Summer Reading 2025
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. If you're looking to borrow these books from the public library, search the DCPL catalog here. If you're interested in purchasing any of the books on this list from Politics & Prose or Wonderland Books, mention the Georgetown Day School Summer Reading List at the register for a 10% discount.
A message to our student readers: GDS encourages reading across a wide spectrum of identities and ideologies. If you find something in a book which challenges your perspectives -- or perhaps even makes you uncomfortable -- take the opportunity to discuss it with a trusted adult. See this Hopper Effect blog post to learn more about GDS’s thoughts around this.
Happy Reading!
PK–2nd Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for PK-2nd Grade
![A Forest Song]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018107/gdsorg/timnhftcjbmraiyse84w/1a5b33e0c0ab402b91cfca17f8bf8f11jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018107/gdsorg/timnhftcjbmraiyse84w/1a5b33e0c0ab402b91cfca17f8bf8f11jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kirsten Hall ; illustrated by Evan Turk
![A Pocket Full of Rocks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018307/gdsorg/qgxqrmbbi6btwr4w1xl1/775b4aa56a2f42fcbe4024ab17150748jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018307/gdsorg/qgxqrmbbi6btwr4w1xl1/775b4aa56a2f42fcbe4024ab17150748jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kristin Mahoney ; illustrated by E.B. Goodale
![Above, below and long ago: animals, plants and fossils in hidden places]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748009860/gdsorg/zqsyjzucybfwkpoxx46j/52f2e36939f347108dfbd261616268b4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748009860/gdsorg/zqsyjzucybfwkpoxx46j/52f2e36939f347108dfbd261616268b4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Michael Bright ; illustrated by Jonathan Emmerson
![Abuelita's Song]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013553/gdsorg/qdsuyybitsmum3bb4x7x/b01c61b667b14d2a8c5dfc9fbb32ddbdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013553/gdsorg/qdsuyybitsmum3bb4x7x/b01c61b667b14d2a8c5dfc9fbb32ddbdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Gloria Amescua ; illustrated by Mariyah Rahman
![All at Once Upon a Time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018553/gdsorg/kurlala3skdnxrwgx6fl/e4bdf9ae55474f4ab76cc7055dc37537jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018553/gdsorg/kurlala3skdnxrwgx6fl/e4bdf9ae55474f4ab76cc7055dc37537jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Gladys Jose
![Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008230/gdsorg/v2gqxbm5qucags2to9xs/7006bfb2b363412792a99a4b2dff9e42jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008230/gdsorg/v2gqxbm5qucags2to9xs/7006bfb2b363412792a99a4b2dff9e42jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi ; illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
![Angela's Glacier]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018610/gdsorg/b3sjdmlag1yglndiregn/9780823450824jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018610/gdsorg/b3sjdmlag1yglndiregn/9780823450824jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jordan Scott ; illustrated by Diana Sudyka
![Another Word for Neighbor]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014818/gdsorg/cyqcdz3rewbkby9ujkwf/8d8ae3b9b3f8487cb6c0f4c19429c8bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014818/gdsorg/cyqcdz3rewbkby9ujkwf/8d8ae3b9b3f8487cb6c0f4c19429c8bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Angela Pham Krans ; illustrated by Thai My Phuong
![Are We There Yet? The First Road Trip Across the U.S.A.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008381/gdsorg/f1tehyvaamnvas5wsc6n/c6602138bab446e7bd92a4d6f8f61354jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008381/gdsorg/f1tehyvaamnvas5wsc6n/c6602138bab446e7bd92a4d6f8f61354jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
![Are You a Friend of Dorothy? The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007356/gdsorg/khjkemofdjdxc4vd00iq/cfce533911c74bdbb9b5f5e72780fbcajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007356/gdsorg/khjkemofdjdxc4vd00iq/cfce533911c74bdbb9b5f5e72780fbcajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kyle Lukoff ; illustrated by Levi Hastings
![Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010594/gdsorg/ejwkhdphi9wuthliymq4/f6a2dd6915f54208bb6143cb6a829029jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010594/gdsorg/ejwkhdphi9wuthliymq4/f6a2dd6915f54208bb6143cb6a829029jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Daria Peoples
![Beach Hair]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018503/gdsorg/snzx4kzlnxalyvlhtnja/9781665920988jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018503/gdsorg/snzx4kzlnxalyvlhtnja/9781665920988jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Ashley Woodfolk ; illustrated by Niña Mata
![Big Boy 4014 and the Steam Team: The World's Largest Steam Engine Roars Back to Life!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011438/gdsorg/atugooloyinfrynqfabc/96cd18126ef246a399b64f3ed460a736jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011438/gdsorg/atugooloyinfrynqfabc/96cd18126ef246a399b64f3ed460a736jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Marsha Diane Arnold ; illustrated by Adam Gustavson
![Birdlore: The Iridescent Life Of Florence Merriam Bailey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011510/gdsorg/ibrklnyucjhstei5kgma/d340c20bc1834af9b3113f2cb64923c6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011510/gdsorg/ibrklnyucjhstei5kgma/d340c20bc1834af9b3113f2cb64923c6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jess Keating ; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
![Book Comes Home]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018262/gdsorg/blblvvrgjm4equhneoml/98a38a5c9014470292dc628e9aa8304djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018262/gdsorg/blblvvrgjm4equhneoml/98a38a5c9014470292dc628e9aa8304djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Rob Sanders ; illustrated by Micah Player
![Bug Snacks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007019/gdsorg/ecb9wmddiujsppxfwhaf/d3f21a8db8a2455b86337b92a1a21e17jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007019/gdsorg/ecb9wmddiujsppxfwhaf/d3f21a8db8a2455b86337b92a1a21e17jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jess French ; illustrated by Zoë Ingram
![City of Jasmine]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013724/gdsorg/rgx2poaihtpgui6tjalw/738c837acc864f7f9a61afed9a162bd3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013724/gdsorg/rgx2poaihtpgui6tjalw/738c837acc864f7f9a61afed9a162bd3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Nadine Presley ; illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee
![Cousins!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013655/gdsorg/fyszarbhsk8koj0y7wym/b1db4282ac294f599aa730f81bf4f672jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013655/gdsorg/fyszarbhsk8koj0y7wym/b1db4282ac294f599aa730f81bf4f672jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Laura Lavoie ; illustrated by Luisa Lea
![Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011811/gdsorg/uwxjcvvgie3p4xh8jdcn/dd20498ee05a4afd8810d184a12fa265jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011811/gdsorg/uwxjcvvgie3p4xh8jdcn/dd20498ee05a4afd8810d184a12fa265jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Brooke Hartman ; illustrated by María García
![Dino Poet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011966/gdsorg/thffbzka4pqyrx8hfswi/ce3720f6bc934cba90eec6c9dde96f39jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011966/gdsorg/thffbzka4pqyrx8hfswi/ce3720f6bc934cba90eec6c9dde96f39jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Tom Angleberger
