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Summer Reading 2022
Welcome to GDS’s suggested summer reading lists! Note the word “suggested.” At GDS we believe students should choose their own free reading whenever it’s possible. We highly recommend browsing in, borrowing from, and participating in programs at your local public libraries during summer months when the school libraries are closed.
If you’d like to read what Kirkus Reviews, a great book review publication, says about the books on this list, simply click the title. Where possible, we’ve also included links to the e-books and audio books on the DC Public Library’s Overdrive shelf.
Some of these titles contain challenging ideas, concepts, and language. See this Hopper Effect blog post to learn more about GDS’s thoughts around this.
Happy Reading!
Did You Know? GDS students, regardless of where they live, can get a card for the DC Public Libraries. GDS also encourages participation in DCPL’s Discover Summer program.
PK–2nd Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for PK-2nd Grade
![Eyes that Speak to the Stars]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177254/gdsorg/sn8t0ao6wuiglggc4cqy/9780063057753.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177254/gdsorg/sn8t0ao6wuiglggc4cqy/9780063057753.jpg","width":299}])
by Joanna Ho, illustrated by Dung Ho
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Dancing with Daddy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177084/gdsorg/jlz0xelaqajzfyz91u3d/9781542007191.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177084/gdsorg/jlz0xelaqajzfyz91u3d/9781542007191.jpg","width":300}])
by Anitra Rowe Schulte, illustrated by Ziyue Chen
![Sunny the Shark]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654116123/gdsorg/n4ogtdtkjnmyvtnuxfkk/9781250785459.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654116123/gdsorg/n4ogtdtkjnmyvtnuxfkk/9781250785459.jpg","width":300}])
by Remy Lai
![Endlessly Every After]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654115480/gdsorg/y5ar2g7yirytjhjzrhhx/9781452144825.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654115480/gdsorg/y5ar2g7yirytjhjzrhhx/9781452144825.jpg","width":300}])
by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Aquanaut]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654111483/gdsorg/bizlbewwgvjdaumrblxj/9780545497619.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654111483/gdsorg/bizlbewwgvjdaumrblxj/9780545497619.jpg","width":300}])
by Dan Santat
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![How To Apologize]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654197376/gdsorg/wrjwfyjld2y8sn7oy7cu/9781536209440.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654197376/gdsorg/wrjwfyjld2y8sn7oy7cu/9781536209440.jpg","width":300}])
by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
![Fish and Sun]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654197281/gdsorg/eush9od2peikyzwgugk7/9780063076648.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654197281/gdsorg/eush9od2peikyzwgugk7/9780063076648.jpg","width":300}])
by Sergio Ruzzier
![Boris The Cat: The Little Cat With Big Ideas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654197190/gdsorg/qs4f5sjkaeww4bfayuid/9780735844544.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654197190/gdsorg/qs4f5sjkaeww4bfayuid/9780735844544.jpg","width":299}])
by Erwin Moser
![Ty’s Travels (series)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654197082/gdsorg/imsdenlcbawkdez0qx0j/9780062951076.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654197082/gdsorg/imsdenlcbawkdez0qx0j/9780062951076.jpg","width":300}])
by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Nina Mata
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Guess What!?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654196950/gdsorg/mqiftvsigclwhtyadbt4/9781368070935.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654196950/gdsorg/mqiftvsigclwhtyadbt4/9781368070935.jpg","width":299}])
by Mo Willems
![Starla Jean (series)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654196868/gdsorg/ztj7djmfoervsjbxu9j1/9781250305787.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654196868/gdsorg/ztj7djmfoervsjbxu9j1/9781250305787.jpg","width":300}])
by Elana K. Arnold, illustrated by A.N. Kang
![J.D. And The Hair Show Showdown]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654196765/gdsorg/q84mfknjhmrcjjxygavw/9780593111581.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654196765/gdsorg/q84mfknjhmrcjjxygavw/9780593111581.jpg","width":300}])
by J. Dillard, illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts
![From the Tops of the Trees]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654194332/gdsorg/rlpudpujl9qxynb5hkdj/9781541581302.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654194332/gdsorg/rlpudpujl9qxynb5hkdj/9781541581302.jpg","width":300}])
by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Rachel Wada
![Kapaemahu]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103450/gdsorg/de8ahjttrugz8frmbtjq/9780593530061.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103450/gdsorg/de8ahjttrugz8frmbtjq/9780593530061.jpg","width":300}])
by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson, illustrated by Daniel Sousa
![legend of spirit serpent]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184823/gdsorg/i9ebyotlafn2rxqss7hf/9781478875178.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184823/gdsorg/i9ebyotlafn2rxqss7hf/9781478875178.jpg","width":300}])
by Adaiah Sanford, illustrated by Ken Daley
![because Claudette]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184705/gdsorg/bly3xvefhbqemgxvkt0z/9780593326404.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184705/gdsorg/bly3xvefhbqemgxvkt0z/9780593326404.jpg","width":300}])
by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Tonya Engel
![just like Jesse Owens]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184587/gdsorg/rzubewz9vhby9lxw8voc/61s5PuRxrYL.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184587/gdsorg/rzubewz9vhby9lxw8voc/61s5PuRxrYL.jpg","width":500}])
Just Like Jesse Owens
by GDS's own Paula Young Shelton and Andrew Young, illustrated by Gordon C. James
(Releases August 2nd!)
