You can find Saddle Brook Public Schools 2025 Summer Assignments for all age groups (Elementary, Middle School, and High School) at the site listed below.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga
Phineas Gage by John Fleischman
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (always available)
Just a Drop of Water by Kerry O'Malley Cerra
With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks and eAudiobooks (as well as stream movies, TV shows, and music) through Hoopla.
With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines through Overdrive.
Ninth Grade
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
Since You Asked by Maureen Goo
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Tenth Grade
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
English Ten Honors (in addition to books above)
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Eleventh Grade
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
This Land is Our Land by Linda Barrett Osborne
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Horizontal World by Debra Marquart
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
AP English 11
Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs
How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin
Twelfth Grade
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carrol
Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Tucholke
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Honors English 12 (in addition to the books above)
How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster
AP English 12
Ninth Grade
Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Tenth Grade
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Eleventh Grade
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Twelfth Grade
Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The New David Espinoza Fred Aceves
Ninth Grade
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
Since You Asked by Maureen Goo
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Tenth Grade
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Eleventh Grade
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
This Land is Our Land by Linda Barrett Osborne
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Twelfth Grade
Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp
I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid To Ask by Anton Treuer
They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
AP English 12
With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks and eAudiobooks (as well as stream movies, TV shows, and music) through Hoopla.
With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines through Overdrive.
Saddle Brook Library is a member of BCCLS and Saddle Brook cardholders can request materials from any of the 78 member libraries. The requested items will be delivered to Saddle Brook Library where they can be picked up and borrowed by Saddle Brook cardholders.
Don't have a Saddle Brook Library Card? No problem. Apply for a temporary eCard using the link below. Once you complete the application you have 30 days to come pick up your card (please check here for what to bring with you to the Library).
You can also stop by the Library anytime and sign up for a card. Everything you need to know about getting a card can be found here.
Spend the summer reading what you love and earn an Amazon gift card! Read ten books this summer and earn an Amazon gift card! You can read books, eBooks, or listen to audiobooks.
Track your reading here.
This program is for Saddle Brook residents entering grade 7 through graduating high school seniors. Email christine.tortora@saddlebrook.bccls.org with any questions.