![Disaster Squad: Wildfire Rescue]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008106/gdsorg/evwmd1krcccnyl1bqqzo/9781338828849.jpg","width":128}])
by Rekha S Rajan, illustrated by Courtney Lovett
![Earl and Worm: The Bad Idea]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748012160/gdsorg/cb8vjok34ujn4qwzljuz/30f206b6daf84d12aaff840cdf63dc21jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748012160/gdsorg/cb8vjok34ujn4qwzljuz/30f206b6daf84d12aaff840cdf63dc21jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Greg Pizzoli
![Elena Camps]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748012217/gdsorg/lguevl6o7uun8jo4wjmn/ab8cb0fedf904d65a97f62262dc38e93jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748012217/gdsorg/lguevl6o7uun8jo4wjmn/ab8cb0fedf904d65a97f62262dc38e93jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Juana Medina
![Fireworks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018154/gdsorg/bt8grf4kfeiekcmjtajq/547cf239eebb419991490d357d254b64jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018154/gdsorg/bt8grf4kfeiekcmjtajq/547cf239eebb419991490d357d254b64jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Matthew Burgess ; illustrated by Cátia Chien
![First Day Around the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018209/gdsorg/tgcbgcdyvgomkgt3jfdf/b63515ffafa34ca69cf55aa10dffa667jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018209/gdsorg/tgcbgcdyvgomkgt3jfdf/b63515ffafa34ca69cf55aa10dffa667jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Ibi Zoboi ; illustrated by Juanita Londoño
![For a Girl Becoming]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014762/gdsorg/wqg4uhz1sw0vfnub1w9i/4164e621bff145e394547b1849832248jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014762/gdsorg/wqg4uhz1sw0vfnub1w9i/4164e621bff145e394547b1849832248jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Joy Harjo ; illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
![Get Dressed!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747917905/gdsorg/ji5z9jflevoxoyhtyejp/2d17e961e37c49d1ac8b97193eb91ec0jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747917905/gdsorg/ji5z9jflevoxoyhtyejp/2d17e961e37c49d1ac8b97193eb91ec0jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Katy Canales ; illustrated by Erin Vanessa
![I Am Not a Vampire]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014230/gdsorg/vksmhpackcpbpixtsjbv/f1b5fde7094c47d4842bcdb5e3226362jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014230/gdsorg/vksmhpackcpbpixtsjbv/f1b5fde7094c47d4842bcdb5e3226362jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Miles McKenna ; illustrated by Riley Samels
![I Want to Be an Artist]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748012102/gdsorg/ba7dbza1e4nkv8sjdv1m/21b06922a6cd4c0fafe498f894e2450cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748012102/gdsorg/ba7dbza1e4nkv8sjdv1m/21b06922a6cd4c0fafe498f894e2450cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Laura Driscoll ; illustrated by Catalina Echeverri
![Icy Fruit: How My Grandfather Spread the Joy of Ice Pops Across Taiwan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011288/gdsorg/y5vhv65qniu2vaanrwzh/6a9c697a8d604f0ca4e959730a626d0djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011288/gdsorg/y5vhv65qniu2vaanrwzh/6a9c697a8d604f0ca4e959730a626d0djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Charlotte Cheng ; illustrated by Vivian Mineker
![Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010817/gdsorg/eyewcifs4p1gmzsforvw/f02e5a639eed4e979eaed955b7ec2510jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010817/gdsorg/eyewcifs4p1gmzsforvw/f02e5a639eed4e979eaed955b7ec2510jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jerrold Connors
![Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018385/gdsorg/blamyhygnvhgvv8trw4b/63cd7d6f735240bf8fbb32191f378443jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018385/gdsorg/blamyhygnvhgvv8trw4b/63cd7d6f735240bf8fbb32191f378443jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kobina Commeh ; illustrated by Bárbara Quintino
![Lighthouse Ladies]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748006664/gdsorg/afzjlfmnbugg0hwlwcy6/9df6bb4a9fdd44c7b320ea8862f204cajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748006664/gdsorg/afzjlfmnbugg0hwlwcy6/9df6bb4a9fdd44c7b320ea8862f204cajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kris Coronado ; illustrated by Islenia Mil
![Living Bridges: The Hidden World of India's Woven Trees]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008437/gdsorg/wlmphukjdnr3rcqufvcy/d844b17a695f4cd5a6f314cd76d702d3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008437/gdsorg/wlmphukjdnr3rcqufvcy/d844b17a695f4cd5a6f314cd76d702d3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sandhya Acharya ; illustrated by Avani Dwivedi
![Llama Quest: Danger in the Dragon's Den]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008046/gdsorg/sbt44h4qzlollnqmpwvn/ea3e157b7d1c4abcb62a402079e2e9a7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008046/gdsorg/sbt44h4qzlollnqmpwvn/ea3e157b7d1c4abcb62a402079e2e9a7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Megan Reyes ; illustrated by Kay Davault
![Mai's Áo Dài]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748017461/gdsorg/w3yeum1w6bgzlnncio84/1933854f5e6b46c7b73cbcbaa5a4a9f8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748017461/gdsorg/w3yeum1w6bgzlnncio84/1933854f5e6b46c7b73cbcbaa5a4a9f8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Thai Nguyen & Monique Truong ; illustrated by Dung Ho
![Mamiachi & Me]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013448/gdsorg/gnqjadqtuwade8l9aaug/61499ea1ad40455dbbd5646f33793bc7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013448/gdsorg/gnqjadqtuwade8l9aaug/61499ea1ad40455dbbd5646f33793bc7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jolene Gutiérrez & Dakota Gutiérrez ; illustrated by Mirelle Ortega
![Many Things At Once]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013499/gdsorg/oxr25snzrhkptji8vniy/348ef0d0f61142a0bd6999737fbbbdc4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013499/gdsorg/oxr25snzrhkptji8vniy/348ef0d0f61142a0bd6999737fbbbdc4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Veera Hiranandani ; illustrated by Nadia Alam
![Mural Island]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014943/gdsorg/uoztmrloat8af1qg0lrx/3ad4663019d14a339c3e623ee0faac9bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014943/gdsorg/uoztmrloat8af1qg0lrx/3ad4663019d14a339c3e623ee0faac9bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Katie Yamasaki
![New]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013823/gdsorg/dextqnnuclkayjnqkxei/56aecbed840445dd9d95af49346d7afejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013823/gdsorg/dextqnnuclkayjnqkxei/56aecbed840445dd9d95af49346d7afejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Niña Mata
![Newborns: How Baby Animals Come Into the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010430/gdsorg/yqpsoc7c8moohopkgi5e/908b22c8daf34cf5a327bc5da42e9295jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010430/gdsorg/yqpsoc7c8moohopkgi5e/908b22c8daf34cf5a327bc5da42e9295jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Paulina Jara ; illustrated by Mercè Galí ; translated by Lawrence Schimel
![Night Light]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748012015/gdsorg/olymtpoqb1nxgafnqvfh/0c688fd438dc4bc9af5458389c839fedjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748012015/gdsorg/olymtpoqb1nxgafnqvfh/0c688fd438dc4bc9af5458389c839fedjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Michael Emberley
![Octavio and His Glasses]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014294/gdsorg/h4mjp5wt3mrotkbj0n1h/ecc09081f0c2411c8453f3b9726f6851jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014294/gdsorg/h4mjp5wt3mrotkbj0n1h/ecc09081f0c2411c8453f3b9726f6851jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Marc González Rossell ; illustrated by Marc González Rossell ; translated by Susan Ouriou
