Children’s chapter books evoking that good old summertime
feeling and a sense of adventure:
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| Gr 4-7 |
Three Bird Summer by Sara St. Antoine. For as long as he can remember, Adam and his
parents have spent their summers at his grandmother's rustic cabin on Three
Bird Lake. But this year will be
different. There will be no rowdy cousins running around tormenting Adam. There will be no Uncle John or Aunt Jean. And there will be no Dad to fight with
Mom. This year, the lake will belong
just to Adam. But then Adam meets Alice,
the girl next door, who seems to want to become friends. Alice looks just like the aloof, popular
girls back home - what could he had she possibly have in common? Turns out Alice isn't like the girls back
home. She's frank, funny, and eager for
adventure. And when Adam's Grandma
starts to leave strange notes in his room - notes that hint at a hidden
treasure somewhere at the lake and a love from long ago - Alice is the one person
he can rely on to help solve the mysteries.
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| Gr 4-7 |
Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff.
A companion to A Tangle of Knots, in which Cady, whose special Talent is
knowing just what kind of cake to bake for someone, finds herself a
family. This time around, other children
with magical Talents attend summer camp, where nothing is what it seems and
they risk being robbed of their Talents.
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| Gr 5-8 |
Summerlost by Allie Condie. Popular YA author Condie has
written a poignant novel for middle grades. Following the sudden deaths of her
father and autistic younger brother, Cedar Lee spends the summer working at a
Shakespearean theater festival, making a new friend, and coming to terms with
her grief.
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| Gr 4-7 |
Forget-Me-Not Summer & Brightest Stars of Summer by Leila
Howland. When their parents, a
screenwriter and a film editor, go off on summer projects, Marigold, twelve,
Zinnia, eleven, and Lily, five, must visit their Great Aunt Sunny in Cape Cod,
where they learn much about themselves and each other and grow closer than
ever.
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| Gr 3-7 |
Drive Me Crazy by Terra Elan McVoy. When Lana's and Cassie's
grandparents marry each other, the girls find themselves stuck together on a
crazy summer road trip that will change the course of their friendship and
their lives.
Swallows & Amazons by Arthur Ransome. Classic old fashioned adventure series set in
England’s Lake District. Some very imaginative children spend a summer camping
on an island. They sail on the lake and pretend they are in exotic parts of the
world and, as a result, have many exciting adventures.
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| Gr 4-8 |
The Fort by Cynthia DeFelice.
Summer adventure about two boys who build an awesome tree fort and
tangle with two older bullies, pranking them, and ultimately proving who was
responsible for an earlier act of arson.
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| Gr 5-8 |
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. A boy recounts his annual summer trips to
rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their
larger-than-life grandmother.
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| Gr 6-8 |
3 Willows by Ann Brashares. Another sisterhood, by the author
of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close
friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning
about themselves, their families, and the changing nature of their friendship.
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| Gr 2-5 |
Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy. Summertime brings the Fletcher family back to
Rock Island, where the good times never end, but this summer the boys' favorite
lighthouse is all boarded up. With help from their new neighbors, the Gallindo girls,
the boys are determined to find out what is really happening with their
lighthouse and save it, no matter the cost.
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| Gr 6-8 |
Button Hill When Dekker and his little sister Riley are shipped
off for the summer to their strange Aunt Primrose in Button Hill, they think
they are in for a long, boring summer. But when they find an old grandfather
clock with a skull face, they are transported to another place, where children
have special powers and the dead come to life!
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| Gr 3-7 |
Summer at Forsaken Lake by Michael J. Beil. Twelve-year-old Nicholas and his
ten-year-old, twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their
Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie
investigate the truth about an accident involving their families many years
before.
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| Gr 5-9 |
Mother-Daughter Book Camp by Heather Vogel Frederick. Emma, Jess, Megan, Becca, and Cassidy go to
Camp Lovejoy in New Hampshire to serve as counselors and when some of the young
campers are stricken with homesickness, the friends decide to start a summer
camp book club.
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