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Recommended Summer Reading Lists 2026

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Staff Picks from 2025

2026-2027 MCBA List

ISBN: 9781464267093
Title: The academy
Author: Layton, T. Z., author.
ISBN: 9781665937696
Title: Benny on the case
Author: King, Wesley, author.
ISBN: 9780593617953
Title: The Burning Season
Author: Rose, Caroline Starr
ISBN: 9781646142644
Title: The dubious pranks of Shaindy Goodman
Author: Lowe, Mari, author.
ISBN: 9781338045864
Title: Fresh start
Author: Galligan, Gale, author, illustrator.
ISBN: 9780593568293
Title: How to say goodbye in Cuban
Author: Miyares, Daniel, author, illustrator.
ISBN: 9781546110286
Title: The Loch Ness monster
Author: Fleming, Candace, author. aut
ISBN: 9780593302712
Title: Isabel in bloom
Author: Respicio, Mae, author.
ISBN: 9780593310526
Title: Jennifer Chan is not alone
Author: Keller, Tae, author.
ISBN: 9781338759150
Title: The Guardian test
Author: Soontornvat, Christina, author.
ISBN: 9781459832268
Title: Lost at Windy River : a true story of survival
Author: Rathgeber, Trina, author.
ISBN: 9781250838834
Title: The lost library
Author: Stead, Rebecca, author.
ISBN: 9780823456352
Title: Midnight mayhem
Author: Uss, Christina, author. aut
ISBN: 9781643750743
Title: The Ogress and the orphans
Author: Barnhill, Kelly Regan, author.
ISBN: 9780593698150
Title: On Thin Ice
Author: Kim, Jessica
ISBN: 9781324052555
Title: Packing for Mars for kids
Author: Roach, Mary, author.
ISBN: 9780593855805
Title: Radiant
Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
ISBN: 9781250390899
Title: The rhythm of time
Author: Questlove, author. aut
ISBN: 9781338843262
Title: The ribbon skirt : a graphic novel
Author: Mukwa, Cameron, author, illustrator.
ISBN: 9780593325179
Title: Tumble
Author: Pérez, Celia C., 1972- author.
ISBN: 9780316299336
Title: Will's race for home : a western
Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker, author.
ISBN: 9781338803860
Title: Wildoak
Author: Harrington, C. C., author.
ISBN: 9781250793805
Title: Saving Sunshine
Author: Faruqi, Saadia, author.
ISBN: 9780316498265
Title: Spices and spuds : how plants made our world
Author: Warner, Andy, author, illustrator. aut ill
ISBN: 9781339014876
Title: Outfoxed
Author: McMullen-Ciotti, Elise, author.