![One Day in June]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010683/gdsorg/m66ow0qgqtjnaqno7cjj/8e7d4aea8e6246a3919da45d416de686jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010683/gdsorg/m66ow0qgqtjnaqno7cjj/8e7d4aea8e6246a3919da45d416de686jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Tourmaline ; illustrated by Charlot Kristensen
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by Xu Bin ; illustrated by Yu Yin ; translated by Shan Chen
![Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011574/gdsorg/uvcwbivee4xekfwy3bgw/ae4e91a2e7cc4ef3b9d6fcb892c6dc0cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011574/gdsorg/uvcwbivee4xekfwy3bgw/ae4e91a2e7cc4ef3b9d6fcb892c6dc0cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Erin Silver ; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
![Precious]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748013603/gdsorg/szgfun13dritmt7tny4t/5e4c12af7ef84a4f8be7a166339a30d7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748013603/gdsorg/szgfun13dritmt7tny4t/5e4c12af7ef84a4f8be7a166339a30d7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Carlos Aponte
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by Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Shanda McCloskey
![So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014169/gdsorg/sbvads9pxct1bp641h0z/69253f63f25f4598adf9d30df6caf383jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014169/gdsorg/sbvads9pxct1bp641h0z/69253f63f25f4598adf9d30df6caf383jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Anne Wynter ; illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey
![Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008482/gdsorg/yvlsgyq5jov9gss1e5yr/907a88becda5470497622b2f6469f204jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008482/gdsorg/yvlsgyq5jov9gss1e5yr/907a88becda5470497622b2f6469f204jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Rajani LaRocca ; illustrated by Huy Voun Lee
![Stalactite and Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014884/gdsorg/jtdayrwwhuktylsqzil8/350ebd45b00340feb7f4ee8384dcaf54jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014884/gdsorg/jtdayrwwhuktylsqzil8/350ebd45b00340feb7f4ee8384dcaf54jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Drew Beckmeyer
![Summer of the Bone Horses]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005532/gdsorg/x58ssa5pfpdlcami8xrh/ba348f867eba46549fdb7dd31f1860bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005532/gdsorg/x58ssa5pfpdlcami8xrh/ba348f867eba46549fdb7dd31f1860bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve ; illustrated by Steph Littlebird
![The Baker's Dozen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014668/gdsorg/vlnwz8qltvnseucoxg92/49bc6e52da0544bbac57f49b0e80a576jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014668/gdsorg/vlnwz8qltvnseucoxg92/49bc6e52da0544bbac57f49b0e80a576jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Amy Moore ; illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier
![The Bear Out There]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748014715/gdsorg/ypgxcepxac5czvq8juso/bc2ad1d9fab34c3aa295ee8e65924f7djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748014715/gdsorg/ypgxcepxac5czvq8juso/bc2ad1d9fab34c3aa295ee8e65924f7djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jess Hannigan
![The Book That Can Read Your Mind]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748018437/gdsorg/mjd28n4dcuoh7tc0aisq/9781797229010jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748018437/gdsorg/mjd28n4dcuoh7tc0aisq/9781797229010jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Marianna Coppo
![The Fintastical Tales of Mari A Fisch: Mermaid Mission]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748008180/gdsorg/c5ydh3uet8iooy4gab0d/36362b38ae1e44f18ffd3051867f0efcjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748008180/gdsorg/c5ydh3uet8iooy4gab0d/36362b38ae1e44f18ffd3051867f0efcjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Monica Brown ; illustrated by Emily Mendoza
![The Friendship Guide]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011911/gdsorg/vrbk7pdlo53tedqlq7n9/b9ba312dad33458ca632c570de105e4cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011911/gdsorg/vrbk7pdlo53tedqlq7n9/b9ba312dad33458ca632c570de105e4cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jillian Roberts ; illustrated by Andrea Armstrong
![The Friendship Train]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010488/gdsorg/iaqmon55dm8mbfjeabbi/5400da33e1a246c5bc4e8fd2e4c21c81jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010488/gdsorg/iaqmon55dm8mbfjeabbi/5400da33e1a246c5bc4e8fd2e4c21c81jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Debbie Levy ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov
![The History of We]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010542/gdsorg/zj7pu2lyaqg63wp6w967/0251a717f5df4db49e5611bb0e4ba615jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010542/gdsorg/zj7pu2lyaqg63wp6w967/0251a717f5df4db49e5611bb0e4ba615jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Nikkolas Smith
![The Littlest Drop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748017350/gdsorg/lnsczoptfwrxmszo6wxq/e29feb2f164d479c801b718d1bdbd6b3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748017350/gdsorg/lnsczoptfwrxmszo6wxq/e29feb2f164d479c801b718d1bdbd6b3jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sascha Alper ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
![The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010881/gdsorg/aifivq3c6nemkvym9tfh/ed416f667c33410ebf655a9acc9b1bf4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010881/gdsorg/aifivq3c6nemkvym9tfh/ed416f667c33410ebf655a9acc9b1bf4jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by James Howe ; illustrated by Jack Wong
![The Secret Office]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007925/gdsorg/gtqtrxbulqkwl6ntnufk/937befc13ec34c94a13501f855475728jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007925/gdsorg/gtqtrxbulqkwl6ntnufk/937befc13ec34c94a13501f855475728jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sara Cassidy ; illustrated by Alyssa Hutchings
![The Spider Lady: Nan Songer And Her Arachnid World War Ii Army]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748010960/gdsorg/xvr0mfui9qisajk6p2ml/72a26f1dbce84aeb882a9726a7d3ad0ejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748010960/gdsorg/xvr0mfui9qisajk6p2ml/72a26f1dbce84aeb882a9726a7d3ad0ejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Penny Parker Klostermann ; illustrated by Anne Lambelet
![The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011663/gdsorg/yb2lxurz4qblocsgr7pj/18eaaa4d8751418cbab23db595a028a5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011663/gdsorg/yb2lxurz4qblocsgr7pj/18eaaa4d8751418cbab23db595a028a5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Mia Wenjen ; illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
![To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007439/gdsorg/yii0as8mvp5pt192t5mw/cc47088936724ae2987c4b14363fdd29jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007439/gdsorg/yii0as8mvp5pt192t5mw/cc47088936724ae2987c4b14363fdd29jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Patricia Morris Buckley
![What Fish Are Saying: Strange Sounds in the Ocean]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748011747/gdsorg/b8hufn8hlqzjl3f6jw0o/03b93365b2c74ee59e64d1237c53995ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748011747/gdsorg/b8hufn8hlqzjl3f6jw0o/03b93365b2c74ee59e64d1237c53995ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kirsten Pendreigh ; illustrated by Katie Melrose
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book to library@gds.org. 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.
