Children's Book Suggestions | Level Up At Your Library

A selection of chapter books and graphic novels about games and gaming to match our 2025 Summer Reading theme, Level Up At Your Library! For more game-themed books, you can browse the library catalog. For younger readers, check out this month's scavenger hunt in the Children's Room.

Updated April 17, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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Game over, Super Rabbit Boy!
Flintham, Thomas
Paper Book
Super Rabbit Boy is the strongest, bravest, fastest animal in all the land...and he's also the star in a video game! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Trapped in a video game
Brady, Dustin
Paper Book
Kids who love video games will love this first installment of the best-selling 5-book series about 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby and the wild adventures he encounters while trapped inside different video games. Jesse Rigsby hates video games--and for good reason. You see, a video game...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Roll call
Ostertag, Molly Knox
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Molly Knox Ostertag and critically acclaimed illustrator Xanthe Bouma comes an all-new Dungeons & Dragons graphic novel series! Middle school is a dungeon... At least, that's how Jess sees it. Luckily, she and her best friend Olivia know how to...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Isle of ever
Calonita, Jen
Paper Book
Winner of a 2025 Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Books Award! A New York Times Bestseller Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick! "[An] atmospheric fantasy ride."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "Fast-paced and satisfying."--School Library Journal,...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

A game of Noctis
Fagan, Deva
Paper Book
An "exciting, fast-moving" (School Library Journal) middle grade fantasy about a girl who must participate in a deadly game with a ragtag team of players to save her grandfather from a terrible fate--perfect for fans of James Riley and Shannon Messenger! In the opulent,...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)


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