The Read This Next! Young Readers list for November and December has been taken over by cats and dragons! These six bookseller favorites are full of adventure, heart, and the importance of believing in yourself.

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Read is why Southen indie booksellers love these books:

Broken by X. Fang
Broken is a gentle story of a little girl with big feelings rendered in soft layered colored pencil. This story is simple, but soothing, and a reminder that what's broken can always be fixed (and to perhaps not trust cats, who are always up to something).
– Julie Jarema, Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Dragonborn by Struan Murray
Absolutely loved this. What a great twist for readers who love dragons but are moving onto books with heavier themes and twists. A great read for friends who loved KPop demon hunters (I can't think of higher praise than that!).
– Stacey Sanford, Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

Winging It by Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (illus.)
Go on Luna's journey of self-growth as she navigates a life-changing move across the country with her father, surviving a new middle school while still mourning her long deceased mother. Beautiful illustrations, great story line and satisfying feel good ending! Now I'm off to search for the ever elusive Luna Moth...
– Barb Rascon, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina

The Last Ember by Lily Berlin Dodd
With magical prose and a fun cast of quirky characters, middle-grade readers are sure to be swept away by this heartfelt adventure story.
– Cindy Otis, The Stacks Bookstore in Savannah, Georgia

Moon Cat by Casi Cole, Amanda Romanick (illus.)
A unique bedtime story for the space explorer and the feline-lover. Join Moon Cat as it moves through the night and space sharing so much of the quiet glittering world. The illustrations took my breath away.
– Morgan DePerno, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Tea Is Love by Adib Khorram, Hanna Cha (illus.)
Stunning. The cadence of only a few words combined with brilliant illustrations convey so much and evoke so many memories and feelings.
– Jennifer Sauter-Price, Read Early And Daily (R.E.A.D.) in Arlington, Virginia

Current Read This Next! books and what SIBA booksellers have to say about them can always be found at The Southern Bookseller Review