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.
Need more summer reading in your life?
Try these lists as well: ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Horn Book Summer Reading List, Scholastic Summer Reading, Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
3rd–4th Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for 3rd–4th Grade
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by Crab Museum ; illustrated by Inga Ziemele
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by Jasmine Warga ; illustrated by Matt Rockefeller
by Michael Bright ; illustrated by Jonathan Emmerson
![Almost Sunset]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747921679/gdsorg/e5j7yyipcv7icplpdumu/2979ec88fd444a81a68a9440834bbbf6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747921679/gdsorg/e5j7yyipcv7icplpdumu/2979ec88fd444a81a68a9440834bbbf6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Wahab Algarmi
by Kyle Lukoff ; illustrated by Levi Hastings
![At Last She Stood]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747918209/gdsorg/wwcp9pi2wyizbfwhhdgi/0004e54625104430b950e67b77550462jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747918209/gdsorg/wwcp9pi2wyizbfwhhdgi/0004e54625104430b950e67b77550462jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Erin Entrada Kelly
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edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
![Beyond the Game: Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007618/gdsorg/guymtnjp16pna6spvihq/69a1ab79d27b42bcbdcb009359ab42ffjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007618/gdsorg/guymtnjp16pna6spvihq/69a1ab79d27b42bcbdcb009359ab42ffjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Andrew Maraniss ; illustrated by DeAndra Hodge
![Billions to Burn]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005388/gdsorg/mt1zeu67nqxucndnvtoq/91a98f106b4442f6b119e760647d3b24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005388/gdsorg/mt1zeu67nqxucndnvtoq/91a98f106b4442f6b119e760647d3b24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Taylor Banks
by Jess French ; illustrated by Zoë Ingram
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by Liz Montague
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by Rebecca Donnelly ; illustrated by Isabelle Duffy
![Chickenpox]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747926980/gdsorg/r2npaamzfrad8rv7qmiv/38fcea4983174017bdc3a7dd7dda04d7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747926980/gdsorg/r2npaamzfrad8rv7qmiv/38fcea4983174017bdc3a7dd7dda04d7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Remy Lai
![Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005443/gdsorg/j7n4somn5gfuauwc6wf1/0185680bfa824937bdac7710f4defeafjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005443/gdsorg/j7n4somn5gfuauwc6wf1/0185680bfa824937bdac7710f4defeafjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Heidi Heilig
![Don't Cause Trouble]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747925030/gdsorg/icazi2tu8u7nvfquscyu/2007e801c8f54f89bc58e440edf17f7ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747925030/gdsorg/icazi2tu8u7nvfquscyu/2007e801c8f54f89bc58e440edf17f7ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Arree Chung
![El Niño]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747920203/gdsorg/jjgqys65uixmtdhlswx0/11f5a23244f044a39198fed5e3cc80a7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747920203/gdsorg/jjgqys65uixmtdhlswx0/11f5a23244f044a39198fed5e3cc80a7jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda
![Family Week]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748004505/gdsorg/cudcnbnbszmzral4ieqt/d22607995bc9461a9d72ee054d9f328cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748004505/gdsorg/cudcnbnbszmzral4ieqt/d22607995bc9461a9d72ee054d9f328cjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sarah Moon
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by Leah Cypess ; illustrated by Wes Molebash
by Katy Canales ; illustrated by Erin Vanessa
![Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005077/gdsorg/rj4tv2hvx9qwp0couvo2/9781665939171jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005077/gdsorg/rj4tv2hvx9qwp0couvo2/9781665939171jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Lyla Lee
![Gus and Glory]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748004628/gdsorg/he7nj1kipi3axliudc40/6c845ec9446e4d07bceac09c32d2a495jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748004628/gdsorg/he7nj1kipi3axliudc40/6c845ec9446e4d07bceac09c32d2a495jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sarah Guillory
![Halfway to Somewhere]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747926152/gdsorg/gjxaelvzf6jl7y1eeewr/76c0e82e18204b7c82014b94bfc58a2fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747926152/gdsorg/gjxaelvzf6jl7y1eeewr/76c0e82e18204b7c82014b94bfc58a2fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jose Pimienta
![How to Talk to Your Succulent]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747926846/gdsorg/zcfwdggjno41fztxkwbi/90207a92cf2e4e31b6e86d24ffaf7ab8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747926846/gdsorg/zcfwdggjno41fztxkwbi/90207a92cf2e4e31b6e86d24ffaf7ab8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Zoe Persico
![Inside the Park]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747920272/gdsorg/xdbcn1128fshvk0gfctp/8f484a5b431e427890d24d26fc646d6bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747920272/gdsorg/xdbcn1128fshvk0gfctp/8f484a5b431e427890d24d26fc646d6bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Andrea Williams
![J vs K]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005590/gdsorg/jiqcsxavhulxkc1qnotn/851043d817e3417b838734908664be1ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005590/gdsorg/jiqcsxavhulxkc1qnotn/851043d817e3417b838734908664be1ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft ; illustrated by Jerry Craft
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by Jill Tew
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by Craig Kofi Farmer
by Kris Coronado ; illustrated by Islenia Mil
![Mixed-Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747926511/gdsorg/r7gprvglrlyetotyt0kj/7bc17d7ce8024061aa95346af4356277jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747926511/gdsorg/r7gprvglrlyetotyt0kj/7bc17d7ce8024061aa95346af4356277jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kami Garcia ; illustrated by Brittney Williams
![No One Told Sandra Day O'Connor What to Do]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747919373/gdsorg/rsirxp8anvhkdecjb2qh/da7e4f446d7443a686e69e7042a5830fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747919373/gdsorg/rsirxp8anvhkdecjb2qh/da7e4f446d7443a686e69e7042a5830fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Molly Golden ; illustrated by Julia Breckenreid
![On Thin Ice]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005659/gdsorg/z4rjkmy6lmuq1tlt7q3z/189dec00b9cd4bef923ffe4abf8a9c8bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005659/gdsorg/z4rjkmy6lmuq1tlt7q3z/189dec00b9cd4bef923ffe4abf8a9c8bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jessica Kim
