Chapter One with HPL

This Own Voices coming of age novel follows a young Lakota boy, Jimmy, on a summer journey with his grandfather - a journey that will change his life. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

School newspaper reporter Millie finds herself investigating the murder of Honeywell Stinger's football coach in an effort to clear her father's name. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Step back into the middle ages with this Newbery Honor Book! Readers get a glimpse into the thoughts of spirited Catherine, a fourteen-year-old girl in 1290 England, who recounts her daily life through a series of diary entries. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Clarion, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Determined to follow in Da Vinci's footsteps, artist Beatrix Adams plans to spend the summer before her senior year drawing actual cadavers. But a missed train changes everything. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recording made with permission of Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Leonora Logroño hopes that this year she'll be able to help her family prepare for the annual Día de los Muertos festival but is once again told she's too young to help at the Bakery. When she sneaks down to the bakery to try and help out anyway, she discovers that her mother and aunts are brujas—witches of Mexican ancestry who mix a bit of magic into everything they bake. Determined to prove that she can do magic to, Leo decides to help a friend. It's just one little spell, what could go wrong? This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of Waldon Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here  to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Cas sees dead people. More accurately, Cas hunts dead people using his father's powerful and deadly athame. People like Anna Dressed in Blood, ghost of a murdered girl, who has killed anyone who enters the home she haunts. Everyone that is except Cas. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Tor Teen, an imprint of Macmillan. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Stanley wishes he was one of his favorite superheroes. Instead, he uses comics to help him cope with the world around him. But when Stanley joins Trivia Quest, the city-wide comics based treasure hunt, he soon discovers that just knowing comics isn't enough. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Trained for both etiquette and combat at Miss Preston’s School of Combat for Negro Girls, Jane McKeene is set for a career protecting the wealthy from the dangers of the walking dead. But when Jane uncovers a conspiracy, she'll be fighting more than the undead and it will take all of her training and resourcefulness to survive. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

When middle schooler Kelly's plans are coopted by babysitting duty, she thinks Halloween is going to be a bust. But the frights are real when Baby Jacob is kidnapped by the Boogieman! Who know monster fighting was part of babysitting? This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recording made with permission of Katherine Tegan Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Noa, teen hacker extraordinaire, has been on her own since her parents died and thinks she has it made.  But when she wakes up in a warehouse with no memory of how she got there, things start to get dangerous. Peter is the secret leader of a hacker alliance that takes on corrupt businesses and he's just stumbled across a secret worth killing to keep. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.