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians

Miranda rated it ★★★★ and said "A fun almost-locked-door mystery where the suspects are all invited to live in a new apartment building just before the crime is committed. Which of the 16 named heirs is a murderer? And which will inherit all the dough? There's plenty of twists and turns and character development with this one. And I really appreciated all of the epilogue portion that tells what happened to the characters after the fact."