![Return to Sender]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005230/gdsorg/iree60kh3zvsh0jyqyrv/dd613698a08a46db98aec131bbbf2bbdjpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005230/gdsorg/iree60kh3zvsh0jyqyrv/dd613698a08a46db98aec131bbbf2bbdjpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Vera Brosgol
![Sea Legs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747925237/gdsorg/glksly0u604394tilt1e/037b933f593d4ee48e0b3b8fb22fb53fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747925237/gdsorg/glksly0u604394tilt1e/037b933f593d4ee48e0b3b8fb22fb53fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jules Bakes ; illustrated by Niki Smith
![Shira and Esther's Double Dream Debut]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005313/gdsorg/rp7cp4fltltk7b5yme46/9781797215655jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005313/gdsorg/rp7cp4fltltk7b5yme46/9781797215655jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Anna E. Jordan
![Speak Up, Santiago!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747926363/gdsorg/m5c1epnyhvimxqpqpi5z/28d0bc73b4db4acc95dd3fcb842c1cfcjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747926363/gdsorg/m5c1epnyhvimxqpqpi5z/28d0bc73b4db4acc95dd3fcb842c1cfcjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Julio Anta ; illustrated by Gabi Mendez ; color by Rodrigo Reyes Rico & Juan Murillo
![Spirit Service]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748004802/gdsorg/rewem4rk6kqb3chjloft/94e8e66735134d3fb70cdb1564b85b7djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748004802/gdsorg/rewem4rk6kqb3chjloft/94e8e66735134d3fb70cdb1564b85b7djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sarena Nanua & Sasha Nanua
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve ; illustrated by Steph Littlebird
![Tales from Cabin 23: Night of the Living Head]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748004571/gdsorg/njyqd2hdresmvkhxr2d1/3c66d92f580c44bb9d24bedcd79e15b8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748004571/gdsorg/njyqd2hdresmvkhxr2d1/3c66d92f580c44bb9d24bedcd79e15b8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Hanna Alkaf
![The Big Book of Climbing: An Illustrated History of Mountaineering, Bouldering, and Beyond]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747919303/gdsorg/we5o3w8pqbsxkrdkpiqe/9781962098168.jpg","width":193}])
by Ximo Abadía
![The Cartoonist's Club]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747921563/gdsorg/llgdmua9mmhd6jq3zmdn/f1aba808e3254c2985dc533ea7b62121jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747921563/gdsorg/llgdmua9mmhd6jq3zmdn/f1aba808e3254c2985dc533ea7b62121jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
![The Gate, The Girl, and the Dragon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748351906/gdsorg/yy8tglupgw7reuept7kx/ce822ea2c8f24e5fb3703cdb607835a6jpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748351906/gdsorg/yy8tglupgw7reuept7kx/ce822ea2c8f24e5fb3703cdb607835a6jpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Grace Lin
![The Lemonade War]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747927796/gdsorg/ajczbpns88xkehygekex/02d74ac9dc274e3fbd5ca7038ae0b5a0jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747927796/gdsorg/ajczbpns88xkehygekex/02d74ac9dc274e3fbd5ca7038ae0b5a0jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Karen De la Vega
by Sara Cassidy ; illustrated by Alyssa Hutchings
![The Sherlock Society]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748005716/gdsorg/gzwmxjqasgi74jd89xhk/fde8728c1564484ca7477e86285923f6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748005716/gdsorg/gzwmxjqasgi74jd89xhk/fde8728c1564484ca7477e86285923f6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by James Ponti
![The Six: Young Reader's Edition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747919225/gdsorg/w2jejpdofljra5pm9mtv/cad5321c222d4e268edc15846bc1bd23jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747919225/gdsorg/w2jejpdofljra5pm9mtv/cad5321c222d4e268edc15846bc1bd23jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Loren Grush with Rebecca Stefoff
![The Totally Awesome World of Cristiano Ronaldo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007514/gdsorg/mcxo6ksp5ruysfvx577f/98bd1ceec3fa47c18bedd9dc977b64cfjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007514/gdsorg/mcxo6ksp5ruysfvx577f/98bd1ceec3fa47c18bedd9dc977b64cfjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Neal E. Fischer
by Mia Wenjen ; illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
![The Treasure Hunt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748007810/gdsorg/akcamwtrjqctq5berqet/193e6cf8b2ab40e391ee02c60dfffd34jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748007810/gdsorg/akcamwtrjqctq5berqet/193e6cf8b2ab40e391ee02c60dfffd34jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe ; illustrated by Gordy Wright
![The Village Beyond the Mist]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748004734/gdsorg/mzjjubeprhzocrsuy46g/c3c6e0070b374fc48c4dda02d8962f22jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748004734/gdsorg/mzjjubeprhzocrsuy46g/c3c6e0070b374fc48c4dda02d8962f22jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sachiko Kashiwaba ; illustrated by Miho Satake ; translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
by Patricia Morris Buckley
![Tryouts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747924793/gdsorg/uyze0ooy4yolcubvlwnh/9780593306925jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747924793/gdsorg/uyze0ooy4yolcubvlwnh/9780593306925jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sarah Sax
![Turning Twelve]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747925970/gdsorg/boonwlbo50njijh6be3h/1e487f3663a4444d98553a2818609f3djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747925970/gdsorg/boonwlbo50njijh6be3h/1e487f3663a4444d98553a2818609f3djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kathryn Ormsbee ; illustrated by Molly Brooks ; color by Marta Todeschini
![Way Off Track]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747924944/gdsorg/xvxmoluyrbhpvmb4blrk/66a1910ce8404696acde050abdd96036jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747924944/gdsorg/xvxmoluyrbhpvmb4blrk/66a1910ce8404696acde050abdd96036jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Carl Brundtland ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila
![Words with Wings and Magic Things]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747919462/gdsorg/v9up7fpvbkviq2cqnvp9/89d2089b46f444669f42ad4b7e23f907jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747919462/gdsorg/v9up7fpvbkviq2cqnvp9/89d2089b46f444669f42ad4b7e23f907jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Matthew Burgess ; illustrated by Doug Salati
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book to library@gds.org. 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.
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.
Need more summer reading in your life?
