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Youth Services Summer 2023 Reading Lists: 6th Grade-8th Grade

6th-8th Summer Reading Lists

Realistic Fiction
Link to All My Friends by Hope Larson in the Catalog
Link to Anne of West Philly by Ivy Weir in the Catalog
Link to Answers in the Pages by David Levithan in the Catalog
Link to Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy King in the Catalog
Link to Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui in the Catalog
Speculative Fiction
Link to Black Sand Beach by Richard Fairgray in the Catalog
Link to Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf in the Catalog
Link to Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd in the Catalog
Link to Last Cuentists by Donna Barba Higuera in the Catalog
Link to M is for Monster by Talia Dutton in the catalog
Mystery & Adventure
Link to 96 Miles by J.L. Esplin in the Catalog
Link to Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekia Magoon in the Catalog
Link to The Explorer's Code by Allison Hymas in the Catalog
Link to the last mapmaker by christina soontornvat in the Catalog
Link to The Swallowtail Legacy by Michael Beil in the Catalog
Nonfiction
Link to The 500 Million Dollar Heist by Tom Sullivan in the Catalog
Link to Bee Fearless by Mikaila Ulmer in the Catalog
Link to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer in the catalog
Link to Breaking Through by Sue Macy in the Catalog
Link to Button Pusher by Tyler Page in the Catalog
2024 Middle School Nutmeg Nominees
Link to Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston in the Catalog
Link to Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass in the Catalog
Link to Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone in the Catalog
Link to Fighting Words by Kimberly Bradley in the Catalog
Link to Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees Grades 4-6
Link to The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody in the Catalog
Link to American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar in the Catalog
Link to The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips in the Catalog
Link to Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson in the Catalog
Link to Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit in the Catalog