The 2021 Ultimate Summer Reading List for Kids

We asked young readers what books they would recommend for those laze-around-in-my-backyard-with-a-good-book summer days, and these are the titles they suggested!

Summer Reading with Quills and Quotes

Grade 4-6

The Adventures of Nanny Piggins by R.A. Spratt

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

Wink by Rob Harrell

Framed! By James Ponti

96 Miles by J.L Esplin

Camp Average by Craig Battle

Restart by Gordon Korman

Grade 7-8

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Lockdown by Alexander Smith

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Grade 9-10

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus

180 seconds by Jessica Park

The Program by Suzanne Young

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Puddin’ by Julie Murphy

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells