Grades 9-12
Ages 18+
Ages 16+
Lizzie Nichols has just booked a trip to London to visit her long time British boyfriend Andrew. She’s excited, but she knows she should have used the money to put a down payment on an apartment. She tries hard to plan for her future, but she really has no idea what she wants to do with her life. On top of that, her big mouth has gotten her in trouble again, and this time it leaves Andrew in major hot water, and her in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay. Her only saving grace is that her best friend is living in France with her boyfriend Chaz, and Lizzie is able to stay with them until she figures out her next move. But just what will that be?
Grade 2
Into the Wild: Yet Another Misadventure by Doreen Cronin is the third book in the Chicken Squad series. Dirt, Sugar, Poppy and Sweetie are four chicken siblings who are sure to get into trouble when they’re together. This time, they’re trying to solve the mystery of the box in the backyard. Read Into the Wild: Yet Another Misadventure by Doreen Cronin to learn what they find!
Tru and Nelle by G. Neri takes place in the South in the 1930s during the Great Depression. It is a fictionalized story of Tru, also known as the writer Truman Capote, and Nelle, also known as the writer Harper Lee, and their childhood friendship.
Grade 3
Twelve-year-old Carol is not looking forward to her summer and is jealous of her friends who get to go swimming and have fun at camp together. She, on the other hand, is stuck in New Mexico with her family and is helping her grandfather, whom she has never met, get settled in his new home for dementia patients. At first she tries to avoid grumpy Grandpa Serge at all costs, but then finds that she is fascinated by the unimaginable stories he tells her. Read Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Edgar if you like stories about adventure and family.
Grade 5
Cedar is about to spend the summer in Iron Creek after a devastating accident killed her father and younger brother, Ben. Cedar is getting settled in her house when a boy named Leo dressed in a costume passes by on a bicycle. She is fascinated, and decides to follow him to the Summerlost Theatre Festival. Soon she befriends him and has a job at the festival’s concession stand. Find out what adventures await Cedar in Summerlost by Ally Condie.
Grade 5
Eleven-year-old Thyme is happy that her little brother Val is accepted for a new trial drug to treat his cancer, but she’s unhappy that they have to move from California all the way to New York, away from her best friend and everything she’s used to. She holds on to the fact that the move is only temporary, but when her father finds a new job in New York City, she fears that their move may become permanent. To find out what happens to Val, Thyme and their family, read Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin.
Grade 3
When Caterina and her family move to Bahía de la Luna because her sister Maya has Cystic Fibrosis, Cat’s neighbor tells her that there are ghosts in their new town. Maya is on a mission to find a ghost, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. Will she be able to get over her fears? Read Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier to find out.
Grade 2
Dory, also known as Rascal, lives in two worlds: in real life with her family and friends at home and at school, and her imaginary world that includes her best friend Mary, a friendly monster that lives under her bed. Dory has a loose tooth, and she thinks that Mrs. Gobble Gracker, her imaginary enemy is going to prevent the Tooth Fairy from coming. To find out what happens, Read Dory Fantasmagory: Dory, Dory, Black Sheep by Abby Hanlon.
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