Written by: Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher, 2020.
Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.
Written by: Allyson Braithwaite Condie
New York, NY: Dutton Children's Books, 2016.
Following the sudden deaths of her father and autistic younger brother, Cedar Lee spends the summer working at a Shakespearean theater festival, making a new friend, and coming to terms with her grief.
Written by: Anne Hunter
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
When Possum's brush pile washes away in a storm, his neighbors all help build a new home based on their own abilities and preferences.
Written by: Mike Lupica
Philomel Books, 2017.
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
Written by: Margaret Dilloway
HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
After her father goes to jail, Cady Bennett, twelve, is taken from foster care to spend a summer with her estranged Aunt Michelle, trying to save her failing pie shop.
Written by: Emma Otheguy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Eleven-year-old Carolina's summer --and life as she knows it--is upended when Papi loses his job, and she and her family must move from Puerto Rico to her Tia Cuca and Uncle Porter's house in upstate New York. Now Carolina must attend Silver Meadows camp, where her bossy older cousin Gabriela rules the social scene. Just as Carolina worries she'll have to spend the entire summer in Gabriela's shadow, she makes a friend of her own in Jennifer, a fellow artist.
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