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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
Link to The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander in the Catalog
Link to Fox Point's Own Gemma Hopper by Brie Spangler in the Catalog
Link to The Golden Hour by Niki Smith in the Catalog
Link to Hawai'i Sea Turtle Rescue by James Fraioli in the Catalog
Link to In Honor of Broken Things by Paul Acampora in the Catalog
Link to The House Swap by Yvette Clark in the Catalog
Link to The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh in the Catalog
Link to Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler in the Catalog
Link to New From Here by Kelly Yang in the Catalog
Link to playing through the turnaround by mylisa larsen in the Catalog
Link to Simon Sort Of Says by Erin Bow in the Catalog
Link to UnFadeable by Maurice Broaddus 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
Link to Miles Morales Shock Waves by Justin Reynolds in the Catalog
Link to A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Link to Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty in the Catalog
Link to Tales to Keep You Up At Night by Dan Poblocki in the Catalog
Link to The Town with no Mirrors by Christina Collins in the Catalog
Link to Fright Watch by Lorien Lawrence in the Catalog
Link to Windswept by Margi Preus 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
Link to Trashed by Martha Freeman in the Catalog
Link to What Happened to Rachel Riley? by claire swinarski in the Catalog
Link to Wild River by Rodman Philbrick 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
Link to The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson in the Catalog
Link to A Day in the Life as an Astronaut, Mars, and the Distant Stars by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley in the Catalog
Link to Corpse Talk by Adam and Lisa Murphy in the Catalog
Link to Rescue of the Bounty Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy by Michael Tougias in the Catalog
Link to Star Child by Ibi Zoboi in the Catalog
Link to Timelines of Science in the Catalog
Link to Indigenous America by Liam McDonald in the Catalog
Link to Unstoppable Us by Yuval Harari 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
Link to Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson in the Catalog
Link to Spin by Lamar Giles in the Catalog
Link to Stowaway by John Anderson in the Catalog
Link to Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas in the Catalog
Link to The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf 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
Link to Leonard (My Life As a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak in the Catalog
Link to The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm in the Catalog
Link to Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer in the Catalog
Link to Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie in the Catalog
Link to Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse in the Catalog