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Kids Summer Reading Challenge 2022

Ancient World        Medieval World       Age of Exploration         Age of Revolution         Modern Era      21st Century        Into the Future

Ancient World (Beginning – 476)

~Origin stories; Mesopotamian and Sumerian Empires; Ancient Egypt; Phoenician Empire; Persian, Greek and Roman Empires; Mauryan Empire (India); China’s First Emperor; Han Dynasty (China); Germanic Peoples~

Fiction

1. I Survived: The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis
2. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen
3. Time Jumpers # 2: Escape from Egypt by Wendy Mass
4. Time Jumpers # 4: Dodging Dinosaurs by Wendy Mass
5. Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII by Kathryn Lasky
6. Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx by James Rollins
7. Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona, A Young Slave by Richard Platt
8. Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht by Richard Platt
9. Time Warp Trio #16: Marco? Polo! by Jon Sciezka
10. Time Warp Trio # 9: See You Later, Gladiator by Jon Sciezka
11. Time Warp Trio # 8: It’s All Greek to Me by Jon Sciezka
12. Time Warp Trio # 6: Tut, Tut by Jon Sciezka
13. The Epic of Gilgamesh by Geraldine McCaughrean
14. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keattey Snyder
15. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
16. Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
17. Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards
18. Where Is the Great Wall? by Jim O’Connor
19. Who Was Alexander the Great? by Kathryn Waterfield
20. Who Was Julius Caesar? by Nico Medina
21. The Egyptology Handbook : a course in the wonders of Egypt by Emily Sands
22. You Choose: Ancient China by Terry Collins
23. Life as a Gladiator: an interactive history adventure by Michael Burgan
24. Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks

Graphic Novels

1. Olympian Series by George O'Connor
2. Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
3. Gods and Thunder: Old Norse Myths by Carl Bowen, Michael Dahl, Louise Simonson
4. Nickolas Flux: Peril in Pompeii by Nel Yomtov
5. ​Geronimo Stilton: The Secret of the Sphinx by Geronimo Stilton
6. Geronimo Stilton: Dinosaurs in Action by Geronimo Stilton
7. Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark

Nonfiction

1. DK Eyewitness: Ancient Civilizations
2. You Wouldn’t want to Work on the Great Wall of China by Jacqueline Morley
3. The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
4. DK Eyewitness Ancient Egypt
5. DK Eyewitness Mesopatamia
6. Navigators: Ancient Greece by Philip Steele
7. DK Ancient Greece Revealed by Peter Chrisp
8. DK Ancient Rome Revealed by Peter Chrisp
9. Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
10. I Am Cleopatra by Grace Norwich
11. ​Through Time: Pompeii by Richard Platt
12. See through History: The Celts by Hazel Mary Martell
13. DK Eyewitness: Early Humans

Medieval World (apx. 500 – 1644)

~Byzantine Empire; Early Native Americans; Islam Begins; Abbasid Dynasty; Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties; Vikings; Heian Period (Japan); Warlords rule Japan; Rise of Catholic Church; Crusades; Feudal System in Europe; Great Zimbabwe; Mesa Cliff Native Americans; Incan Empire; Maori settle New Zealand; Mongol Empire; Songhai Empire (Africa)~

Fiction

1. Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow by James Rollins
2. Time Warp Trio #12: Viking It or Liking It by Jon Sciezka
3. Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
4. Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff
5. Lady Grace Mysteries by Patricia Finney
6. The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
7. The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Philbrook Kelly
8. Crispin series by Avi
9. The Book without Words by Avi
10. Midnight Magic by Avi
11. The Book of Boy by Catherine Murdock
12. Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
13. Keeper of the Grail by Michael Spradlin
14. Brightheart the Knight’s Pony by Poppy Shire
15. Wild Boy, a tale of Rowan Hood by Nancy Springer
16. The Hunt for the Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras
17. Hush: an Irish princess’ tale by Donna Jo Napoli
18. Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
19. Magic Tree House #2: Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
20. Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne
21. Inquisitor’s Tale, or, The Three magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
22. Hidden by Donna Jo Napoli
23. The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
24. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
25. Royal Diaries: Sondok, princess of the moon and stars by Sheri Holman
26. Royal Diaries: Lady of Palenque, the flower of Bacal by Anna Kirwan
27. Royal Diaries: Eleanor, crown jewel of Aquitaine by Kristiana Gregory
28. Royal Diaries: Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: warrior of the South by Laurence Yep

