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Youth Services Summer Reading: Grades 6-8

Grades 6-8 Summer Reading Lists

2025 Books
Realistic Fiction
Link to Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar in the Catalog
Link to A Day at the Beach by Gary D. Schmidt in the catalog.
Link to Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows in the catalog.
Link to How it all ends by Emma Hunsinger in the Catalog
Link to Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi in the Catalog
Link to Lost in Taiwan by Mark Crilley in the catalog.
Link to Louder Than Hunger by John Schu in the catalog.
Link to On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbala
Link to Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds in the Catalog
Link to Take it from the top by Claire Swinarski in the Catalog
Link to The Unforgettable Leta
Link to We Are Big Time by Hena Khan in the catalog.
Speculative Fiction
Link to Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higera in the catalog.
Link to Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell in the Catalog
Link to Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin in the catalog.
Link to Maelstrom: a Prince of Evil by Lorian Merriman in the catalog.
Link to The many hauntings of the Manning family by Lorien Lawrence in the Catalog
Link to Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf by Rochelle Hassan in the Catalog
Link to Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol in the Catalog
Link to Sabriel by Garth Nix in the Catalog
Link to Thunder City by Philip Reeve in the catalog.
Mystery & Adventure
Link to Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin in the catalog.
Link to It's Only a Game by Kelsea Yu in the catalog.
Link to The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya in the catalog.
Link to The Legend of the Last Library by Frank L. Cole in the Catalog
Link to A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits) by Lisa Yee in the Catalog
Link to The Sherlock sSociety by James Ponti in the Catalog
Link to Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna by Tamora Pierce in the Catalog
Nonfiction
Link to American Spirits by Barb Rosenstock in the catalog.
Link to Fatal Forecast by Michael J. Tougias in the Catalog
Link to Mountain of Fire by Rebecca E.F. Barone in the catalog.
Link to Puzzled by Pan Cooke in the Catalog
Link to Remember My Story by Claire Sarnowski with Sarah Durand in the Catalog
Link to Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau in the catalog.
Link to Stealing Little Moon by Dan Sasuweh Jones in the Catalog
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