Jedi Academy
By Jeffrey Brown
Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older brother, father, and grandfather. But just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to Pilot School, he is invited to attend Jedi Academy–a school that he didn't apply to and only recruits children when they are just a few years old. That is, until now…
A perfect book for any Star Wars fan(atic)! With Episode 7 coming out for a new generation of viewers, this can also serve as the perfect segway for adult fans to introduce Star Wars to their children.
Recommended by Ricci
North Dade Regional Library
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets to the Universe
By Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know‑it‑all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship–the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
Recommended by Alisha
Main Library
The Little, Little Girl with the Big, Big Voice
By Kristen Balouch
A loud little girl searches the jungle for a friend to play with but her big voice scares all the animals away until she finds the perfect playmate.
Recommended by Ana
West Kendall Regional Library
Viva Frida
By Yuyi Morales; photography by Tim O’Meara
Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.
Gorgeous & vivid illustrations grace this simple bilingual picture book about artist Frida Kahlo. Perfect for sharing with toddlers.
Recommended by Edda
West Kendall Regional Library
Scarlet
By Marissa Meyer
Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
Scarlet's grandmother is missing. Wolf has some information… but what does all of this have to do with Cinder?
Recommended by Miriam
Palmetto Bay Branch
The House in the Night
By Susan Marie Swanson; pictures by Beth Krommes
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal‑winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers–a key, a bed, the moon–this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.
This beautifully illustrated book is perfect for reading to a young child at bedtime.
Recommended by Edda
West Kendall Regional Library
Fangirl
By Rainbow Rowell
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life‑and she's really good at it. Cath's twin sister, Wren, has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? Open her heart to someone? Or will she just go on living inside somebody else's fiction?
Recommended by Alisha
Main Library