Tweens Read: Mark Twain Nominees

Pick up copies of this month's book, "A Royal Conundrum" by Lisa Yee, at the Youth Services desk at the Middendorf-Kredell branch.Join us for a monthly book club featuring the 2026-2027 Mark Twain Award Nominees. We’ll read a different nominee each month and come together to share thoughts, opinions, and favorite moments! More about this month's book:Olive Cobin Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren’t her fault. (No, really!) Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So, imagine her doubts when she’s suddenly dropped off at the strangest boarding school a former castle turned prison that's now a “reforming arts school”!But nothing could’ve prepared Olive for RASCH ( not “rash”). There, she’s lumped with a team of other kids who never quite fit in, and discovers that the academy isn’t what it seems—and neither is she. In fact, RASCH is a cover for an elite group of misfits who fight crime . . . and Olive has arrived just in time.Turns out that RASCH is in danger of closing, unless Olive’s class can stop the heist of the century. And as Olive falls in love with this wacky school, she realizes it’s up to her new team to save the only home that’s ever welcomed them.