Children's Summer Reading

Beginning Readers

Ivy and Bean (Ivy and Bean #01)
by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall

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The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide, Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other... (read more)
 
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Middle Readers

Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic)
by Edward Eager

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The four children of Half Magic have been reading E. Nesbit's magical story The Enchanted Castle, when they find something magical of their own — at least, partly magical. The ensuing misadventures are highly entertaining. Half Magic was a childhood... (read more)
 
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Graphic Novels

American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang

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For the winter holidays try American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Chang. This quirky book is a fabulous introduction to the new generation of graphic novels, and blends folklore with an exploration of racial stereotyping and the "right stuff" of America... (read more)
 
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Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster

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Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and... (read more)
 
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Classics

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle

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This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy. Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Meg Murray, her little brother Charles... (read more)
 
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Chapter Books

Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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Nate the Great, super sleuth, has his work cut out for him when Rosamond loses his birthday present. He and his faithful dog Sludge must face snow, ice, and ferocious-looking Fang, Annie's dog, to solve the case. But how can Nate find his missing present... (read more)
 
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Newbery Award Winners

Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell

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The winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this novel is the story of a young Indian girl who is left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California for 18 years. She is not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance... (read more)
 
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Young Adult

The Road of the Dead (Push Fiction)
by Kevin Brooks

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Blood runs thick when two brothers leave their London home on a journey to the ghostly moors of Devon to hunt down the truth about their sister's savage death.... (read more)
 
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Nonfiction General

The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare

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Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move... (read more)
 
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Top Ten
  1. Ivy and Bean (Ivy and Bean #01) by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
  2. Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic) by Edward Eager
  3. American Born Chinese (06 Edition) by Gene Luen Yang
  4. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  6. The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain, Book One (Chronicles of Prydain #01) by Lloyd Alexander
  7. Out from Boneville: Bone, Book 1 (Bone #01) by Jeff Smith
  8. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
  9. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  10. Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

 



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Beowulf Beowulf
by Gareth Hinds

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This exhilarating graphic novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages — and now it is reinvented for a new... (read more)
 
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Used Books

Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery) Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery)
by Lois Lowry

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In 1943 Copenhagen, the Germans begin their campaign to "relocate" the Jews of Denmark. So Annemarie Johansen's parents take in her best friend Ellen Rosen and pretend that she is a part of their family.... (read more)
 
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Mystery and Scary Stories

Encyclopedia Brown
by Donald J. Sobol

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Whenever 10-year-old Leroy (nicknamed "Encyclopedia") Brown's father, the chief of police in Idaville, has a difficult case, Encyclopedia always manages to solve it at the dinner table. So, he decides to open his own detective agency.... (read more)
 
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Humor

Gooney Bird Greene
by Lois Lowry

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This ALA Notable Children's Book by the two-time Newbery Medalist introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining "absolutely true" stories. Illustrations.... (read more)
 
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Animal Stories

Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls

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Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs... <BR>A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the... (read more)
 
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Teen Issues

Blubber (Yearling Books)
by Judy Blume

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Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.... (read more)
 
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Adventure Stories

The River
by Gary Paulsen

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Written in response to reader demand for another book about Brian, the young hero of Gary Paulsen's Newbery Honor book, "Hatchet, " here is a gripping story of challenge and survival in the wilderness. To learn more about the psychology of survival... (read more)
 
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History and Biography

Mr. Tucket (Tucket Adventures #01)
by Gary Paulsen

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Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is... (read more)
 
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