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2024 Summer Reading List
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Summer is a time to relax, recharge and READ! The APS Library Media Services Department has complied a list of suggested books to read this summer.
Be sure to use your CLASS Pass account to borrow the digital or print version of the book. Read details about CLASS Pass resources.
You can find these titles at your local library. Join our summer reading challenge by visiting Beanstack.
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Pre K & Kindergarten Click/Tap for a larger image Big by Vashti Harrison
Midnight & Moon by Kelli Cooper & Daniel Myares
The Bees of Notre-Dame by Meghan P. Browne
Two Dogs by Ian Falconer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith
David Series by David Shannon
If You Give Series by Laura Numeroff
1st Grade Click/Tap for a larger image Pigeon Series by Mo Willems
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Biscuit in the Garden by Alyssa Satin Capuclli
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Fly Guy Series by Tedd Arnold
Cristian Rinaldo by Mari Schuh
Pete the Cat Series by Kimberly & James Dean
Cats by Lisa J. Amstutz
2nd Grade Click/Tap for a larger image The Alphabet’s Alphabet by Chris Harris
John’s Turn by Mac Barnett
Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy
How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk
Palace of Books by Patricia Polacco
P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter
Like by Annie Barrows
Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten by Trisha Speed Shaskan
3rd Grade Click/Tap for a larger image Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney
Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina
Carla and the Jazzed-Up Scorch-Torch Funtastic Sneakers by Books by Teens
Cat Kid Series by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey
Crown: Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
The Scientific Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith
Oh No, the Aunts are Here by Adam Rex
My Weird School Special: Bummer in the Summer by Dan Gutman
4th & 5th Grade Click/Tap for a larger image Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
The Way I Say It by Nancy Tandon
Zeke Meeks Series by D.L. Green
Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
To Catch a Thief by Martha Brockenbough
What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada
It’s the End of the World And I’m in my Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
Jenika Sings for Freedom by Restavek Freedom Writers
Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
Nic Blake and the Remarkables by Angie Thomas
My Story, My Dance by Lesa Cline-Ransome
6th - 8th Grade Click/Tap for a larger image New Kid by Jerry Craft
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
How Do You Spell Unfair? by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
Get to Work, Hercules! by Kate McMullan
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Not An Easy Win by Chrystal D. Giles
Two Tribes by Emily Bown Cohen
You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh
Hands by Torrey Maldonado
MexiKid by Pedro Martin
Farther than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey
What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
Courage by Barbara Binns
9th - 12th Grade Click/Tap for a larger image Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim
The Getaway by Lamar Giles
Hungry Ghosts by Victoria Ying
Invisible Son by Kim Johnson
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kir by
Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
In Nightfall by Suzanne Young
Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
Royal Blood by Aimee Carter
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
My Father, the Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang
A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Cover Your Assets by Kara McGuire
If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude
Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest
Royal Blood by Aimee Carter
A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr