The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, 7), by Karina Yan Glaser

(Hardcover, 416 pages, first published in 2023)

In the final installment of the series, the bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of a serious illness with the support of their Harlem community.

The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a newly-made and critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.

In the poignant conclusion to the bestselling Vanderbeekers series, the beloved family faces their biggest challenge yet, rising to meet it with the characteristic love, warmth, and hope that has won them a lasting home in the hearts of readers everywhere.

Cautions: Not aligned with Young Earth Creationism (one reference to earth as "billions of years old"). See Redeemed Reader's review here.

Ages: 8-12