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Youth Services Summer Reading: Grades 6-8

Grades 6-8 Summer Reading Lists

2024 Books
Realistic Fiction
Link to A for Effort by Jarad Greene in the catalog
Link to Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel in the catalog.
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Speculative Fiction
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Link to Ghost Roast by Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs in the catalog
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Link to Knee Deep by Joe Flood in the catalog
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Mystery & Adventure
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Nonfiction
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Link to Fashionopolis (Young Readers Edition) by Dana Thomas in the catalog.
Link to Future Tense: How We Made Artifical Intelligence and How it WIll Change Everything by Martha Brockenbrough in the catalog
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2023 Books
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 Action!: How Movies Began by Megan McCarthy in the catalog
Link to Action Presidents #4: John F. Kennedy! by Fred Van Lente in the catalog
Link to Wait! What? series by Dan Gutman
Link to Big Ideas that Changed the World series by Don Brown
Link to A Day in the Life series by Mike Barfield in the catalog
Link to The Greatest Song of All by Megan Hoyt
Link to the Unsolved Case Files by Tom Sullivan in the catalog
2022 Books
Realistic Fiction
Link to 365 Days to Alaska by Cathy Carr in the Catalog
Link to AfterMath by Emily Isler in the Catalog
Link to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie by Leslie Connor in the Catalog
Link to The Assignment by Liza Wiemer in the Catalog
Link to Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley in the catalog
Link to Hazard by Frances O'Roark Dowell in the catalog
Link to Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos in the catalog
Link to Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee in the catalog
Link to Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi in the Catalog
Link to Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Link to The Popularity Code by Stephanoe Faris in the Catalog
Link to Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson in the catalog
Link to Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac in the Catalog
Link to Room to Dream by Kelly Yang in the Catalog
Link to Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong in the catalog.
Link to The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Link to The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner in the Catalog
Link to The Swag Is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist in the Catalog
Link to Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly in the Catalog
Link to A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight by Jen White in the Catalog
Link to Upstaged by Diana Asher in the catalog.
Link to World in Between by Kenan Trebincevic in the Catalog
Link to Worser by Jennifer Ziegler in the Catalog
Speculative Fiction
Link to Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston in the catalog
Link to The Artifact Hunters by Janet S. Fox in the Catalog
Link to The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf in the Catalog
Link to The Graystone Secrets Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix in the Catalog
Link to Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas by iWilliam Lashner in the catalog
Link to The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari in the Catalog
Lilnk to Last Pick series by Jason Walz in the catalog.
Link to The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle in the Catalog
Link to The Mapmakers by Tamzin Merchant in the Catalog
Link to Ms Marvel: Stretched Thin (Graphic Novel) by Nadia Shammas in the catalog
Link to The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner in the Catalog
Link to One Jar of Magic by Corey Ann Haydu in the Catalog
Link to The Problem with Prophecies by Scott Reintgen in the Catalog
Link to Quintessence by Jess Redman in the catalog
Link to Remarkable by Margaret Peterson Haddix in the Catalog
Link to The Starspun Web by Sinead O'Hart in the Catalog
Link to Stowaway by John David Anderson in the Catalog
Mystery & Adventure
Link to Ali Cross by James Paterson in the Catalog
Link to City Spies series by James Ponti in the catalog
Link to Crown Heist by Deron Hicks in the Catalog
Link to Friend Me by Sheila M Averbuch in the Catalog
Link to It Wasn't me by Dana Alison Levy in the Catalog
Link to The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit in the Catalog
Link to Winterborne Home series by Ally Carter in the catalog
Nonfiction
Link to Chasing the Truth: a Young Journalist's Guide to Investigative Reporting by Jodi Kantor in the Catalog
Link to The Complete Cookbook for Young Scientists / America's Test Kitchen in the catalog
Link to The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb by Candace Fleming
Link to Meltdown : Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima by Deirdre Langeland in the Catalog
Link to Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach in the catalog
Link to Permanent Record: How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security by Edward Snowden in the Catalog
Link to Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin in the Catalog
LInk to Why Longfellow Lied: the Truth about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride by Jeff Lantos in the Catalog
2021 Books
Realistic Fiction
Link to Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids in the Catalog
Link to Batting Order--a Home Team Novel by Mike Lupica in the catalog.
Link to Bear by Ben Queen in the catalog.
Link to Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander in the catalog
Link to Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson in the Catalog
Link to Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet in the Catalog
Link to the Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein in the catalog.
Link to Far Away by Lisa Graff in the catalog
Link ot Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E, Burg in the catalog
Link to Ground Zero by Alan Gratz in the Catalog
Link to Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt in the catalog
Link to The List of Things that Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead in the catalog
Link to Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages in the catalog
Link to Sara and the Search for Normal by Wesley King in the catalog.
Link to the Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonneblick in the catalog.
Link to Seven Clues for Home by Gae Polisner and Nora Raleigh Baskin in the catalog
Link to The Skylark's Way by Hilary McKay in the catalog
Link to So Done by Paula Chase in the catalog
Link to Things You Can't Say by Jenn Bishop in the catalog
Link to The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus in the catalog
Link to We are Not Free by Traci Chee in the catalog.
Link to We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly in the catalog
Link to When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller in the catalog.
Link to the Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare in the catalog.
Link to Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk in the catalog.
Speculative Fiction
Link to the 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford in the catalog
Link to the Cassidy Blake series by Victoria Schwab in the catalog
Link to Displacement by Kiku Hughes in the catalog.
Link to Elatsol by Darcie Little Badger in the catalog.
Link to Greenglass House series by Kate Milford in the catalog
Link to The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune in the catalog
Link to the In Between by Marina Cohen in the catalog.
Link to The York series by Laura Ruby in the catalog
Link to The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. by David Levithan in the catalog
Link to The New Policeman by Kate Thompson in the catalog
Link to Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie in the catalog
Mystery & Adventure
Link to Charlie Thorne series by Stuart Gibb in the catalog
Link to City Spies series by James Ponti in the catalog
Link to The Da Vinci Code: adapted for young adults by Dan Brown in the catalog
Nonfiction
Link to All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat in the catalog
Link to Baseball's Leading Lady by Andrea Williams in the Catalog
Link to The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan in the catalog
Link to The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot ot Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer in the catalog
Link to Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary by Rachel Swaby in the catalog
Link to Murder on the Baltimore Express: The Plot to Keep Abraham Lincoln from Becoming President by Suzanne Jurmain in the catalog
Link to Radium GirlRadium Girls: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark by Kate Moore in the catalog
Link to The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh in the catalog
Link to A Shot in the Arm! by Don Brown in the catalog