![let me fix you a plate]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184416/gdsorg/rdttxwqyfjrz9ru3thg2/9780823443253.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184416/gdsorg/rdttxwqyfjrz9ru3thg2/9780823443253.jpg","width":300}])
by Elizabeth Lilly
![Jo Jo Makoons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184302/gdsorg/i5navtnbosz7iuee5boe/9780063015371.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184302/gdsorg/i5navtnbosz7iuee5boe/9780063015371.jpg","width":300}])
by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Stella Díaz]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184169/gdsorg/o0l39ok38ghnwviye8oz/B35A3F3CD-1BEB-42B3-9904-068B13BE37BEDImg100.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184169/gdsorg/o0l39ok38ghnwviye8oz/B35A3F3CD-1BEB-42B3-9904-068B13BE37BEDImg100.jpg","width":510}])
by Angela Dominguez
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![hockey night in Kenya]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654184056/gdsorg/ddcqbhoisv43xspkq729/9781459823617.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654184056/gdsorg/ddcqbhoisv43xspkq729/9781459823617.jpg","width":300}])
by Danson Mutinda and Eric Walters, illustrated by Claudia Dávila
![we shall overcome]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654183965/gdsorg/xpwatib9vxo31l68d4th/9781338540376.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654183965/gdsorg/xpwatib9vxo31l68d4th/9781338540376.jpg","width":300}])
by Bryan Collier
![song of frutas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654183866/gdsorg/qimxsap5z3km8pxforub/9781534444898.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654183866/gdsorg/qimxsap5z3km8pxforub/9781534444898.jpg","width":300}])
by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sara Palacios
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![sky-blue bench]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654183684/gdsorg/z8ygsvffxmxnheahcyll/9781772782226.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654183684/gdsorg/z8ygsvffxmxnheahcyll/9781772782226.jpg","width":299}])
by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins
![Powwow Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654182839/gdsorg/u30pu3dpag99ojhtjusf/9781580899482.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654182839/gdsorg/u30pu3dpag99ojhtjusf/9781580899482.jpg","width":300}])
by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![World Belonged to Us]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654182526/gdsorg/paq2tf77ys2efynxbijt/9780399545498.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654182526/gdsorg/paq2tf77ys2efynxbijt/9780399545498.jpg","width":300}])
by Woodson, Jacqueline, illustrated by Leo Espinosa
![Queen of Kindergarten]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654179180/gdsorg/ngmnhdztlyshx876tboy/9780593111420.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654179180/gdsorg/ngmnhdztlyshx876tboy/9780593111420.jpg","width":299}])
by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
![Mommy's Hometown]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654178368/gdsorg/bgyfmamallx2rbxxg7aj/9781536213324.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654178368/gdsorg/bgyfmamallx2rbxxg7aj/9781536213324.jpg","width":300}])
by Hope Lim, illustrated by Jaime Kim
![I am golden]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654178122/gdsorg/yigsqitymxg0esb2sitr/9781250842053.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654178122/gdsorg/yigsqitymxg0esb2sitr/9781250842053.jpg","width":300}])
by Eva Chen, illustrated by Sophie Diao
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Day in the Life of Big Cats]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654178021/gdsorg/aq9y1k8zidp3doezhegr/9781684492077.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654178021/gdsorg/aq9y1k8zidp3doezhegr/9781684492077.jpg","width":300}])
by Tyus D. Williams, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
![Abuelita and Me]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177858/gdsorg/k2ydpqjifxhth02kbxza/9781773216102.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177858/gdsorg/k2ydpqjifxhth02kbxza/9781773216102.jpg","width":299}])
by Leonarda Carranza, illustrated by Rafael Mayani
![Climb On!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177719/gdsorg/u6fthqkjpoqkeg2kzqn2/9780735844810.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177719/gdsorg/u6fthqkjpoqkeg2kzqn2/9780735844810.jpg","width":300}])
by Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara
![Year we learned to fly]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177568/gdsorg/werjdabbadnsvkgrmaic/9780399545535.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177568/gdsorg/werjdabbadnsvkgrmaic/9780399545535.jpg","width":300}])
by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Birds on Wishbone Street]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654177431/gdsorg/uteen49ggienbsppflqm/9781772782196.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654177431/gdsorg/uteen49ggienbsppflqm/9781772782196.jpg","width":299}])
by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book via bit.ly/GDSSummerReading2022 or by email. We love to see photos of LMS summer readers! We will use all the photos for a joyful collage of reading at the beginning of the school year.
