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Mrs. Marcello’s Summer 2021 Reads
All You Knead Is Love by T. Guerrero (RF)
Echo Mountain by L. Wolk (HISTFIC)
365 Days to Alaska by C. Carr (RF)
Dead City by J. Ponti (FAN)
The Beast by W. Key (SCIFIC)
Wrath of the Storm by J. Nielsen (FAN)
Rise of the Wolf by J. Nielsen (FAN)
Mark of the Thief by J. Nielsen (FAN)
Some Places More Than Others by R. Watson (RF)
Embassy of the Dead by W. Mabbitt (FAN- suspense)
The One Thing You’d Save by L. Park (poetry)
Maya and the Rising Dark by R. Barron (FAN)
Measuring Up by L. LaMotte (GRAPHIC)
Still A Work in Progress by J. Knowles (RF)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by J. Marks (RF)
Whatshisface by G. Korman (FIC- humor)
Spirit Hunters by E. Oh (FIC- horror)
The Secret of White Stone Gate by J. Nobel (FIC- mystery)
Pippa Park Raises Her Game by E. Yun (RF)
Forget Me Not by E. Terry (RF)
The Ickabog by JK Rowling (FAN)
I, Funny J. Patterson (FIC- humor)
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by S. McAnulty (RF)
Starfish by L. Fipps (RF)
Saucy by C. Kadohata (FIC)
Broken Strings by E. Walters (HISTFIC)
Jinxed by A. McCulloch (SCIFIC)
Ghosted by M. Fry (FIC- humor)
Gone to the Woods by G. Paulsen (memoir)
Just Like That by G. Schmidt (HISTFIC)
One Jar of Magic by C. Haydu (RF- serious topic)
Elsie Mae Has Something to Say by N. Cavanaugh (HISTFIC)
The Lumberjanes #1 by S. Watters (GRAPH)
Tune It Out by J. Sumner (RF)
The Mystery of the Moon Tower (GRAPH)
A Thousand Questions by S. Faruqi (RF)
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by T. Mejia (FAN- mythology)
Smile by R. Telgemeier (GRAPH)
Ikenga by N. Okorafor (FAN)
The Comeback by E.L. Shen (RF)
Golden Gate (bk 2) by J. Ponti (FIC- mystery/suspense)
Unplugged by G. Korman (FIC- humor)
The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel by S. Chari (SCIFIC)
Allergic by M. Lloyd (GRAPH)
2020-2021 School Year
The Mystery of Black Hollow by J. Nobel (mystery)
Nightbooks by J. A. White (horror)
Benchwarmers by J. Feinstein (sports fiction)
Truly Tyler by T. Libenson (GRAPH)
Katie the Catsitter by Venable (GRAPH)
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting by J. Ballarini (FAN)
The Thing About Luck by C. Kadohata (RF)
The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by K. Holt (FIC)
The Magic Misfits by N. Harris (FAN)
Fighting Words by K. Bradley (RF)
Trapped by J. Ponti (mystery)
Charlie Thorne and the Lost City by S. Gibbs (adventure/mystery)
Bridge of Souls by V. Schwab (FAN)
Vanished by J. Ponti (mystery)
The Thirteenth Fairy by M. De la Cruz (FAN)
Thirteens by K. Marshall (scary)
A Million Shades of Gray by C. Kadohata (HISTFIC)
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by S. Gibbs (Action/Adventure)
Prisoner B-3087 by A. Gratz (HISTFIC)
A Good Kind of Trouble by L. Moore Ramee (RF)
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (FAN)
Archimancy by J.A. White (FAN)
The Problim Children by N Llyod (FAN)
Roll with It by J. Sumner (RF)
Be Wary of the Silent Woods: The Weirn Book 1 by S Chmakova (GRAPH)
Resist by A. Gratz (HISTFIC)
Ground Zero by A. Gratz (RF)
Malamander by T. Taylor (FAN)
The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep by B. Fisher (GRAPH)
The Other Half of Happy by R. Balcarcel (RF)
The School for Good and Evil by S. Chainani (FAN)
American as Paneer Pie by S. Kelkar (RF)
Sunnyside Plaza by S. Simon (RF)
When You Trap a Tiger by T. Keller (FAN)
Upside*Down Magic by Mlynowski, Myracle, & Jenkins (FAN)
Prairie Lotus by L. S. Park (HISTFIC)
Forget Me Nat by M. Scrivan (GRAPH)
All the Impossible Things by L. Lackey (RF)
The Stitchers by L. Lawrence (FAN and horror)
Over the Moon by N. Lloyd (FAN)
I, Cosmo by C. Sorosiak (FIC)
Three Keys by K. Yang (RF)
Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America by R. Gruener (B)
Begone the Raggedy Witches by C. Kieran (FAN)
Ways to Make Sunshine R. Watson (RF)
Before the Ever After by J. Woodson (RF & novel in verse)
