Summer Reading Recommendations

for upper School

Eagles Read!

Below are vacation inspired, newly published, and / or beloved books for you to enjoy this summer. Titles are organized by genre and are meant to spark joy!

All books are available in the NCS Library. Most are also available on SORA and at your public library. NCS Summer Checkouts will be during Almost Summer Week, June 2-5 for any student returning to NCS in the fall.

Sora

Sora is our resource for ebooks and audiobooks! Download the app or use it in your browser. Find our school and then log in with your NCS username and password without the @ncs.org. You can also link your public library account for more titles to browse.

On a browser, our school's collection is at https://soraapp.com/library/cathedraldc

Access a printable PDF of this guide!

Mystery / Thrillers

The Girls I've Been series by Tess Sharpe

Available in the library & on Sora

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Available in the library & on Sora

The Agathas series by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

Available in the library & on Sora

Julie Chan is Dead

by Liann Zhang

Available in the library & on Sora

Historical Fiction

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Available in the library & on Sora

Last Night at the Telegraph Club series by Malinda Lo

Available in the library & on Sora

Redwood Court by DéLana R. A. Dameron

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Dr. Speranza!

Jasmine Zumideh Needs A Win

by Susan Azim Boyer

Available in the library & on Sora

Contemporary Fiction

Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta

Available in the library & on Sora

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Available in the library & on Sora

When The World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

Available in the library & on Sora

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Ms. deSaussure!

Fantasy / Science Fiction

Firekeeper's Daughter series by Angeline Boulley

Available in the library & on Sora

The Divine Traitors series by Kamilah Cole

Available in the Library & on Sora

The Faebound Trilogy by Saara El-Arifi

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Ms. Williams!

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Available in the library & on Sora

Romance

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

Available in the library & on Sora

The Charmed List by Julie Abe

Available in the library & on Sora

Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

Available in the library & on Sora

Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Available in the library & on Sora

Graphic Novels

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Available in the library & on Sora

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin

Available in the library & on Sora

Crumbs by Danie Sterling

Available in the library & as a web comic

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

Available in the library & on Sora

Short Stories

The Collectors ed. by A.S. King

Available in the library & on Sora

Summer Days and Summer Nights

ed. by Stephanie Perkins

Available in the library & on Sora

Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder ed. by Saundra Mitchell

Available in the library & on Sora

AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes ed. by Rocky Callen & Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Available in the library & on Sora

Nonfiction

Shackled by Candy J. Cooper

Available in the library & on Sora

Homebody by Theo Parish

Available in the library & on Sora

See No Stranger by Valarie Kaur

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Mr. Maaia!

Creative Crafts for Teens by Jennifer Perkins

Available in the library & on Sora

Recommended by NCS Faculty & Staff!

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Mr. Maaia!

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Mr. Maaia!

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Ms. Williams!

Circe by Madeline Miller

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Ms. Williams!

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Ms. deSaussure!

The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar

Available in the library in English & French

*Recommended by Ms. deSaussure!

Aurelian Cycle series by Rosaria Munda

Available in the library & on Sora

*Recommended by Dr. Hartmann

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