Looking for more?
We have tried to create lists that are inclusive and diverse around a variety of topics, yet also not so overwhelmingly long! If you find your family wanting more or different suggestions, try these resources:
3rd–5th Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for 3rd–5th Grade
by Remy Lai
![Rez Dogs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654116028/gdsorg/ondi9lkgqvdjpimca7om/9780593326213.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654116028/gdsorg/ondi9lkgqvdjpimca7om/9780593326213.jpg","width":300}])
![Swim Team]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654115638/gdsorg/wgfdxjlcvybdgxsiek3v/9780063056770.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654115638/gdsorg/wgfdxjlcvybdgxsiek3v/9780063056770.jpg","width":300}])
by Johnnie Christmas
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Little Monarchs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654115235/gdsorg/m6esuq5hbdq6grrgrdwa/9780823442607.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654115235/gdsorg/m6esuq5hbdq6grrgrdwa/9780823442607.jpg","width":300}])
by Jonathan Case
![Kiki Kallira]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654115118/gdsorg/qgcigphxoj0k23hap71g/9780593206973.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654115118/gdsorg/qgcigphxoj0k23hap71g/9780593206973.jpg","width":299}])
by Sangu Mandanna
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Secret Battle of Evan Pao]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654111780/gdsorg/p18myotsdz3zmwjwanen/9781338678857.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654111780/gdsorg/p18myotsdz3zmwjwanen/9781338678857.jpg","width":300}])
by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
![Camp Famous]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654111606/gdsorg/dnf8tzgkqszla5lo9lex/9780063140684.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654111606/gdsorg/dnf8tzgkqszla5lo9lex/9780063140684.jpg","width":300}])
by Jennifer Blecher
by Dan Santat
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
by J. Dillard, illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts
![Honestly Elliott]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654104301/gdsorg/kkuvh1zryxuqci0vjsej/9781547606252.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654104301/gdsorg/kkuvh1zryxuqci0vjsej/9781547606252.jpg","width":300}])
by Gillian McDunn
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Rema Chronicles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103952/gdsorg/sgwk3qzytcawr3l3lmwj/9781338115130.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103952/gdsorg/sgwk3qzytcawr3l3lmwj/9781338115130.jpg","width":300}])
by Amy Kim Kibuishi
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![History Smashers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103566/gdsorg/johmydykdusssvb6khkn/9780593120378.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103566/gdsorg/johmydykdusssvb6khkn/9780593120378.jpg","width":300}])
by Kate Messner
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
![Singing with Elephants]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103245/gdsorg/wphqp7yrey79io2bgwtk/9780593206690.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103245/gdsorg/wphqp7yrey79io2bgwtk/9780593206690.jpg","width":300}])
by Margarita Engle
![Last Mapmaker]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654100965/gdsorg/wowiqqqgjtq89bzuba3y/9781536204957.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654100965/gdsorg/wowiqqqgjtq89bzuba3y/9781536204957.jpg","width":300}])
![Different Kinds of Fruit]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654100853/gdsorg/olsflb3qwg9vpe1zjtfr/9780593111185.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654100853/gdsorg/olsflb3qwg9vpe1zjtfr/9780593111185.jpg","width":300}])
by Adaiah Sanford, illustrated by Ken Daley
by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Tonya Engel
Just Like Jesse Owens
by GDS's own Paula Young Shelton and Andrew Young, illustrated by Gordon C. James
(Releases August 2nd!)