The Bigfoot Files by L. Eagar (FAN)
Bringing Me Back by B. Vrabel (RF)
Friend Me by S. Averbuch (FIC)
The Land of the Cranes by A. Salazar (RF)
Chickens by S. Miller (NF)
We Dream of Space by E. Entrada (HISTFIC)
Efrén Divided by E. Cisneros
Séance Tea Party by R. Yee
The Story Collector by K. O'Donnell Tubb
Shouting at the Rain by L. Mullaly Hunt (RF)
Anya and the Dragon by S. Pasternack (FAN)
Runaway Twin by P. Kehret (RF)
Surrender the Key by DJ MacHale (FAN)
Curse of the Dead-Eyed Doll by T. Troupe (horror)
Scritch Scratch by L. Currie (horror)
A Mango-Shaped Space by W. Mass (RF)
Beetle & the Hollowbones by A. Layne (GRAPH)
Black Brother, Black Brother by J Parker Rhodes (RF)
The Artifact Hunters by J. Fox (FAN)
Scary Stories for Campfires (horror)
Scarlett Hart Monster Hunter by M. Sedgwick (GRAPH)
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by D. Higuera (RF)
Camp Midnight by S. Seagle (GRAPHIC)
Nat Enough by M. Scrivan (GRAPHIC)
Wolf Storm by D. Garretson (survival)
Absolutely Everything!: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention by C. Lloyd (NF)
Horizon by S. Westerfeld (SCIFIC)
Bury Me by K.R. Alexander (horror)
Hour of Bees by L. Eagar (FIC)
Itch by P. Farquhar (RF)
Summer 2020 Suggestions:
Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Notorious by G. Korman (mystery)
Doodleville by C. Sell (GRAPH)
Stand Up, Yumi Chang by J. Kim (RF)
The Bookwanderers by A. James (FAN)
Where the Heart Is by L. Knowles (RF)
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by A. Blake (RF)
The Castle in the Mist by A. Ephron (FAN)
Finding Langston by L. Cline-Ransome (HISTFIC)
What Lane by T. Maldonado (RF)
A Place to Belong by C. Kadohata (HISTFIC)
Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer by G. Goerz (GRAPH)
When Stars are Scattered by V. Jamieson (GRAPH)
City Spies by J. Ponti (mystery)
White Bird by R.J. Palacio (GRAPH)
Other Words for Home by J. Warga (novel in verse)
The Notations of Cooper Cameron by J. O'reilly (RF)
Becoming Brianna by T. Libenson (GRAPH)
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by K. O'Shaughnessy (RF)
Clean Getaway by N. Stone (RF)
Indian No More by C. McManis (HISTFIC)
Stargazing by J. Wang (GRAPH)
The Haunting of Derek Stone: Bayou Dogs Abbott (FAN)
The Haunting of Derek Stone: City of the Dead by T. Abbott (FAN)
Hello, Universe by E. Entrada Kelly (RF)
Evangeline of the Bayou by J Eldredge (FAN)
Stepping Stones by L. Knisley (GRAPH)
Comet Rising by M. Connolly (FAN)
This Was Our Pact by R. Andrews (GRAPH)
Ahimsa by S. Kelkar (HISTFIC)
2019-2020 Reading:
A Tale of Magic by C. Colfer (FAN)
Snapdragon by K. Leyh (GRAPH)
The List of Things that Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (RF)
The One and Only Bob by K. Applegate (FAN)
The Unteachables by G. Korman (RF)
Short by H. Goldberg Sloan (RF)
Connect the Dots by K. Calbrese (mystery)
The Doublecross by J. Pearce (spy adventure)
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by D. Barclay Moore (RF)
Here in the Real World (RF) S. Pennypacker
Honey by S. Weeks (RF)
Guest by M. Downing Hahn (FAN)
To Night Owl from Dogfish by H. Sloan (RF)
All the Greys on Green Street by L Connor (RF)
Winterhouse bt B. Guterson (FAN)
Harbor Me by J. Woodson (RF)
Chirp by K. Messner (RF)
Shine! by Chris & J. J. Grabenstein
Tunnel of Bones by V. Schwab (scary)
The Girl in the Locked Room by M. Downing Hahn (scary)
Greetings from Witness Protection by J. Burt (FIC)
Orphan Island by L. Snyder (FAN)
Catherine's War bt J. Billet (GRAPH)
Normal by M. & N. Newman (B)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by K. Mbalia (FAN)
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by A. Burg (HISTFIC)
The Secret Path by C. Pike (FAN)
City of Ghosts by V. Schwab (FAN)
Finding Orion J. D. Anderson (RF)
Sidekicked by J. D. Anderson (FAN)
Lily the Thief by J. Kukkonen (GRAPH)
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by A. Bracken (FAN)
Robots versus Princesses by T. Matthy (GRAPH)
