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Saddle Brook: 2025 Summer Reading Books

Saddle Brook Public Schools: Summer Assignments 2025

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. 

Saddle Brook Public Schools: Summer Assignments 2025

Books Available in the Library

The Roar by Emma Clayton

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko 

Restart by Gordan Korman

The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Crash by Jerry Spinelli 

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Dry by Neal Shusterman

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

Masterminds by Gordan Korman

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

Just a Drop of Water by Kerry O'Malley Cerra 

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Books Available on Hoopla (books on Hoopla are always available)

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry 

Just a Drop of Water by Kerry O'Malley Cerra

Masterminds by Gordan Korman

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Books Available on Overdrive

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Crash by Jerry Spinelli 

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  

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

Restart by Gordan Korman

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak 

Hoopla

With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks and eAudiobooks (as well as stream movies, TV shows, and music) through Hoopla. 

Overdrive

With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines through Overdrive.

Books Available in the Library

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

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Americanized by Sara Saedi

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles

Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer

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

Finding Layla by Meg Elison

Unbroken by Marieke Nijkamp 

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

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

Pop by Gordan Korman

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

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

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

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 Street by Ann Petry

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Ambulance Girl by Jane Stern

Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn

In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez

This Land is Our Land by Linda Barrett Osborne

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

On the Road by Jack Keroauc

Educated by Tara Westover  

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

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

AP English 11

Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs

How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi

Epidemic by Reid Wilson

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

Room by Emma Donoghue

Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp 

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi 

Internment by Samira Ahmed

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

How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Books Available on Hoopla (books on Hoopla are always available)

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

Pop by Gordan Korman

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Eleventh Grade

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Street by Ann Petry

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

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi 

The New David Espinoza Fred Aceves

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 

They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera 

Books Available on Overdrive

Ninth Grade

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Americanized by Sara Saedi

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 

Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Since You Asked by Maureen Goo

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

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

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

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

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Refugee by Alan Gratz

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

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

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

 Educated by Tara Westover

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Street by Ann Petry

 Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Twelfth Grade

Room by Emma Donoghue

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi 

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Internment by Samira Ahmed

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

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Hoopla

With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks and eAudiobooks (as well as stream movies, TV shows, and music) through Hoopla. 

Overdrive

With your Saddle Brook Library card you can access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines through Overdrive.

BCCLS

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.

Apply for a Saddle Brook Library Card

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).

Apply for a Card

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.

Saddle Brook Library: 

2025: Teen summer Reading

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.

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