Try these lists as well: ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Horn Book Summer Reading List, Scholastic Summer Reading, Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
5th-6th Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for 5th-6th Grade
![A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747920545/gdsorg/khaghwfprxnpaveu8l2h/daafdf965d464a9d8f63e7e30231b2afjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747920545/gdsorg/khaghwfprxnpaveu8l2h/daafdf965d464a9d8f63e7e30231b2afjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Pablo Cartaya
by Jasmine Warga ; illustrated by Matt Rockefeller
![A World Worth Saving]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747920728/gdsorg/xw7ukzqbgcd4fvpixem0/833917fad153482987140b555087337ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747920728/gdsorg/xw7ukzqbgcd4fvpixem0/833917fad153482987140b555087337ajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kyle Lukoff
by Wahab Algarmi
by Erin Entrada Kelly
edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
![Band Nerd]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747927415/gdsorg/eryfxhiwvxjrt6ftd7oj/4df5fdf8085c4a4e99847537e2ab0c83jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747927415/gdsorg/eryfxhiwvxjrt6ftd7oj/4df5fdf8085c4a4e99847537e2ab0c83jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sarah Clawson Willis ; illustrated by Emma Cormarie
by Taylor Banks
![Buckle Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747921106/gdsorg/joymd8cnvb603fomokx8/bc5823a06f1c475e8fa612c3543992aajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747921106/gdsorg/joymd8cnvb603fomokx8/bc5823a06f1c475e8fa612c3543992aajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Lawrence Lindell
by Liz Montague
![Carousel Summer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747927696/gdsorg/x5jnzgoyecp8bh3n7cxv/898e478292274f43b56af18e1a207f47jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747927696/gdsorg/x5jnzgoyecp8bh3n7cxv/898e478292274f43b56af18e1a207f47jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kathleen Gros
by Rebecca Donnelly ; illustrated by Isabelle Duffy
by Remy Lai
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by Mia P. Manansala
by Arree Chung
by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda
by Sarah Moon
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by Kim Kelly
by Leah Cypess ; illustrated by Wes Molebash
by Katy Canales ; illustrated by Erin Vanessa
by Lyla Lee
by Jose Pimienta
by Zoe Persico
by Andrea Williams
by Jill Tew
by Craig Kofi Farmer
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by Ibram X. Kendi
by Kami Garcia ; illustrated by Brittney Williams
by Molly Golden ; illustrated by Julia Breckenreid
by Jessica Kim
![One Wrong Step]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747921027/gdsorg/wxlakro9gnbtnyxbgxo7/f3749544cd0e45d2ae702a0e258de6f2jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747921027/gdsorg/wxlakro9gnbtnyxbgxo7/f3749544cd0e45d2ae702a0e258de6f2jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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by Teri Kanefield
by Vera Brosgol
by Jules Bakes ; illustrated by Niki Smith
by Anna E. Jordan
![Snoop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747920647/gdsorg/z9u93khpmirace2otpzv/00d335bbaacd4d608fb04daa0cdb745fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747920647/gdsorg/z9u93khpmirace2otpzv/00d335bbaacd4d608fb04daa0cdb745fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Gordan Korman
![Song of the Lioness]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747853599/gdsorg/yxefvm30fcswrwsduyum/910c5ee126424ef5a1ceb5d6978eb71djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747853599/gdsorg/yxefvm30fcswrwsduyum/910c5ee126424ef5a1ceb5d6978eb71djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Tamora Pierce & Vita Ayala ; illustrated by Sam Beck
by Julio Anta ; illustrated by Gabi Mendez ; color by Rodrigo Reyes Rico & Juan Murillo
by Sarena Nanua & Sasha Nanua
by Hanna Alkaf
by Ximo Abadía
by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
by Grace Lin
![The Glade]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747919840/gdsorg/ufcrysqgidgk73vumlwm/2bee550df0054f32951fc8c2a3b365d6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747919840/gdsorg/ufcrysqgidgk73vumlwm/2bee550df0054f32951fc8c2a3b365d6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Naseem Jamnia
by James Ponti
by Loren Grush with Rebecca Stefoff
by Sachiko Kashiwaba ; illustrated by Miho Satake ; translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
by Sarah Sax
by Kathryn Ormsbee ; illustrated by Molly Brooks ; color by Marta Todeschini
by Carl Brundtland ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila
by Matthew Burgess ; illustrated by Doug Salati
![Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747839699/gdsorg/nlhnke5ofdrhsfemqz4e/5bdf835740f14a58bf3d082dbb5cd8dajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747839699/gdsorg/nlhnke5ofdrhsfemqz4e/5bdf835740f14a58bf3d082dbb5cd8dajpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Yinfan Huang
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book to library@gds.org. 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.
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.
Need more summer reading in your life?
Try these lists as well: ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Horn Book Summer Reading List, Scholastic Summer Reading, Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
7th–8th Grade
Suggested Summer Reading List for 7th–8th Grade
![All Better Now]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838635/gdsorg/rosx2s3hauoh9x1fm5la/80c976637d67486eb4ee57118f79f5c6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838635/gdsorg/rosx2s3hauoh9x1fm5la/80c976637d67486eb4ee57118f79f5c6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Neal Shusterman
by Wahab Algarmi
by Erin Entrada Kelly
edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
by Sarah Clawson Willis ; illustrated by Emma Cormarie
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edited by Ashley Hope Pérez
by Lawrence Lindell
by Liz Montague
by Kathleen Gros
by Remy Lai
![Come As You Are]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747841012/gdsorg/llvinongwh3bwc3vjrju/98ab371a5c024c02a4af840a0a9e3f45jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747841012/gdsorg/llvinongwh3bwc3vjrju/98ab371a5c024c02a4af840a0a9e3f45jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Dahlia Adler
![Coven]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747853453/gdsorg/mb1bbovonsbrphhubesq/be913e4b03834fa0a901fc26aeb1dd48jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747853453/gdsorg/mb1bbovonsbrphhubesq/be913e4b03834fa0a901fc26aeb1dd48jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Joel Gennari
by Mia P. Manansala
![Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747830904/gdsorg/ywlj1odopxruizxcbd7l/751f4c12c23b4be396c83f1f9550e69djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747830904/gdsorg/ywlj1odopxruizxcbd7l/751f4c12c23b4be396c83f1f9550e69djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
By Candace Fleming
by Arree Chung
![Everything Glittered]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852142/gdsorg/ycsx7o5c9in4t4tduohl/0c7fc1972905412bb5d7f0239620f6bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852142/gdsorg/ycsx7o5c9in4t4tduohl/0c7fc1972905412bb5d7f0239620f6bdjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Robin Talley
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By John Green
by Kim Kelly
![Glitch Girl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747853376/gdsorg/sfurfztoab0eceizbxgl/74e04d4049f44f9cba70027901e18065jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747853376/gdsorg/sfurfztoab0eceizbxgl/74e04d4049f44f9cba70027901e18065jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Rainie Oet
by Jose Pimienta
by Zoe Persico
![I Was Told There Would be Romance]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747840661/gdsorg/yfthtktknzg29ncx8k9k/410ebcc0633b43f6bb44e4f01d224544jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747840661/gdsorg/yfthtktknzg29ncx8k9k/410ebcc0633b43f6bb44e4f01d224544jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Marie Arnold
![It's You Every Time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747841609/gdsorg/rbdeiufczosa71lidmkm/a18145f542224e91952d9ea05415d1a1jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747841609/gdsorg/rbdeiufczosa71lidmkm/a18145f542224e91952d9ea05415d1a1jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Charlene Thomas
