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)

Adventuregame comics. 1, Leviathan
Shiga, Jason
Paper Book
Make choices to defeat a mysterious sea monster in Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan, the first of a series of innovative, interactive graphic novels from the award-winning creator of Meanwhile. Adventuregame Comics is a new series of interactive...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

DnDoggos. 1, Get the party started
Underhill, Scout
Paper Book
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year (Middle Grade) A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (Middle Grade) An ALA Best Graphic Novel for Children Four adorable dogs are tail-waggingly excited to play their favorite role-playing game in DnDoggos...

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)

The mystery of locked rooms
Currie, Lindsay
Paper Book
*Instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!* Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes a action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Glitch
Graley, Sarah
Paper Book
From comics rising star Sarah Graley, a fresh and funny middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl who must save a virtual world... and her own!Izzy has an incredible secret -- she can enter the world of her new video game! She meets Rae, a robot who says Izzy is destined to save Dungeon City from...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Girl haven
Sturges, Lilah
Paper Book
Full of wonder, humor, and heart, Girl Haven is the newest original story from the author of Lumberjanes. Three years ago, Ash's mom left home and never returned, leaving behind a husband and child and a shed full of mystical curiosities related to the all...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

The Books of Clash 1 : Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery
Yang, Gene Luen/ McClaine, Les (ILT)/ Acton, Alison (ILT)
Paper Book
Based on Clash of Clans and Clash Royale and penned by superstar graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, this first volume of this action-packed eight-volume series brings the characters from everyone's favorite mobile gaming sensation to life! SEE! The illustrated exploits of one...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)


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