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