by Ibram X. Kendi
![Messy Perfect]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838396/gdsorg/sksrvjdwc2q8sikghno9/8b579ffbf54640fa84ef4e0ddef3c482jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838396/gdsorg/sksrvjdwc2q8sikghno9/8b579ffbf54640fa84ef4e0ddef3c482jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
By Tanya Boteju
by Kami Garcia ; illustrated by Brittney Williams
![Mystery Royale]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852727/gdsorg/uct2vy8zdz3byglkaouc/a15ed4eb5f4b4ef4adb20531a1722d31jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852727/gdsorg/uct2vy8zdz3byglkaouc/a15ed4eb5f4b4ef4adb20531a1722d31jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Kaitlyn Cavalancia
![Needy Little Things]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747833398/gdsorg/npffck3kkimekqnm6an2/f81d0b8efaaa4017940befd94fbb4fb9jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747833398/gdsorg/npffck3kkimekqnm6an2/f81d0b8efaaa4017940befd94fbb4fb9jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Chanelle Desamours
![On Again, Awkward Again]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852573/gdsorg/nyj0ffm3em8pbwf7jww6/20dcf7864e02473fab3f7d309c6b5d12jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852573/gdsorg/nyj0ffm3em8pbwf7jww6/20dcf7864e02473fab3f7d309c6b5d12jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Erin Entrada Kelly & Kwame Mbalia
![Out of Air]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747851943/gdsorg/vgh9hiejajwnsvhozp7n/3bc04e894187441d85a6b51426d4e8ecjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747851943/gdsorg/vgh9hiejajwnsvhozp7n/3bc04e894187441d85a6b51426d4e8ecjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Rachel Reiss
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by Preeti Chhibber
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by Lakita Wilson
by Teri Kanefield
![Rhino's Run]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747850537/gdsorg/f2gji7c2kdpmaj7469de/1ca4ae2aa8544e30a6e4f28c559bb708jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747850537/gdsorg/f2gji7c2kdpmaj7469de/1ca4ae2aa8544e30a6e4f28c559bb708jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Robert Lipsyte
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by Brian Selznick
![Run Like a Girl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747833215/gdsorg/qallyf2mko2aswovbo8p/428a5389409b4ae3b4401e29a569f2bejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747833215/gdsorg/qallyf2mko2aswovbo8p/428a5389409b4ae3b4401e29a569f2bejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Amaka Egbe
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by Sandra Proudman
by Jules Bakes ; illustrated by Niki Smith
by Gordan Korman
by Tamora Pierce & Vita Ayala ; illustrated by Sam Beck
by Julio Anta ; illustrated by Gabi Mendez ; color by Rodrigo Reyes Rico & Juan Murillo
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by Andrea L. Rogers
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by Natalie C. Parker
by Ximo Abadía
by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
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by Allen Zadoff
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by Matthew Hubbard
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by Samira Ahmed
by Loren Grush with Rebecca Stefoff
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by Ambika Vohra
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by Andrea Hannah
![They Bloom at Night]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838945/gdsorg/sik8ybomy35jif0tftd3/9cf434f53fc248b2ba7c28e9f30809d5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838945/gdsorg/sik8ybomy35jif0tftd3/9cf434f53fc248b2ba7c28e9f30809d5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Trang Thanh Tran
![To Steal from Thieves]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747850816/gdsorg/anzdtkbzgukskdetpwzb/f05b8f939dfb46e780d92b2b970e2f24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747850816/gdsorg/anzdtkbzgukskdetpwzb/f05b8f939dfb46e780d92b2b970e2f24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by M.K. Lobb
by Sarah Sax
by Kathryn Ormsbee ; illustrated by Molly Brooks ; color by Marta Todeschini
![Two Truths and a Lionel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852649/gdsorg/xcypwxdmp5deuzmo2l5w/fadd3a98b01046edbfcb59b5e06ce583jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852649/gdsorg/xcypwxdmp5deuzmo2l5w/fadd3a98b01046edbfcb59b5e06ce583jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Brian Wasson
![Under the Same Stars]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852974/gdsorg/nxvrfhy75y0odptfao6k/29a8c815b1914d1ab62813ac4607ebe1jpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852974/gdsorg/nxvrfhy75y0odptfao6k/29a8c815b1914d1ab62813ac4607ebe1jpeg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Libba Bray
![Unlock the Dark]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747853311/gdsorg/ug5gxmejyragx3eszh6i/cc1daf03a35f4d08b6e6d1f30a0f41a8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747853311/gdsorg/ug5gxmejyragx3eszh6i/cc1daf03a35f4d08b6e6d1f30a0f41a8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Sasa Hawk
![Wake the Wild Creatures]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852851/gdsorg/esp2py3gygatpvzvf4kc/64d3908bd76d48d188cd0b189635c139jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852851/gdsorg/esp2py3gygatpvzvf4kc/64d3908bd76d48d188cd0b189635c139jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
by Nova Ren Suma
by Carl Brundtland ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila
by Yinfan Huang
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book to library@gds.org. 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.
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.
Need more summer reading in your life?
Try these lists as well: ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Horn Book Summer Reading List, Scholastic Summer Reading, Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
High School
Suggested Summer Reading List for High School
![Slither: How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759309/gdsorg/atdbieyds6saj7ew0rvs/ee81645e46e645eca49a0dcac83a890djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759309/gdsorg/atdbieyds6saj7ew0rvs/ee81645e46e645eca49a0dcac83a890djpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Non-Fiction
By Stephen S. Hall
![The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759232/gdsorg/cklpwjm5emnhb77qz7tq/3ac5096221364869b291da61b0b789cbjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759232/gdsorg/cklpwjm5emnhb77qz7tq/3ac5096221364869b291da61b0b789cbjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Non-Fiction
By Mike Tidwell
![A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838467/gdsorg/ppa4xcy5ufdeuxjp636l/1324ddc8d3b3469283b0ed5405eb15a5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838467/gdsorg/ppa4xcy5ufdeuxjp636l/1324ddc8d3b3469283b0ed5405eb15a5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
by Mahogany L. Brown
![A Poisonous Silence]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747833478/gdsorg/b0pewh90l688gc4z4sng/a997a252fb4e4e50a71b4e6f7ecaa1f6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747833478/gdsorg/b0pewh90l688gc4z4sng/a997a252fb4e4e50a71b4e6f7ecaa1f6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Jenny Adams
- Fiction
by Neal Shusterman
![Aunt Tigress]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747839018/gdsorg/eblvxxjml3q2ctgydlea/83a9092b69b446d9ae685de8f2bd557bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747839018/gdsorg/eblvxxjml3q2ctgydlea/83a9092b69b446d9ae685de8f2bd557bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
by Emily Yu Xuan Qin
- Non-Fiction
edited by Ashley Hope Pérez
![Blades of Furry]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747830775/gdsorg/wsjsrns5ycwgxmg9orza/ee6889d0789749f8b2edbac798bcf3c1jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747830775/gdsorg/wsjsrns5ycwgxmg9orza/ee6889d0789749f8b2edbac798bcf3c1jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz
![Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747758846/gdsorg/fmhccnlhi16iqjqeknxq/6cb48979517b4ba19287b63d09f1b591jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747758846/gdsorg/fmhccnlhi16iqjqeknxq/6cb48979517b4ba19287b63d09f1b591jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Biography
