Top 5 Summer Reads for Kids
Hoping your kids will crack a book or two this summer? This episode is full of summer reading recommendations from kids (ages 8-16) for kids--with a good mix of avid and reluctant readers and interests spanning all the genres.
Here's a list of all the recommendations:
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Hudson (14):
Jacob (15):
Magic Treehouse Series, by Mary Pope Osborne
Halloween Party by Agatha Christie
Slacker series by Gordon Korman
Katie (13):
Resistance by Jennifer A Nielson
A Night Divided by Jennifer A Nielson
The False Prince and the rest of the Ascendant series by Jennifer A Nielson
Abel (15):
Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans
Aiden (16):
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
Percy Jackson Series, by Rick Riordan
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Four Years Trapped in My Mind Palace by Johan Twiss
Claire (12):
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Anything by Gordon Korman
Lydia (8):
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Heidi (10):
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Wayside School Series by Louis Sachar
The Odd 1s Out by James Rallison
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Ezra (9):
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
Whitney:
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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