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Summer Reading 2021 FR
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Need suggestions for summer reading? This year we've super-sized our lists, with abaker's dozen recommendations for different age ranges—including fiction, nonfiction,
folklore, and poetry—all published 2020–2021 and ideal for the season.
Picture BooksSuggested grade level for all entries: PS–2
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I Am Every Good �ing by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Gordon C. James (Paulsen/Penguin)
Cave Paintings by Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. from Spanish by Elisa Amado (Groundwood)
You’re Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration by Loree Gri�n Burns; photos by Ellen Harasimowicz (Charlesbridge)
�e Night Walk by Marie Dorléans; trans.from French by Polly Lawson (Floris)
Cubs in the Tub: �e True Story of the Bronx Zoo’s First Woman Zookeeper by CandaceFleming; illus. by Julie Downing (Porter/Holiday)
We All Play by Julie Flett (Greystone Kids)
Time for Kenny by Brian Pinkney (Greenwillow)
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the WayWe Eat by Mara Rockli�; illus. by Giselle Potter(Beach Lane/Simon)
�e Ramble Shamble Children by ChristinaSoontornvat; illus. by Lauren Castillo(Paulsen/Penguin)
�e Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer; illus. byMariachiara Di Giorgio (Candlewick)
Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams)
How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward; illus. byDiana Sudyka (Beach Lane/Simon)
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Easy Readers and Primary GradesSuggested grade level for all entries: 1–3
Starla Jean by Elana K. Arnold; illus. by A. N. Kang (Roaring Brook)
Too Small Tola by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye Iwu (Candlewick)
Willa the Wisp [�e Fabled Stables] by Jonathan Auxier; illus. byOlga Demidova (Amulet/Abrams)
Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown; illus. by Elisa Chavarri; trans. into Spanish by Adriana Domínguez (Children’s/Lee & Low)
Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds by Elise Gravel (HarperAlley/HarperCollins)
Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow)
�e Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen (Candlewick)
�e Biggest Roller Coaster and �e Great Bunk Bed Battle [Fox Tails] by Tina Kügler(Acorn/Scholastic)
�e Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a �irsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty;illus. by Shonto Begay (Schwartz & Wade/Random)
Tag Team and Training Day [El Toro & Friends] by Raúl the �ird; color by Elaine Bay (Versify/Houghton)
�e Floating Field: How a Group of �ai Boys Built �eir Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley;illus. by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien (Millbrook)
Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Diana Sudyka (Houghton)
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IntermediateSuggested grade level for all entries: 4–6
A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games by Lori Alexander; illus. by Allan Drummond (Houghton)
Julieta and the Diamond Enigma by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz (Tu/Lee & Low)
Rise of the Hal�ing King [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles (Cinco Puntos)
No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen (Groundwood)
Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (RH Graphic/Random)
A �ousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)
Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Riordan/Disney-Hyperion)
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata; illus. by Marianna Raskin (Dlouhy/Atheneum)
Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia (Riordan/Disney-Hyperion)
Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems by Jack Prelutsky; illus. by Ruth Chan (Greenwillow)
Ways to Grow Love [Ryan Hart] by Renée Watson; illus. by Nina Mata (Bloomsbury)
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (Dutton)
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Middle SchoolSuggested grade level for all entries: 6–8
Turning Point by Paula Chase (Greenwillow)
Flamer by Mike Curato (Godwin/Holt)
�e Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by María García Esperón; illus. by Amanda Mijangos; trans. from Spanish by David Bowles (Levine Querido)
Star�sh by Lisa Fipps (Paulsen/Penguin)
Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon (Scholastic)
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera(Levine Querido)
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (Scholastic)
Merci Suárez Can’t Dance by Meg Medina (Candlewick)
�e Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (RH Graphic/Random)
Everything Comes Next: Collected & New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye; illus. by Rafael López(Greenwillow)
Becoming Muhammad Ali: Based on the Story of Young Cassius Clay by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander; illus. by Dawud Anyabwile (Patterson/Little, Brown/Houghton)
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith(Heartdrum/HarperCollins)
All �irteen: �e Incredible Cave Rescue of the �ai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick)
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High SchoolSuggested grade level for all entries: 9 and up
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Holt)
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (Dial)
In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden Historyof the Space Race by Amy Cherrix (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley (Little, Brown)
Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (Levine Querido)
Skyhunter by Marie Lu (Roaring Brook)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden �omas (Swoon/Feiwel)
Concrete Rose by Angie �omas (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson (Bloomsbury)
Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon (Putnam)
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