Graphic Novels

1. Solomon’s Thieves by Jordan Mechner
2. Nicholas Flux: Arrested for Witchcraft! By Mari Bolte
3. Outlaw: The Legend of Robinhood by Tony Lee
4. Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee
5. Tower of Treasure Series by Scott Chantler
6. Geronimo Stilton: The First Samurai by Geronimo Stilton
7. Geronimo Stilton: Following the Trail of Marco Polo by Geronimo Stilton
8. Adventures in Makerspace: A Low-Tech Mission (Catapult)

Nonfiction

1. Samurai: a guide to the feudal knights by Xavier Niz
2. The Aztec Empire: an interactive history adventure by Elizabeth Raum
3. Life as a Samurai: an interactive history adventure by Matt Doeden
4. The Middle Ages: an interactive history adventure by Allison Lassieur
5. DK Eyewitness Medieval Life by Andrew Langley
6. National Geographic Kids: Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer
7. Insiders: Knights & Castles by Philip Dixon
8. Usborne Medieval World by Jane Bingham
9. Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Imperial China by Joanna Cole
10. You Wouldn’t want to be a Viking Explorer! By Andrew Langley
11. Viking World: The Age of Seafarers and Sagas by Robert Macleod

Age of Exploration (apx. 1450 – 1676)

~Printing press; Ottoman Empire; Renaissance; European Exploration and Conquests; Islamic Mughal Empire; Scientific Revolution; Catholic Reformation; Imjin War; Edo Japan; Czars established in Russia; Early America Colonization/ Slave trade~

1. Time Warp Trio # 10: Sam Samurai by Jon Sciezka
2. Falcon in the Glass by Susan Fletcher
3. The Second Mrs. Gioconda by E. L. Konigsburg
4. The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs
5. Magic Tree House Merlin Missions # 10: Monday With a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne
6. Magic Tree House # 18: Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
7. Magic Tree House # 25: Stage Fright on a Summer Night by Mary Pope Osborne
8. Magic Tree House # 27: Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne
9. Nickolas Flux: Arrested for Witchcraft! by Mari Bolte
10. American Girl: Felicity series
11. Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Lynn Carbone
12. My Lady, Pocahontas by Kathleen Kudlinski
13. The Starving Time by Patricia Hermes
14. Surviving Jamestown: the adventure of young Sam Collier by Gail Karwoski
15. Standing in the Light: the captive diary of Catherine Carey Logan by Mary Pope Osborne
16. Royal Diaries: Nzingha: warrior queen of Matamba by Pat McKissack
17. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
18. Explorers of North America by Christine Taylor-Butler
19. Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky
20. Royal Diaries: Kristina, the girl king by Carolyn Meyer
21. Royal Diaries: Weetamoo, chief of the Pocassets by Patricia Clark Smith
22. Royal Diaries: Mary, Queen of Scots, queen without a country by Kathryn Lasky
23. Royal Diaries: Anacaona, golden flower by Edwidge Danticat
24. Royal Diaries: Jahanara, Princess of Princesses by Kathryn Lasky
25. Royal Diaries: Isabel, jewel of Castilla by Carolyn Meyer

Nonfiction

1. DK Eyewitness: Renaissance by Andrew Langley
2. Colonial America: an interactive history adventure by Allison Lassieur
3. The Salem Witch Trials: an interactive history adventure by Matt Doeden
4. I Am Sacagawea by Grace Norwich
5. The Ottoman Empire by Lucille Davis
6. DK Eyewitness Astronomy by Kristen Lippincott