Mascot by A. John (RF)
Fuzzy by T. Angleberger & P. Dellinger (SCIFIC)
Estranged by E. Aldridge (GRAPH)
The Van Gogh Deception by D. Hicks (Mystery)
Nowhere Boy by K. Marsh (RF)
Creep by E. Corrigan (RF)
Words on Fire by J. Nielsen (HISTFIC)
Wildfire by R. Philbrick (action)
Spy Runner E. Yelchin (HISTFIC)
The Forgotten Girls by I. Hill Brown (scary)
Greystone Secrets: The Strangers by M. Peterson Haddix (SCIFIC)
Pilu of the Woods by M. Nguyen (GRAPH)
The Bridge Home by P. Venkatraman (RF)
Extraordinary: A Story of an Ordinary Princess by C. Anderson (GRAPH)
The House on Stone's Throw Island by D. Poblocki (Scary)
Island's End by P. Venkatraman (FIC)
The Starlight Claim by T. Wynne-Jones (RF)
Echo's Sister by P. Mosier (RF)
The First Rule of Punk by C. Perez (RF)
On Thin Ice by M. Northrop (RF)
Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans by R. Ginns (mystery)
Momotaro: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by M. Dilloway (FAN)
Pax by S. Pennypacker (AUDIO)
Mustaches for Maddie by C. Morris & S. Brown (RF)
The Ghost Network: Activate by I. I. Davidson (SCIFIC)
The Game Masters of Garden Place by D. Markell (FAN)
The Boy at the Back of the Class by O. Rauf
Framed! by J. Ponti
Pie in the Sky by R. Lai (RF)
The Nebula Secret by T. Trueit (SCIFIC)
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by B. Wood (HISTFIC)
The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library by L. Bailey (FAN)
Middle School Misadventures by J. Platt (GRAPH)
Sheets by B. Thummler (GRAPH)
Stanley Will Probably Be Fine by S. Pla (RF)
Race to the Night by K. Hubbard (Dystopian)
Ghost Boys by J Rhodes (FIC)
We're Not from Here by G. Rodkey (SCIFIC)
The Sweetest Sound by S. Winston (RF)
The Afterwards by E. Gravett (FAN)
Monsters Unleashed by J. Kloepfer (FAN/Adventure)
Under Locker and Key A. Hymas (Mystery)
The Library of Ever by Z Alexander (FAN)
Dragons in a Bag by Z. Elliot (FAN)
Inkling by K. Oppel (FAN)
Blended by S. Draper (Realistic FIC)
Snow & Rose by E. Martin (FAN)
The Bicycle Spy by Y. McDonough (HISTFIC)
All's Faire in Middle School by V. Jamieson (GRAPH)
Front Desk by K. Yang (Realistic FIC)
The Door by the Staircase by K. Marsh (FAN)
Summer 2019 Suggestions
Because of the Rabbit by C. Lord
Bob by W. Mass and R. Stead
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by G. Schmidt
The Someday Suitcase by C. Haydu
It All Comes Down to This by K English
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by K. Glaser
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T Cook by L Connor
Precious by M. Connolly
Ravenous by M. Connolly
It Wasn't Me by D. Levy
Red's Planet by E. Pittman
The Last Musketeer by S. Gibbs
Traitor's Chase by S. Gibbs
Double Cross by S. Gibbs
Ten Days a Madwoman by D. Noyes
Ban this Book by A. Gratz
Small Spaces by K. Arden
Jubilee by P. Reilly Giff
The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell
The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez by R. Yardi
The Nameless City by F.E. Hicks
The Jumbies by T Baptiste
A Bot Called Bat by E. Arnold
Mary McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by S. Green
Hurricane Child by K. Callender
The Littlest Bigfoot by J. Weiner
Sybil Ludington Revolutionary War Rider by E.F. Abbott
The Prizewinners of Piedmont Place by B. Doyle
Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question by M. Freeman
Secrets of Valhalla by J. Richards
The Secrets of Hexbridge Castle by G. Kent
The Goldfish Boy by L. Thompson
Hardscrabble by S. Dalla
2018-2019
Caveboy Dave: More Brawny than Scrawny by Reynolds & McAndrew
Hurricane Child by K. Callender
Amina's Voice by H. Khan
Lemons by M. Savage
The Boy Who Went Magic by A.P. Winter
Under the Bottle Bridge by J. Lawson
Otherwise Known as Possum by M. Laso
The Drake Equation by B. King
The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society by J. Johnson
The 13-Story Treehouse by A. Griffiths
Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes by M. Lambert
