Summer Reading - Check these out!

 I do love reading young adult and children's fiction. Here are a few books I've read that would be great summer reads for older elementary and middle school age kids.   All of these are available at the Carnegie Library. 

"Hello,  Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly is an adventure story told from the perspective of four different kids.  The kids are not friends at the beginning of the story.  Then a sort of disaster occurs that brings them together in several different ways. The main characters are a diverse group. 

 "Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball."

"Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring" by Angela Cervantes is the story of Paloma Marquez who is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her remember her father. While in Mexico, Paloma meets siblings who want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.  This is where the adventure begins! 

"The Misfits Club" by Kieran Mark Crowley is about a small town where nothing ever happens. Only misfits can solve this mystery!

Kids that live there, Brian, Hannah, and twins Chris and Sam live start their summer vacation, but they know it's the end of an era. The Misfits Club, a club they started when they were 8 years old, is disbanding and they still haven't managed to solve any real mysteries.

But when they persuade new club member Amelia to go and investigate a spooky old house, they unexpectedly discover some stolen goods.