![Darkening of Dragons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654098181/gdsorg/go8siy9lugujeelxflkv/9781682633762.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654098181/gdsorg/go8siy9lugujeelxflkv/9781682633762.jpg","width":300}])
by S.A. Patrick
by Elizabeth Lilly
![Witchlings]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654098057/gdsorg/vn2hcduddqqchvp2hcnr/9781338745528.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654098057/gdsorg/vn2hcduddqqchvp2hcnr/9781338745528.jpg","width":300}])
by Danson Mutinda and Eric Walters, illustrated by Claudia Dávila
![Duet for Home]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654097724/gdsorg/k9cxp98qcaffnsek6nb2/9780544876408.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654097724/gdsorg/k9cxp98qcaffnsek6nb2/9780544876408.jpg","width":300}])
![Jake the Fake (series)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654529220/gdsorg/cmpg2eagkpvdfmfho8ug/9780553523515.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654529220/gdsorg/cmpg2eagkpvdfmfho8ug/9780553523515.jpg","width":300}])
by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Keith Knight.
Get on DCPL Overdrive.
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book via bit.ly/GDSSummerReading2022 or by email. We love to see photos of LMS summer readers! We will use all the photos for a joyful collage of reading at the beginning of the school year.
Looking for more?
We have tried to create lists that are inclusive and diverse around a variety of topics, yet also not so overwhelmingly long! If you find your family wanting more or different suggestions, try these resources:
6th–8th Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for 6th–8th Grade
![Together We Burn]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654015876/gdsorg/plq7ausonujre6djsiwc/9781250803351.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654015876/gdsorg/plq7ausonujre6djsiwc/9781250803351.jpg","width":299}])
by Isabel Ibañez
![Run]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653668164/gdsorg/nbpxoztuzpb4v3ag89wo/9781419730696.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653668164/gdsorg/nbpxoztuzpb4v3ag89wo/9781419730696.jpg","width":300}])
by John Lewis
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![Firekeeper's Daughter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654115828/gdsorg/rslbgbtzu3i6fiboqbic/9781250766564.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654115828/gdsorg/rslbgbtzu3i6fiboqbic/9781250766564.jpg","width":300}])
by Johnnie Christmas
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by Sangu Mandanna
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![In the Key of Us]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654114989/gdsorg/j7efdc75wkelfir7y5so/9780374314101.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654114989/gdsorg/j7efdc75wkelfir7y5so/9780374314101.jpg","width":299}])
by Mariama J. Lockington
by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
![The First Rule of Climate Club]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654197481/gdsorg/bwzozuvy5sdslcerkegv/9781984816467.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654197481/gdsorg/bwzozuvy5sdslcerkegv/9781984816467.jpg","width":300}])
by Carrie Firestone
![Race of the Century]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654104172/gdsorg/rcpgs01ikkslszemmhp0/9781338628463.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654104172/gdsorg/rcpgs01ikkslszemmhp0/9781338628463.jpg","width":300}])
by Neal Bascomb
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![Debating Darcy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654104038/gdsorg/fftlmtfqrlz7uvzbopzr/9781338797695.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654104038/gdsorg/fftlmtfqrlz7uvzbopzr/9781338797695.jpg","width":300}])
by Sayantani Dasgupta
by Amy Kim Kibuishi
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![Lakelore]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103815/gdsorg/ihxvdmgw5hhvbhyxxuut/9781250624147.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103815/gdsorg/ihxvdmgw5hhvbhyxxuut/9781250624147.jpg","width":299}])
by Anna-Marie McLemore
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![No Way, They Were Gay?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654103684/gdsorg/oavoxwrraazsjwd464xe/9781541581623.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654103684/gdsorg/oavoxwrraazsjwd464xe/9781541581623.jpg","width":299}])
by Lee Wind
by Kate Messner
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by Margarita Engle
![moonwalking]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654102881/gdsorg/zarq08zzwnn4dcztya9l/9780374314378.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654102881/gdsorg/zarq08zzwnn4dcztya9l/9780374314378.jpg","width":300}])
by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
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![ain't burned]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654100317/gdsorg/oyu0x1hyfj7uj1izs7sj/9781534439467.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654100317/gdsorg/oyu0x1hyfj7uj1izs7sj/9781534439467.jpg","width":300}])
by S.A. Patrick
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1621447864/gdsorg/skjttcglhjoe5kijxmqr/LastNightattheTelegraphClub.jpg","width":237}])
![A Pho Love Story]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1623170864/gdsorg/ojyfpyq4nr7wgiuek6np/PhoLoveStory.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1623170864/gdsorg/ojyfpyq4nr7wgiuek6np/PhoLoveStory.jpg","width":393}])
A Pho Love Story
by Loan Le
Vietnamese American high school seniors Bao and Linh, whose feuding families own competing Vietnamese restaurants, conceal their budding romance, as well as Linh's desire to become an artist. Get @ DCPL Overdrive.