Age of Revolution (apx. 1756 – 1903)

~Seven Year War; Industrial Revolution begins; American Revolution; Colonization of Australia; French Revolution; Napoleonic Wars; South American Revolutions; Greek Independence; Steam Power; Westward Expansion in US; British Raj; US Civil War; Unified Germany and Italy; Anglo-Zulu War; US Immigration influx (Ellis Island opens); First powered flight~

1. The Royal Diaries: Kazunomiya by Kathryn Lasky
2. Time Warp Trio # 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy by Jon Sciezka
3. Spies of the American Revolution: an interactive espionage adventure by Elizabeth Raum
4. Spies of the Civil War: an interactive history adventure by Michael Burgan
5. Ellis Island: an interactive history adventure by Michael Burgan
6. World War II Naval Forces: an interactive history adventure by Elizabeth Raum
7. Orphan Trains: an interactive history adventure by Elizabeth Raum
8. The Battle of Bull Run: an interactive history adventure by Allison Lassieur
9. The Boston Massacre: an interactive history adventure by Elizabeth Raum
10. The Wild West: an interactive history adventure by Allison Lassieur
11. I Am Harriet Tubman by Grace Norwich
12. I Am Hellen Keller by Grace Norwich (crosses into Modern Era)
13. Magic Tree House # 21: Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne
14. Magic Tree House # 22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne
15. Magic Tree House # 23: Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne
16. Magic Tree House # 32: To the Future, Benjamin Franklin by Mary Pope Osborne
17. The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Bradley
18. Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
19. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
20. Nickolas Flux: Flight to Freedom! by Nel Yomtov
21. Nickolas Flux: Stake a Claim! by Nel Yomtov
22. Nickolas Flux: Night of Rebellion! by Nel Yomtov
23. Nickolas Flux: Defend Until Death! by Nel Yomtov
24. Nickolas Flux: Tracking an Assassin! by Nel Yomtov
25. Magic Tree House # 10: Ghost Town at Sundown by Mary Pope Osborne
26. Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona  Zeldis McDonough
27. Who Were the Wright Brothers? by James Buckley
28. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
29. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
30. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
31. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
32. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
33. Royal Diary: Elisabeth, the princess bride by Barry Denenberg
34. Sophia’s War; a tale of revolution by Avi
35. The Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac
36. Johnny Tremain: a story of Boston in revolt by Esther Forbes
37. Rush Revere series by Rush Limbaugh
38. A Soldier’s Secret: the incredible true story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero by Marissa Moss
39. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by W.R. Philbrick
40. American Girl: Addy series
41. American Girl: Kirsten series
42. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
43. The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
44. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
45. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
46. Royal Diaries: Kaiulani, the people’s princess by Ellen Emerson White
47. Royal Diaries: Victoria, May blossom of Britannia by Anna Kirwan
48. Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky
49. The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

Modern Era (apx. 1900 – 1999)

~World War I; Russian Revolution; Jazz Age and Cinema; The Great Depression; Spanish Civil War; World War II; Partition of India; Creation of Israel; Chinese Communist Revolution; Vietnam War; US Civil Rights Movement; African Independence; The Cold War; Rock n Roll begins; The Gulf War; Apartheid ends in Africa;

1. Can You Survive the Titanic? an interactive survival adventure by Allison Lassieur
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne
4. Dear America: A Time for Courage, Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917
5. Magic Tree House #24: Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne
6. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
7. Dear America: One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping, The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
8. My Name is America: The Journal of Ben Uchida, Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California 1942
9. The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
10. The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
11. Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
12. Hidden Figures Young Reader’s Ed. by Margot Lee Shetterly
13. Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai
14. An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
15. Magic Tree House # 8: Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
16. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
17. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
18. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
19. The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
20. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
21. Paperboy by Vince Vawter
22. Journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant by William Durbin
23. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
24. The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
25. Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
26. A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
27. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
28. T4: a novel in verse by Ann Clare LeZotte
29. The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
30. Royal Diaries: Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer
31. American Girl: Molly series
32. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
33. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

