Reading can be one of the many fun activities children fill their summer time with. Research has shown it is also much more! Children who participate in public library summer reading programs not only avoid the “summer slide” in learning, but also score higher on reading achievement tests than those who do not participate. The books on this list come highly recommended by kid readers from all over the country and may also be available in ebook, audio book, braille, and large print formats. This summer, encourage your chiid to participate in the summer programs happening at your library.

Association for Library Service to Children www.ala.org/alsc The 2016 Summer Reading Book List was created by members of the Association for Library Service to Children's Quicklists Consulting Committee. For more booklists from ALSC visit www.ala.org/alsc/booklists. GRADES 6-8 Masterminds by Gordon Saki Yamamoto does not Korman want to spend her summer SUMMER READING LIST Balzer + Bray, 2015, ISBN: 9780062299963 vacation visiting her Dead to Me Fish in a Tree by Lynda campaign to make a beloved Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard After living in a perfect town grandma’s small village. 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Nielsen 2015, ISBN: 9780374300227 A by the stories he tells her The Night Parade by realizes too late that all the group of teenagers in This reworking of American Scholastic, 2015, ISBN: during that time. Kathryn Tanquary objects have mysterious Denmark resist the Nazi tall tales features stories of 9780545561549 Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, 2016, powers and he needs to get invasion of their country and fearsome legendary creatures Nic, a slave in the mines of ISBN: 9781492623243 I Kill the Mockingbird by them back. First in a series. inspire others to follow suit in of the wooded wilds of early Paul Acampora ancient Rome, escapes after this award-winning nonfiction North America, including the Roaring Brook Press, 2014, ISBN: discovering a magical amulet. book. snoligoster, the hodag, and 9781596437425 First in a series. the hoop snake. Glow-in-the- Over summer break, Lucy, dark illustrations add to the Elena, and Michael launch a alternately fun and creepy tone of this collection of stories.

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