Summer Reading Challenge. Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book via bit.ly/GDSSummerReading2022 or by email. We love to see photos of LMS summer readers! We will use all the photos for a joyful collage of reading at the beginning of the school year.
Are you a newspaper reader? Consider participating in the New York Times Summer Reading Contest!
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We have tried to create lists that are inclusive and diverse around a variety of topics, yet also not so overwhelmingly long! If you find your family wanting more or different suggestions, try these resources:
High School
Suggested Summer Reading List for High School
![Case of the Married Woman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654016253/gdsorg/erzthlc90lb6itb4vflx/9781639361571.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654016253/gdsorg/erzthlc90lb6itb4vflx/9781639361571.jpg","width":300}])
by Antonia Fraser
by Isabel Ibañez
![The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653921032/gdsorg/jjdhsk4gg5g4pefaax5c/9780358448907.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653921032/gdsorg/jjdhsk4gg5g4pefaax5c/9780358448907.jpg","width":300}])
by Kip Wilson
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![The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920922/gdsorg/zddvyxogk8p9pbjxhn17/9781250780867.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920922/gdsorg/zddvyxogk8p9pbjxhn17/9781250780867.jpg","width":300}])
by Axie Oh
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![Alone Out Here]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920694/gdsorg/ssn71j6pevzrpib5lnxk/9781368064729.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920694/gdsorg/ssn71j6pevzrpib5lnxk/9781368064729.jpg","width":300}])
by Riley Redgate
![Blood Scion]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920521/gdsorg/lsoeopjb4dc2hufm2npp/9780062954046.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920521/gdsorg/lsoeopjb4dc2hufm2npp/9780062954046.jpg","width":300}])
by Deborah Falaye
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![So This is Ever After]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920405/gdsorg/afu8wmt8mojdiexruwld/9781534496866.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920405/gdsorg/afu8wmt8mojdiexruwld/9781534496866.jpg","width":300}])
by F.T. Lukens
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![Murder Among Friends]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920287/gdsorg/kggbv5iotphrrkswfr8l/9780593177426.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920287/gdsorg/kggbv5iotphrrkswfr8l/9780593177426.jpg","width":300}])
by Candace Fleming
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![Jawbone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920140/gdsorg/q6pgarpi7fuxvwsnja7d/9781566896214.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920140/gdsorg/q6pgarpi7fuxvwsnja7d/9781566896214.jpg","width":300}])
by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker
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![Required Reading]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653919992/gdsorg/amztrico4tavotooodt4/9780593309155.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653919992/gdsorg/amztrico4tavotooodt4/9780593309155.jpg","width":300}])
by Kirsten R. Lee
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![Poet Warrior]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653919684/gdsorg/odethnfjpquhcl2m099x/9780393248524.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653919684/gdsorg/odethnfjpquhcl2m099x/9780393248524.jpg","width":300}])
by Joy Harjo
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![How to Take Over the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653919487/gdsorg/j2zevws1qgapobhyynne/9780593192016.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653919487/gdsorg/j2zevws1qgapobhyynne/9780593192016.jpg","width":300}])
by Ryan North
![Thank You, Mr. Nixon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653919371/gdsorg/ctjp5o5bqw6k8cbim2to/9780593319895.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653919371/gdsorg/ctjp5o5bqw6k8cbim2to/9780593319895.jpg","width":299}])
by Gish Jen
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![South to America]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653669800/gdsorg/lrxkmcl6bkh8etdgup7e/9780062977403.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653669800/gdsorg/lrxkmcl6bkh8etdgup7e/9780062977403.jpg","width":300}])
by Imani Perry
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![Things They Lost]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653669514/gdsorg/v7l5drcxjfg5ku45vstp/9781982102579.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653669514/gdsorg/v7l5drcxjfg5ku45vstp/9781982102579.jpg","width":299}])
by Okwiri Oduor