The Real McCoys by M. Swanson & R. Behr
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by A. Dominguez
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Two Naomis by O. Rhuday-Perkovich & A. Vernick
100 Dresses: If the Magic Fits by S. Schmid
Knights Vs. Dinosaurs by M. Phelan
The Doughnut Fix by J. Janowitz
Mighty Jack by B. Hatke
Orphan Train Girl (Young Readers' Ed.) by C. Baker Kline
Way of the Warrior Kid by J. Willink
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls by B. McMullen
The Seventh Wish by K. Messner
Beautiful Blue World by S. Lafleur
The House That Lou Built by M. Respicio
After Zero by C. Collins
Sisters of Glass by N. Cyprus
The Matchstick Castle by K. Graff
The End of the Wild by N. Helget
Krista Kim-Bap by A. Ahn
The Science of Breakable Things by T. Keller
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by L. Currie
Betty Before X: Ilyasah Shabazz by R. Watson
The Classy Crooks Club by A. Cherry
The Land of Forgotten Girls by E. Entrada Kelly
Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by B. Fantaskey
A Bandit's Tale by D. Hopkinson
Ghostopolis by D. TenNepal
A House with Chicken Legs by A. Anderson
A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman
The Great Treehouse War by L. Graff
The Song from Elsewhere by A. F. Harrold
Summerlost by A. Condie
The Cardboard Kingdom by C. Sell
Nothing But Trouble by J. Davies
Forever, or a Long, Long Time by C. Carter
In Darkling Wood by E. Carroll
Catwad; It's Me by J. Benton
Fake Blood by W. Gardner
Be Prepared by V. Brosgol
Dactyl Hill Squad by D. Older
Real Friends by S. Hale
I Love You, Michael Collins by L. Baratz-Logsted
The Mad Wolf's Daughter by D. Magras
The Key to Extraordinary by N. Lloyd
Serafina's Promise by A. Burg
Catching a Storyfish by J. Harrington
Dreaming Dangerous by L. DeStefano
Towers Falling by J. Rhodes
Sanity & Tallulah by M. Brooks
Closed for the Season by M. Hahn
Grenade by A. Gratz
Breakout by K. Messner
Lions & Liars by K. Beasley
The Gallery by L. Fitzgerald
The Candy Shop Wars by B. Mull
The Button War by Avi
Resistance by J. Nielsen
Insert Coin to Continue by J.D. Anderson
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Robinson & Mansbach
24 Hours in Nowhere by D. Bowling
Endling #1: The Last by K. Applegate
El Deafo by C. Bell
Scarlet Ibis by G. Lewis
Strange Star by E. Carroll
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by L. Connor
Slider by P. Hautman
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by P. Cartaya
The Night Diary by V. Hiranandani
Pink: Pop Singer & Songwriter by R. Rowell
The Apprentice Witch by J. Nicol
Awkward by S.Chmakova
Really Strange Reptiles by T. Shea
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Water by R. Canavan
How to Survive in the Wilderness by T. O'Shei
So You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Plastic by I. Graham
Lucky Luna by D. Lopez
The Blood Guard by C. Roy
In the Shadow of the Sun by A. O'Brien
The Collector by K.R. Alexander
Positively Izzy by T. Libenson
The Meaning of Maggie by M. Sovern
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by A. Braden
The Dark Prophecy by R. Riordan
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by M Copland
Where is Mount Rushmore by T. Kelley
2017-2018
The Boy on Cinnamon Street by P. Stone
The Jamie Drake Equation by C. Edge
The Enchantress Returns by C. Colfer
The Worst Class Trip Ever by D. Barry
Darkside by T. Becker
The Ethan I Was Before by A. Standish
OCDaniel by W. King
The Serpent's Secret by S. Dasgupta
Stick Dog by T. Warson
George by A Gino
The Wishing Spell by C. Colfer
Lily and Duncan by D. Gephart
Restart by G. Korman
Patina by J Reynolds
One for Sorrow by M. Hahn
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by J. Sonnenblick
Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel by C. Grabenstein
Last in a Long Line of Rebels by L. Tyre
Invisible Emmie by T. Libenson
G.I. Dogs Prisoner of War: Judy by L. Calkhoven
Ghost by J. Reynolds