By Sam Tanenhaus
![Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759755/gdsorg/ebcajhgrukfuycygjlp3/dd8f72882e264ccb855f71cf1e257f2fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759755/gdsorg/ebcajhgrukfuycygjlp3/dd8f72882e264ccb855f71cf1e257f2fjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
by VE Schwab
![Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747758506/gdsorg/x1kifclrirnuu8haz1dv/2d1ac56871a643e89996e45ee352becejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747758506/gdsorg/x1kifclrirnuu8haz1dv/2d1ac56871a643e89996e45ee352becejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Biography
By Scott Payne with Michelle Shephard
![Compound Fracture]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747833678/gdsorg/swlcjs2mapfyswtkgxfg/a80eaac3f8a74010b019fca59317d184jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747833678/gdsorg/swlcjs2mapfyswtkgxfg/a80eaac3f8a74010b019fca59317d184jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Andrew Joseph White
- Non-Fiction
By Candace Fleming
- Non-Fiction
By John Green
![Fagin the Thief]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759656/gdsorg/acmgoybfv1mdcyvsgbii/6e0f05f2fd4d4115a5ffd0ddfa63e2d5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759656/gdsorg/acmgoybfv1mdcyvsgbii/6e0f05f2fd4d4115a5ffd0ddfa63e2d5jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Allison Epstein
![Fitting Indian]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747830605/gdsorg/reoki5lgrg7jennbtmvf/ea17636ab1be4d5ca135e826657b0dedjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747830605/gdsorg/reoki5lgrg7jennbtmvf/ea17636ab1be4d5ca135e826657b0dedjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Jyoti Chand
![Free: My Search For Meaning]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747758311/gdsorg/zpxiunzbu8v0r7nmunbr/03796c8ecd914a73aef5dbf7076cce33jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747758311/gdsorg/zpxiunzbu8v0r7nmunbr/03796c8ecd914a73aef5dbf7076cce33jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Biography
By Amanda Knox
![Great Black Hope]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759823/gdsorg/vqz7qqgwyqjcfhcvivrj/9cc292a2e4a4421f933651eba0aac79bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759823/gdsorg/vqz7qqgwyqjcfhcvivrj/9cc292a2e4a4421f933651eba0aac79bjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Rob Franklin
![Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759087/gdsorg/jdoh6dngo74qltoxvxlt/7f294ed611f342f7aa9a579bb792da24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759087/gdsorg/jdoh6dngo74qltoxvxlt/7f294ed611f342f7aa9a579bb792da24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Biography
By Denali Sai Nalamalapu
![Honeysuckle and Bone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838228/gdsorg/rduzmelet4bon5hc1qdu/16250a3c9dc54fedaa207621e4cbfbf8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838228/gdsorg/rduzmelet4bon5hc1qdu/16250a3c9dc54fedaa207621e4cbfbf8jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
by Trisha Tobias
- Fiction
By Tanya Boteju
- Fiction
by Chanelle Desamours
![Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How to Make It Easy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759543/gdsorg/o6atb3vefj54aijijbb1/9781982167172jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759543/gdsorg/o6atb3vefj54aijijbb1/9781982167172jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Non-Fiction
by Daniel Willingham
- Fiction
by Amaka Egbe
![The Emperor of Gladness]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759949/gdsorg/tgdwzwtubmwu3ujtsif4/2871c4bca42f4bf0ab7aa6ef721c4839jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759949/gdsorg/tgdwzwtubmwu3ujtsif4/2871c4bca42f4bf0ab7aa6ef721c4839jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Ocean Vuong
![The Flip Side]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747830682/gdsorg/ebfbbyqzcxigcf2tpsqv/dcd879e0effb4fd8a1157243229bfdb6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747830682/gdsorg/ebfbbyqzcxigcf2tpsqv/dcd879e0effb4fd8a1157243229bfdb6jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Jason Walz
![The Henna Start-Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747838834/gdsorg/cpljkmvhuytaeqwg8x9c/81de6ebc96924ec2994ae3699a024e62jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747838834/gdsorg/cpljkmvhuytaeqwg8x9c/81de6ebc96924ec2994ae3699a024e62jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Andaleeb Wajid
![The Invocations]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747833600/gdsorg/sbiancmpbggd5t3ybsqd/9780593532263jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747833600/gdsorg/sbiancmpbggd5t3ybsqd/9780593532263jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Krystal Sutherland
- Fiction
by Samira Ahmed
![The Summer I Ate the Rich]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747839104/gdsorg/lwpefvdry2di52pugba2/7627e05c6d564f4fbcf71b57684cc1acjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747839104/gdsorg/lwpefvdry2di52pugba2/7627e05c6d564f4fbcf71b57684cc1acjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
- Fiction
by Trang Thanh Tran
![Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759407/gdsorg/diy9kriq3x1qppj0dxml/4f64888a79a74434bd6f5d1491488baejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759407/gdsorg/diy9kriq3x1qppj0dxml/4f64888a79a74434bd6f5d1491488baejpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Non-Fiction
by Tracy Slater
Releases July 8
![Walk Like a Girl: A Memoir]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747758939/gdsorg/iruddrgldpn1xpezp1ys/7274595451ef4140a1fee552194e2b35jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747758939/gdsorg/iruddrgldpn1xpezp1ys/7274595451ef4140a1fee552194e2b35jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Biography
By Prabal Gurung
![When the Moon Hits Your Eye]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747760007/gdsorg/apch9ujc22xf1uwjqgra/04238b7e2d684c7ba041aa02124451adjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747760007/gdsorg/apch9ujc22xf1uwjqgra/04238b7e2d684c7ba041aa02124451adjpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By John Scalzi
![Where the Axe is Buried]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747759882/gdsorg/vwqxtfdwatabryrwwejt/1e67ac2a8c7a4842b9d2ba818fd8db24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747759882/gdsorg/vwqxtfdwatabryrwwejt/1e67ac2a8c7a4842b9d2ba818fd8db24jpg300x0_q85_autocrop.webp","width":300}])
- Fiction
By Ray Nayler
Summer Reading Challenge.
Submit a photo of a PK–8th grade student reading a book to library@gds.org. 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.
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.
Need more summer reading in your life?
Try these lists as well: ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Horn Book Summer Reading List, Scholastic Summer Reading, Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
Suggested Summer Reading List for High School
- Non-Fiction
By Stephen S. Hall
- Non-Fiction
By Mike Tidwell
- Fiction
by Mahogany L. Brown
- Fiction
By Jenny Adams
- Fiction
by Neal Shusterman
- Fiction
by Emily Yu Xuan Qin
- Non-Fiction
edited by Ashley Hope Pérez
- Fiction
By Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz
- Biography
By Sam Tanenhaus
- Fiction
by VE Schwab
- Biography
By Scott Payne with Michelle Shephard
- Fiction
By Andrew Joseph White
- Non-Fiction
By Candace Fleming
- Non-Fiction
By John Green
- Fiction
By Allison Epstein
- Fiction
By Jyoti Chand
- Biography
By Amanda Knox
- Fiction
By Rob Franklin
- Biography
By Denali Sai Nalamalapu
- Fiction
by Trisha Tobias
- Fiction
By Tanya Boteju
- Fiction
by Chanelle Desamours
- Non-Fiction
by Daniel Willingham
- Fiction
by Amaka Egbe
- Fiction
By Ocean Vuong
- Fiction
By Jason Walz
- Fiction
By Andaleeb Wajid
- Fiction
By Krystal Sutherland
- Fiction
by Samira Ahmed
- Fiction
by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
- Fiction
by Trang Thanh Tran
- Non-Fiction
by Tracy Slater
Releases July 8
- Biography
By Prabal Gurung
- Fiction
By John Scalzi
- Fiction
By Ray Nayler
Are you a newspaper reader? Consider participating in the New York Times 16th Annual Summer Reading Contest!
Theatre fans: Watch theatre performances through GDS's Digital Theatre Plus subscription over the summer! See the HS LibGuides for log-in credentials or contact Rhona.