Summer

Amari and the Great Game

Alston, B. B.,


School Library Journal, August 2022. Kirkus Starred, July 2022. "After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She's got enough to worry about! But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers' successor and determine the future of magiciankind. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner's magical rewards is Quinton's last hope--so how can Amari refuse?"--Dust jacket.
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, August 2022. Kirkus Starred, July 2022. "After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She's got enough to worry about! But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers' successor and determine the future of magiciankind. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner's magical rewards is Quinton's last hope--so how can Amari refuse?"--Dust jacket.

Date Published:2022

Be prepared

Brosgol, Vera,


School Library Journal starred, May 2018. Booklist starred, April 2018. Horn Book Starred, May 2018. New York Times, March 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2018. Kirkus Review, March 2018. Publishers Weekly Annex, April 2018. "All Vera wants to do is fit in--but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range--Russian summer camp. Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the 'cool girl' drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares!"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2018

School Library Journal starred, May 2018. Booklist starred, April 2018. Horn Book Starred, May 2018. New York Times, March 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2018. Kirkus Review, March 2018. Publishers Weekly Annex, April 2018. "All Vera wants to do is fit in--but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range--Russian summer camp. Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the 'cool girl' drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares!"--Amazon.com.

Date Published:2018

Beaches and bicycles : a summer counting book /

Davis, Rebecca Fjelland,


Rhyming text uses several sights of summer, such as canoes, frogs, and beach balls, to count from one to ten.
Date Published:2006

Because of Winn-Dixie

DiCamillo, Kate,


Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Date Published:2000

Because of Winn-Dixie

DiCamillo, Kate,


Includes a questions to consider, and excerpt from 'Raymie Nightingle'. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2007. Pub Weekly, February 2000. Booklist, March 2001. Kirkus Starred, April 2000. New York Times, May 2000. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Date Published:2015

Includes a questions to consider, and excerpt from 'Raymie Nightingle'. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2007. Pub Weekly, February 2000. Booklist, March 2001. Kirkus Starred, April 2000. New York Times, May 2000. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Date Published:2015

Big Nate makes the grade

Peirce, Lincoln,


May include a pull-out color poster. Reprints "Big Nate" comic strips that follow the adventures of sixth-grader Nate Wright and his middle school friends from the first day of school to the start of summer vacation.
Date Published:2012

Bluffton : my summers with Buster /

Phelan, Matt,


School Library Journal starred, July 2013. Booklist starred, September 2013. Horn Book Starred, November 2013. Kirkus Starred, June 2013. Horn Book, April 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013. Library Media Connection, March 2014. The year is 1908 and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan, to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal starred, July 2013. Booklist starred, September 2013. Horn Book Starred, November 2013. Kirkus Starred, June 2013. Horn Book, April 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013. Library Media Connection, March 2014. The year is 1908 and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan, to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.

Date Published:2017

Boa constructor

Cummings, Troy,


School library journal, August 2019. Kirkus, September 01, 2019. Something is stealing machine parts from all over Stermont, including a wrecking ball from a local construction site, and Alexander and his fellow monster hunters, Rip, and Nikki, fear that it is building a Stermont-smashing machine--so the friends must use the resources of the summer maker program at the library to stop this monster, and perhaps even solve the mystery of who is leaving monster trading cards where the Super Secret Monster Patrol can find them.
Date Published:2019

School library journal, August 2019. Kirkus, September 01, 2019. Something is stealing machine parts from all over Stermont, including a wrecking ball from a local construction site, and Alexander and his fellow monster hunters, Rip, and Nikki, fear that it is building a Stermont-smashing machine--so the friends must use the resources of the summer maker program at the library to stop this monster, and perhaps even solve the mystery of who is leaving monster trading cards where the Super Secret Monster Patrol can find them.

Date Published:2019

Brute-cake

Cummings, Troy,


Kirkus Review, February 2019. "It has been several months since monsters last plagued the town of Stermont, and frankly Alexander Bopp (leader of the Super Secret Monster Patrol) is bored, and misses his friends Rip (immersed in video games) and Nikki (soccer camp), so when his father signs him up for a summer maker program at the library he is happy to go--but soon he starts finding weird old-timey objects, and monster trading cards, and it starts to look like maybe monsters are back in Stermont"--Publisher provided.
Date Published:2019

Kirkus Review, February 2019. "It has been several months since monsters last plagued the town of Stermont, and frankly Alexander Bopp (leader of the Super Secret Monster Patrol) is bored, and misses his friends Rip (immersed in video games) and Nikki (soccer camp), so when his father signs him up for a summer maker program at the library he is happy to go--but soon he starts finding weird old-timey objects, and monster trading cards, and it starts to look like maybe monsters are back in Stermont"--Publisher provided.

Date Published:2019

Cam Jansen : the summer camp mysteries : a super special /

Adler, David A.,


"Three Cam Jansen mysteries in one!"--Cover. The first day of camp mystery -- It's a raid! -- The basketball mystery. Contains three Cam Jansen stories in which Cam and her best friend Eric spend a busy summer at Camp Eagle Lake where they play sports, do crafts, and solve mysteries.
Date Published:2007

Camp

Miller, Kayla,


Chiefly illustrations. When Willow and Olive go off to summer camp, Olive makes quick friends with the other campers while Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows, leaving Olive stretched thin. When Willow and Olive go off to summer camp, Olive makes quick friends with the other campers while Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows, leaving Olive stretched thin.
Date Published:2019

Chiefly illustrations. When Willow and Olive go off to summer camp, Olive makes quick friends with the other campers while Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows, leaving Olive stretched thin. When Willow and Olive go off to summer camp, Olive makes quick friends with the other campers while Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows, leaving Olive stretched thin.

