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Staff Picks from 2025

Recommended Summer Reading Lists 2025

Looking for a good book to read?  Check out some of the titles on the recommended summer reading lists!  Great books for reading any time of year!

2025-2026 MCBA List

 

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
ISBN: 9781250327970
Title: Willodeen
Author: Applegate, Katherine, author.
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Arlow
ISBN: 9780593112977
Title: The year my life went down the toilet
Author: Arlow, Jake Maia, author.
Just Roll With It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie
ISBN: 9780593125410
Title: Just roll with it
Author: Durfey-Lavoie, Lee, author.
Duel by Jessixa Bagley
ISBN: 9781534496552
Title: Duel
Author: Bagley, Jessixa, author.
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
ISBN: 9781368082853
Title: Simon sort of says
Author: Bow, Erin, author.
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nick Day
ISBN: 9780593643846
Title: The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Author: Day, Nick (Nicholas), author.
The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers
ISBN: 9781524764203
Title: The eyes & the impossible
Author: Eggers, Dave, author, illustrator.
The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
ISBN: 9780063256552
Title: The probability of everything
Author: Everett, Sarah, author.
Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
ISBN: 9780593112083
Title: Max in the house of spies
Author: Gidwitz, Adam, author.
Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen
ISBN: 9780593376287
Title: Wrecker
Author: Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Lion of the Sky by Ritu Hemnani
ISBN: 9780063284487
Title: Lion of the sky
Author: Hemnani, Ritu, author.
The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly
ISBN: 9781524770273
Title: The secret language of birds
Author: Kelly, Lynne, 1969- author.
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
ISBN: 9780593430484
Title: We are big time
Author: Khan, Hena, author.
We Are Big Time by Hena Khan
ISBN: 9780593430484
Title: We are big time
Author: Khan, Hena, author.
The Swifts by Beth Lincoln
ISBN: 9780593533253
Title: The Swifts : a dictionary of scoundrels
Author: Lincoln, Beth.
Medusa by Katherine Marsh
ISBN: 9780063303744
Title: Medusa
Author: Marsh, Katherine, author.
Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass
ISBN: 9780593179628
Title: Lo & behold
Author: Mass, Wendy, 1967- author.
Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee
ISBN: 9780593698457
Title: Telephone of the tree
Author: McGhee, Alison, 1960- author.
Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez
ISBN: 9780593531815
Title: Aniana del Mar jumps in
Author: Méndez, Jasminne, author.
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
ISBN: 9780593624531
Title: Magnolia Wu unfolds it all
Author: Miller, Chanel, author, illustrator.
The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy
ISBN: 9780593650738
Title: The wrong way home
Author: O'Shaughnessy, Kate, author.
Four Eyes by Rex Ogle
ISBN: 9781338574968
Title: Four eyes
Author: Ogle, Rex, author.
Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar Perry
ISBN: 9781547606948
Title: Cameron Battle and the hidden kingdoms
Author: Perry, Jamar J, author.
Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
ISBN: 9780593483664
Title: Hidden truths
Author: Swartz, Elly, author.
Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Valenti
ISBN: 9781665935999
Title: Wrath of the rain god
Author: Valenti, Karla, author.