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2025 Summer Reading List
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Summer is a time to relax, recharge and READ! The APS Library Media Services Department has complied a list of suggested books to read this summer.
Be sure to use your CLASS Pass account to borrow the digital or print version of the book. Read details about CLASS Pass resources.
You can find these titles at your local library. Join our summer reading challenge by visiting Beanstack.
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Pre K & Kindergarten Click/Tap for a larger image
Dare to Be Daring by Harry N. Abrams
Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor
A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez Neal
We are Here by Tami Charles
Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli
1st Grade Click/Tap for a larger image
Tinyville Town: I’m a Librarian by Brian Biggs
Carina Felina by Carmen Agra Deedy
Fly Guy Series by Tedd Arnold
Frostfire by Elly MacKay
My Daddy is a Cowboy by S. Seales
Speck by Margaux Meganck
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie Deenihan
Drawn Together by Minh Le
2nd Grade Click/Tap for a larger image
Cesaria Feels the Beat by Denise Rosario Adusei
The Book That Can Read Your Mind by Marianna Coppo
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady
The Mochi Makers by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Pizza and Taco Series by Stephen Shaskan
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
Lola Protesta by Jennifer Torres
3rd Grade Click/Tap for a larger image
Willis Watson is a Wannabe by Carmen Bogan
Prunella by Beth Ferry
That Always Happens Sometimes by Kiley Frank
A Friend for Eddy by Anna Kim Ha
Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey
How to Catch Series by Adam Wallace
Shermy & Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor by Kirby Larson
Gamer: Planet Takeover by Shawn Pryor
4th & 5th Grade Click/Tap for a larger image
Duel by Jessixa Bagley
Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos by Tracey Baptiste
Popcorn by Rob Harrell
Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler
Faker by Gordan Korman
Magnolia Wu by Chanel Miller
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody By Patrick Ness
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
Stranded by Nikki Shannon Smith
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Mid Air by Alicia D. Williams
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar
Free Throws, Friendships, and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson
Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson
9th - 12th Grade Click/Tap for a larger image
Touch of Death by Taylor Munsell
Songlight by Moira Buffini
Sunderworld, Vol 1: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ranson Riggs
Age 16 by Rosena Fung
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed