Summer is here!
A few weeks ago, I (Nafiza) posted a summer reading list by Debbie Reese et al which includes mostly multicultural books and that had quite a wonderful response among our readers. So we thought, “Why not do a Book Wars version of a summer reading list?” We couldn’t find any reason not to (not that we tried very hard to find one, to be honest) so here is a list of books we recommend. The list is in three parts and for three age groups.
Picturebooks
- Big Bad Bunny by Franny Billingsley and G. Brian Karas (illustrator)
- How To by Julie Morstad
- This is Sadie by Sara O’Leary and Julie Morstad (illustrator)
- Wild by Emily Hughes
- Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns – Hena Khan, Mehrdokht Amini
- Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis (illustrator)
- Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Potiak-Fenton and Gabrielle Grimard (illustrator)
- Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale retold by Robert Sans Souci and Sergio Martinez (illustrator)
- The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: A Folktale from Great Britain retold by Margaret Reade Macdonald and Julie Paschkis (illustrator)
- Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown and Julie Paschkis (illustrator)
- Migrant by Maxine Trottier, Isabelle Arsenault
- Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
- Ellington Was Not A Street by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
- Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad (Illustrator)
- Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales and Tim O’Meara
Middle Grade Books
- A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
- A House Without Mirrors by Marten Sanden, Moa Schulman, and Karen Altenberg (translator)
- The Vine Basket – Josanne La Valley
- The Castle Behind Thorns – Merrie Haskell
- The Glass Sentence (The Mapmaker’s Trilogy #1) by S. E. Grove
- Murder Most Unladylike (Wells and Wong #1) – Robin Stevens
- The Ravenous Gown: And 14 More Tales of Real Beauty by Steffani Raff
- The Water and the Wild by K. E. Ormsbee
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Hamlet Chronicles by Gregory Maguire
- The Horse Road by Troon Harrison
- Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
- The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
YA Books
- Soulprint by Megan Miranda
- Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
- Starbound trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor
- Geek Girl series by Holly Smale
- Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
- Ms. Marvel Vol 1. No Normal and Vol. 2 Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson
- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
- Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
- X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
- All the Rage by Courtney Summers
- The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
- Every Breath by Ellie Marney
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Happy reading!
The Book Wars 