Panguitch Public Library

Books for teens or children are some of my favorite reads for summer, because the plot is usually less complicated and the characters and situations are appealing.  One of my favorite summer books is Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls.

I received by email a list of the top 20 books for students to read this summer as voted by educators.  The list is published by Shmoop.com. The books are listed in order of most votes.

1. The Hunger games by Suzanne Collins
2. The Book thief by Markus Zusak
3. Catching fire by Suzanne Collins
4. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. Three cups of tea: One man’s mission to promote peace by Greg Mortenson
6. The Guernsey Literary and potato peel pie society by Mary Ann Shaffer
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
8. The Absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
9. Ender’s game by Orson Scott Card
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
13. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
14. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
15. Extremely loud and incredibly close by Jonathan Safran Foer
16. Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher
17. The Omnivore’s dilemma: Young Reader’s Edition by Michael Pollan
18. Sarah’s key by Tatiana de Rosnay
19. Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad
20. When you reach me by Rebecca Stead

Some recommendations by our library readers include:

• So B. It by Sarah Weeks
• Walk two moons by Sharon Creech
• The Bronze bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Several of Douglas Preston’s books make the list for good Halloween Reads including Relic, Reliquary, and Thunderhead.  Dean Koontz’s series beginning with Odd Thomas is another favorite.  Another favorite of Dean Koontz is Velocity. Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files beginning with Storm Front is a good read for those who want a grown-up wizard in the hard-boiled Chicago detective style.  Be aware of some gore and a touch of sex.  Let us know of some of your favorite Halloween books.

Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson is a true story of one man’s commitment to establishing schools for children, especially girls in Pakistan.

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• Ghost in the Noonday Sun by Sid Fleischman
• Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
• Wait til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
• Dollhouse murders by Betty Ren Wright
• The 13th Member by Mollie Hunter
• Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn
• Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Thunderhead by Douglas Preston
• Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
• Grandmother Spider by James D. Doss
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  Email us with your favorite Halloween books at info@panguitchlibrary.org