Today I’ve compiled recommended summer reading for youth, by youth. I had fun reaching out to several thoughtful teens to see what books they would recommend to their peers. They provided many interesting reads: some classics and others that are lesser-known.
I’ve sorted these recommendations by age range to help families gauge what might work best for their kids.
If your family is able to get a physical copy of a book instead of an e-reader, this might open up a conversation about cover design and layout. I know I still get a lot of joy from looking at book covers. If your kids are as passionate about book covers as I am, you might want to share this 5 min TED Ed video on the history of books with them. In addition, having a print copy eliminates the pull that can happen when reading on tech devices.
By the way, I have written several blogs about ideas for summer activities which include ideas about reading, and here is one such example.
Fiction
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Nonfiction
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Realistic Fiction
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Dystopian Fiction
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Nonfiction
Shoot Your Shot: A Sport-Inspired Guide to Living Your Best Life by Vernon Brundage Jr.
Poetry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Graphic Novel
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Realistic Fiction
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Supermarket by Logic
Dystopian Fiction
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Nonfiction
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski
Realistic Fiction
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Normal People by Sally Rooney
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Fantasy / Magical Realism
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino
Romance
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Psychological Thriller
SuperMarket by Bobby Hall, a.k.a. The rapper Logic
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
Today I’ve compiled recommended summer reading for youth, by youth. I had fun reaching out to several thoughtful teens to see what books they would recommend to their peers. They provided many interesting reads: some classics and others that are lesser-known.
I’ve sorted these recommendations by age range to help families gauge what might work best for their kids.
If your family is able to get a physical copy of a book instead of an e-reader, this might open up a conversation about cover design and layout. I know I still get a lot of joy from looking at book covers. If your kids are as passionate about book covers as I am, you might want to share this 5 min TED Ed video on the history of books with them. In addition, having a print copy eliminates the pull that can happen when reading on tech devices.
By the way, I have written several blogs about ideas for summer activities which include ideas about reading, and here is one such example.
Fiction
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Nonfiction
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Realistic Fiction
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Dystopian Fiction
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Nonfiction
Shoot Your Shot: A Sport-Inspired Guide to Living Your Best Life by Vernon Brundage Jr.
Poetry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Graphic Novel
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
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