Date Published:2019

Captain Awesome takes a dive

Kirby, Stan,


To finish summer swimming lessons, Eugene brings out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to confront the "Blobby Blob-Blob" at the deep end of the pool.
Date Published:2012

Chirp

Messner, Kate,


School Library Journal, February 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2019. Pub Weekly, November 2019. Kirkus Starred, October 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2020. Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, February 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2019. Pub Weekly, November 2019. Kirkus Starred, October 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2020. Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.

Date Published:2020

Clone camp

Frade, B. A.,


Kaitlyn and Noah are arch-enemies at their summer camp, and with good reason. They are rivals in everything, and both are determined to come out on top. But when they suddenly start to see double and it turns out that their camp counselors have doppelgangers running amok, they have to work together to get to the bottom of the strangely replicating counselors and save their camp from the Scaremaster--who seems to be pulling the strings from inside the pages of his creepy book. Will Kaitlyn and Noah learn that it takes two to outwit the Scaremaster and save their campmates, or will the clones win this round?
Date Published:2017

Kaitlyn and Noah are arch-enemies at their summer camp, and with good reason. They are rivals in everything, and both are determined to come out on top. But when they suddenly start to see double and it turns out that their camp counselors have doppelgangers running amok, they have to work together to get to the bottom of the strangely replicating counselors and save their camp from the Scaremaster--who seems to be pulling the strings from inside the pages of his creepy book. Will Kaitlyn and Noah learn that it takes two to outwit the Scaremaster and save their campmates, or will the clones win this round?

Date Published:2017

Controlled burn

Downing, Erin Soderberg,


Publishers Weekly, October 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2022. Sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Northern Minnesota after a devastating fire destroyed her home, Maia must overcome her guilt, anxiety, fear, and self-doubt to save those she loves most when danger strikes again.
Date Published:2022

Cool cakes & cupcakes : easy recipes for kids to bake /

Price, Pamela S.


Baking is cool! -- Ready, set, bake! -- Safety first! -- Tools of the trade -- Cool ingredients -- Cool techniques -- Summer celebration angel food cake -- Luscious lemon pound cake -- Tunnel of fudge cake -- Decadent chocolate flourless cake -- Cat in the hat cupcakes -- Secret center cupcakes -- Wrap it up!.
Date Published:2010

Defying Hitler : Jesse Owens' Olympic triumph /

Yomtov, Nel,


Includes index. "The last thing Adolf Hitler expected to see in Nazi Germany was a black man winning a gold medal. But Jesse Owens didn't just win at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He dominated the track and field events, winning four gold medals and setting several world records. With action-packed illustrations, now you can watch one of the greatest moments in sports history as Owens proves that people of any race can compete and win at the Olympic games....
Date Published:2019

Includes index. "The last thing Adolf Hitler expected to see in Nazi Germany was a black man winning a gold medal. But Jesse Owens didn't just win at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He dominated the track and field events, winning four gold medals and setting several world records. With action-packed illustrations, now you can watch one of the greatest moments in sports history as Owens proves that people of any race can compete and win at the Olympic games....

Date Published:2019

The demons' door

Grabenstein, Chris,


"Previously published as The hanging hill." While working at a summer stock theater, eleven-year-old Zack and his stepmother encounter the ghost of one of Connecticut's most notorious criminals.
Date Published:2017

The depth of the lake and the height of the sky

Kim, Jihyun, (Illustrator),


"First published in South Korea as Last summer . . in 2017"--Page facing title page. "A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection"--Cover. School Library Journal starred, May 2022. Booklist starred, April 2022. Horn Book Starred, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, May 2022. New York Times, April 2022. "It's summertime and a boy and his dog are leaving behind their apartment in the busy city. His grandparents' home in the countryside feels like a different world. From the window, the curious boy sees a path leading enticingly into the forest. He can't wait to explore. At each bend in the trail the boy discovers more wonders of the surrounding natural world, from towering trees to a still, silent lake. He can't resist diving down, down into the cool water and greeting the fish below. Then later, when boy and dog have been warmed by the gentle sunshine, they wander back, contentedly, to their family. But before they go to sleep, nature gives them one last dazzling show: they look up, up to a night sky awash with stars"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

"First published in South Korea as Last summer . . in 2017"--Page facing title page. "A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection"--Cover. School Library Journal starred, May 2022. Booklist starred, April 2022. Horn Book Starred, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, May 2022. New York Times, April 2022. "It's summertime and a boy and his dog are leaving behind their apartment in the busy city. His grandparents' home in the countryside feels like a different world. From the window, the curious boy sees a path leading enticingly into the forest. He can't wait to explore. At each bend in the trail the boy discovers more wonders of the surrounding natural world, from towering trees to a still, silent lake. He can't resist diving down, down into the cool water and greeting the fish below. Then later, when boy and dog have been warmed by the gentle sunshine, they wander back, contentedly, to their family. But before they go to sleep, nature gives them one last dazzling show: they look up, up to a night sky awash with stars"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Diary of a Minecraft zombie : School daze.

Zombie, Zack, (Fictitious character),


"An unofficial Minecraft book"--Cover. A twelve-year-old Minecraft Zombie writes in his diary about how he plans to take his mind off summer vacation which is just around the corner.
Date Published:2015