Graphic Novels

1. Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean by Sarah Stewart Taylor
2. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis
3. The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
4. Nicholas Flux: Titanic Disaster by Nel Nomtov
5. Nicholas Flux: Surprise Attack! By Nel yomtov
6. Nickolas Flux: Trapped in Antactica by Nel Yomtov
7. Geronimo Stilton: Lights, Camera, Stilton! By Geronimo Stilton
8. Geronimo Stilton: The First Mouse on the Moon by Geronimo Stilton

Nonfiction

1. Spies of World War I: an interactive history adventure by Michael Burgan
2. Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to itself by Martin W. Sandler
3. Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, The First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States by Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
4. Stealing Nazi Secrets in World War II: an interactive espionage adventure by Elizabeth Raum
5. ​Mister Doctor: Janusz Korczak & the Orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto by Irene Cohen-Quarello
6. The Attack on Pearl Harbor: an interactive history adventure by Allison Lassieur
7. Machines Close Up: Modern American Military Aircraft by Daniel Gilpin
8. National Geographic: Jackie Robinson Plays Ball by Robyn O’Sullivan
9. The Civil Rights Movement: an interactive history adventure by Heather Adamson
10. ​Sweet Justice: Goergia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff
11. I Am Walt Disney by Grace Norwich
12. I Am Albert Einstein by Grace Norwich
13. I Am Martin Luther King Jr. by Grace Norwich

21st Century 2000 – 2020

~ War on Terror; Electronics advance communications and robotics; Green Movement~

1.  
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3. The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
4. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
5. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
6. The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle
7. Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
10. Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
11. Weird Little Robots by Carolyn Crimi
12. Frank Einstein series by Jon Scieszka
13. Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald
14. Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King
15. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
16. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
17. Scat by Carl Hiaasen
18. If We Were Giants by Dave Matthews
19. Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
20. Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady
21. The Nebula Secret by Trudi Strain Trueit
22. Six by M.M. Vaughan
23. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
24. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
25. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
26. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
27. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
28. My Fate According to the Butterfly by Amanda Nojadera
29. Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Amanda Nojadera
30. Teddy Mars: almost a world record breaker by Molly B Burnham
31. Blended by Sharon Draper
32. Girls Who Code series
33. Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
34. Some Kind of Happiness by Clair Legrand
35. Confessions of an Imaginary Friend by Michelle Cuevas
36. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
37. Front Desk by Kelly Yang
38. The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
39. Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell
40. Flower Power series by Lauren Myracle
41. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
42. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
43. Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
44. When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin
45. New Kid by Tim Green
46. The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky by Holly Schindler
47. Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
48. Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
49. One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
50. Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
51. Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
52. International Space Station: an interactive space exploration adventure by Allison Lassieur

Into the Future

1. The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
2. Time Jumpers #3: Fast-forward to the Future by Wendy Mass
3. Time Warp Trio # 5: 2095 by Jon Sciezka
4. Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass
5. The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
7. The Giver by Lois Lowery
8. Eager by Helen Fox
9. Wild Robot by Peter Brown
10. Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series by Dav Pilkey
11. Galaxy Zack series by Ray O’Ryan
12. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
13. Masterminds by Gordon Korman
14. Seventh Grade vs. The Galaxy by Joshua Levy
15. Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix
16. Dude Where’s My Spaceship? by Dan Greenburg
17. Space Taxi series by Wendy Mass
18. Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson
19. Sci-Fi Junior High by Scott Seegert
20. Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger
21. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
22. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
23. Icebreaker by Lian Tanner

Graphic Novels

1. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
2. Fabien Cousteau Expeditions: Great White Shark Adventure
3. The Time Museum by Matthew Loux