Beth Turley’s This Close to Home is a representation of tweens’ confusing and exciting transitions. Brooke loved softball but when she loses her mother, she loses her connection to her favorite sport. Now she doesn’t spend time with Dad or her older sister, Calla. One day, Brooke and her best friend Derek decide to revive a lost tradition that brought her whole community together at her parents’ lake house. She is determined that Lakefest will bring back joy to her town and her family. This heartwarming story is great for middle grade children. Check it out along with other books we’ve gotten this month below!

Check it out along with other books we’ve gotten this month below!

Happily Ever After (Once Upon Another Time Series #3)
Written by James Riley
Published by Aladdin
Available Now!

Nowhere Special
Written by Matt Wallace
Published by Katherine Tegen Books
Available October 4th!

Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels (Onyeka #2)
Written by Tolá Okogwu
Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books
Available Now!

The Probability of Everything
Written by Sarah Everett
Published by Clarion Books
Available June 27th!

Talia’s Codebook for Mathletes
Written by Marissa Moss
Published by Walker Books Us
Available Today!

This Close to Home 
Written by Beth Turley
Published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Available Now!