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by D. Bowling
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers
Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile by J. Patterson & C. Grabenstein
Refugee by A. Gratz
Dodger and Me by J. Sonnenblick
Posted by J. Anderson
The Inn Between by M. Cohen
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by J. Anderson
The Wild Robot by P. Brown
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by J. Sonnenblick
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by A. Carter
Gabriel Finley & the Raven's Riddle by G. Hagen
Treasure Hunters by J. Patterson & C. Grabenstein
The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio
Breadcrumbs by A. Ursu
Frazzled by B. Vivat
The Mysterious Benedict Society by T. Stewart
A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novel) adapted by H. Larson
Twisted True Tales from Science: Insane Inventors by S. Bearce
Criminal Profiling by M. Anniss (NF book)
Really Strange Birds by J. Levy (NF book)
Two Truths and A Lie by A. Paquette (NF book)
The Thing About Jellyfish by A. Benjamin
Knights: Warriors of the Middle Ages by A. Weintraub (NF book)
A Whole New Ball Game by P. Bildner
Sweet Home Alaska by C. Dagg
Masterminds: Criminal Destiny by G. Korman
The News Crew by W. Myers
Alanna The First Adventure by T. Pierce
The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) by G. Rodkey
Who was Alexander Hamilton? by P. Pollack (Biography)
Paper Wishes by L. Sepahban
Haunted! Edinburgh Castle by R. Nagelhout (NF book)
Making Bombs for Hitler by M. Skrypuch
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by R. Williams-Garcia
Under the Egg by L Fitzgerald
Nightbird by A. Hoffman
Fuzzy Mud by L.Sachar
2016-2017
Ain't So Awful, Falafel by F. Dumas
Going Wild by L. McMann
Touch Blue by C. Lord
Boys without Names by Kashmira Sheth
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by J. Kelly
Return to the Isle of the Lost by M. de la Cruz
The Fourteenth Goldfish by S. Holm
Full Cicada Moon by M. Hilton
The Switch by A. Horowitz
The Warden's Daughter by J. Spinelli
Isle of the Lost by M. de la Cruz
When You Reach Me by R. Stead
Save Me a Seat by S. Weeks & G. Varadarajan
Not As We Know It by T. Avery
The Honest Truth by D. Gemeinhart
Rain Reign by A. Martin
Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by J. Henderson
Moo by S. Creech
A Night Divided by J. Nielsen
Wolf Hollow by L. Wolk
The Boundless by K. Oppel
Space Case by S. Gibbs
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard; The Sword of Summer by R. Riordan
Pie by S. Weeks
Masterminds by G Korman
Summer 2018
Moon over Manifest by C. Vanderpool
Supergifted by G. Korman
The Hero Two Doors Down by S. Robinson
Loot by J. Watson
Amal Unbound by A. Saeed
Aru Shah and the End of Time by R. Chokshi
The Hidden Oracle by R. Riordan
The Best Man by R. Peck
Seven Deadly Pirates by L. Bailey
A Handful of Stars by C. Lord
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by N. Baskin
Same Sun Here by S. House & N. Vaswani
The War I Finally Won by K. Brubaker Bradley
The Wild Robot Escapes by P. Brown
The Journal of Curious Letters by J Dashner
Cheese by S. Weeks
The London Eye Mystery by S. Dowd
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by J. Boyne
Granted by J. Anderson
The Parker Inheritance by V. Johnson
Sunny by J. Reynolds
Navigating Early by C. Vanderpool
Summer 2017
Kinda Like Brothers by C. Booth
Splendors & Glooms by A. Schlitz
Ratscalibur by J. Lieb
Lives of the Presidents by K. Krull
An Inquisitor's Tale by A. Gidwitz
Eddie Red Undercover: Doom at Grant's Tomb by M. Wells
The Last Dragonslayer by J. Fforde
Spaced Out by S. Gibbs
Brown Girl Dreaming by J. Woodson
The Doll in the Garden by M. Downing Hahn
The Shadowing: Hunted by A. Slater
The War That Saved My Life by K. Bradley
Far Far Away T. McNeal
Racing in the Rain by G. Stein
Echo by P. Muñoz-Ryan
Book Scavenger by J. Bertman
The Last Boy at St. Edith's by L. Malone