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![Smash It!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653669324/gdsorg/htfuptsklkfp4yinqi7z/9781335146502.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653669324/gdsorg/htfuptsklkfp4yinqi7z/9781335146502.jpg","width":300}])
by Francina Simone
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by John Lewis
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![Survive the Dome]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653660624/gdsorg/i6sdqjn9vcg3kqsxrlsc/9781728239088.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653660624/gdsorg/i6sdqjn9vcg3kqsxrlsc/9781728239088.jpg","width":299}])
by Kosoko Jackson
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![Across a Field of Starlight]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653659976/gdsorg/gbbjtntjf9rku4td6c7n/9780593124147.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653659976/gdsorg/gbbjtntjf9rku4td6c7n/9780593124147.jpg","width":300}])
by Blue Delliquanti
![This Woven Kingdom]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653659501/gdsorg/de86owhi9flsibklwlhg/9780062972446.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653659501/gdsorg/de86owhi9flsibklwlhg/9780062972446.jpg","width":300}])
by Tahereh Mafi
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![The Lincoln Highway]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653660831/gdsorg/vmxs2mjprjyjrpo7bpsd/9780735222359.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653660831/gdsorg/vmxs2mjprjyjrpo7bpsd/9780735222359.jpg","width":300}])
by Amor Towles
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by Anna-Marie McLemore
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![Tailspin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654017310/gdsorg/qg6bhiuqwdthgwnin2td/9781645383154.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654017310/gdsorg/qg6bhiuqwdthgwnin2td/9781645383154.jpg","width":300}])
by John Armbruster
![Kiss & Tell]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654017198/gdsorg/tyt1nppghh3f1wdhdcdv/9780593325261.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654017198/gdsorg/tyt1nppghh3f1wdhdcdv/9780593325261.jpg","width":300}])
by Adib Khorram
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![Breathe and Count Back from Ten]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654016687/gdsorg/bszkubrmrxmjmfujy4kj/9780358536864.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654016687/gdsorg/bszkubrmrxmjmfujy4kj/9780358536864.jpg","width":300}])
by Natalia Sylvester
![How She Did It]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654016488/gdsorg/g3m8hlfttb6ma6un9dd4/9780593234259.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654016488/gdsorg/g3m8hlfttb6ma6un9dd4/9780593234259.jpg","width":364}])
by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery
![Finding Me]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654016388/gdsorg/cmdvduze77cef0ixsaab/9780063037328.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654016388/gdsorg/cmdvduze77cef0ixsaab/9780063037328.jpg","width":300}])
by Viola Davis
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![All That's Left in the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654016007/gdsorg/xhyhtj69xkhg0qjbbixs/9780063054974.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654016007/gdsorg/xhyhtj69xkhg0qjbbixs/9780063054974.jpg","width":300}])
by Erik J. Brown
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![First Shots]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653921490/gdsorg/rjsbjpchik0faxi4jrel/9780358569848.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653921490/gdsorg/rjsbjpchik0faxi4jrel/9780358569848.jpg","width":300}])
by Brendan Borrell
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![Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653921301/gdsorg/j1colwrarxav0rp1f2qu/passthrough.gif","width":200}])
by Kristen O’Neal
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![From Dust, a Flame]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653921184/gdsorg/qkp70ggzinee74urcuo7/9780062699060.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653921184/gdsorg/qkp70ggzinee74urcuo7/9780062699060.jpg","width":300}])
by Rebecca Podos
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![Punch Me Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653920810/gdsorg/qkz3igc62i1rvvefvo0l/9780358439103.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653920810/gdsorg/qkz3igc62i1rvvefvo0l/9780358439103.jpg","width":300}])
by Brian Broome
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![Fallout]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653919843/gdsorg/mihifb125yndfpujhuww/9781250149015.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653919843/gdsorg/mihifb125yndfpujhuww/9781250149015.jpg","width":300}])
by Steve Sheinkin
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