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Kids Summer Reading Challenge 2022
Historical Fantasy Mythology & Folklore Dystopian/Haunting Magical Realism New Culture/Tradition Science Fiction & Space Book Whose Main Character Differs From You
Historical Fantasy
- The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
- The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
- The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck by Matt Phelan
- Root Magic by Eden Royce
- Once Was a Time by Leila Sales
- The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero
- The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
- The Golden Specific by S.E. Grove
- The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
- Ophie’s Ghost by Justina Ireland
- Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
- Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne
- Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne
- Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1869 by Alex Alice
- The Time Museum by Matthew Loux
- Cleopatra in Space graphic novel series by Mike Maihack
- The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
- Hollow Chest by Brita Sandstrom
- Constable & Toop by Gareth P. Jones
- Magical History Tour by Fabrice Erre
- Thieves of Weirdwood by Christian McKay Heidicker
- Amber & Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz
- Da Vinci’s Cat by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- The Inquisitor’s Tale or the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
- Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
- Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older
- The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
- The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
- Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
- Secret Spy Society series by Veronica Mang
- The Eye of Zeus by Alane Adams
- Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
- Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
- Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- The Serpents Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
- When the Sea Turned To Silver by Grace Lin
- Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
- Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
- Unicorn Rescue Society series by Adam Gidwitz
- The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
- Aru Shah series by Roshani Chokshi
- The Storm Runner by Jennifer Cervantes
- Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
- Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
- The Fire Keeper by Jennifer Cervantes
- Tristan Strong series by Kwame Mbalia
- Paola Santiago and River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
- The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim
- Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
- Girl Giant and the Jade War by Van Hoang
- Zeus the Mighty series by Crispin Boyer
- Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds by Samira Ahmed
- The Dreamweavers by G. Z. Schmidt
- Loteria by Karla Valenti
- Blancaflor by Nadja Spiegelman
- Olympian series by George O'Connor
- Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Matthew Manning
- Norse Mythology for kids by Mathias Nordvig
- Greek Myths by Jean Menzies
- Celtic Mythology for Kids by Christopher Pinard
- Treasury of Egyptian Mythology by Donna Napoli
Dystopian or Haunting
- The Last Kids on Earth series by Max Brallier
- Alone by Megan Freeman
- City of Ember series by Jeanne Duprau
- The Last Human by Lee Bacon
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Took: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn
- The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn
- Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
- Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series by Andres Miedoso
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Zombiekins by Kevin Bolger
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Fearless by Cornelia Funke
- Interworld by Neil Gaiman
- The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
- Hide And Don't Seek by Anica Mrose Rissi
- The Nightmarys by Dan Poblocki
- The Pit & the Pendulum: and other stories by Edgar Allen Poe
- A Curious Tale of the In-Between by Lauren DeStefano
- The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie
- What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie
- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
- Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
- Only if You Dare: 13 stories of darkness and doom by Josh Allen
- Hush-A-Bye by Jody Lee Mott
- The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
- Hide & Seeker by Daka Hermon
- Great Ghost Stories by Barry Moser
- The Haunted House: A Collection of Original Stories by Jane Yolen
- The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel by Jeanne DuPrau
- The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
- Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
- Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S King
- Josephine Against the Sea by Shakira Bourne
- Midsummer’s Mayhem by Ranji LaRocca
- The Magical Reality of Nadia by Bassem Youssef and Catherine R Daly
- The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu
- Loteria by Karla Arenas Valenti
- The Magic of Melwick Orchard by Rebecca Caprara
- Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
- Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- All the Answers by Kate Messner
- The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- Magic Puppy series by Sue Bentley
- Owl Diaries series by Rebecca Elliot
- The Pepper Party is Completely Cursed by Jay Cooper
- The Notebook of Doom series by Troy Cummings
- The Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey
- The Pup Who Cried Wolf by Chris Kurtz
- The Witch at The Window by Ruth Chew
- Night Frights series by Joe McGee
- Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
- The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
- Lilla the Accidental Witch by Eleanor Crewes
- Jukebox by Nidhi Chanani
- Coraline by Neil Gaimen
- Lumberjanes series by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn A. Allen, and Noelle Stevenson
New (to you) Culture or Tradition
- Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
- The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Wang
- Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte
- Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
- Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman
- Listen, Slowly by Thanha Lai
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai
- I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage by Lee Bennett Hopkins
- Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
- Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
- I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day
- Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson
- Samira Surfs by Rukhsanna Guidroz
- Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu
- Azzi In Between by Sarah Garland
- A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
- A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi
- Akissi: Cat Invasion by Marguerite Abouet
- Some Places More than Others by Renee Watson
- American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar
- Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices by S.K. Ali
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
- Amina's Song by Hena Khan
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
- Astrid & Apollo and the Happy New Year by V.T. Bidania
- Jo Jo Makoons: the Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley
- The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
- More to the Story by Hena Khan
- While I Was Away by Waka Takahashi Brown
- Danny Chung Sums it Up by Maisie Chan
- Loteria by Karla Valenti
- Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
- Solimar: the Sword of Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Long Distance by Whitney Gardner
- Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout
- Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
- We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
- The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
- Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper
- Space Case: a Moon Base Alpha novel by Stuart Gibbs
- Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
- Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey
- Diary of a Minecraft Zombie by Herobrine Books
- Albert Hopper, Science Hero by John Himmelman
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
- The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
- Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia
- Masterminds by Gordon Korman
- Explorer Academy: the Nebula Secret by Trudi Strain Trueit
- Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
- Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer by James S. Murray
- The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm
- Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence
- Horizon by Scott Westerfeld
- Glitch by Laura Martin
- Six by M.M. Vaughan
- Cleopatra in Space by Mike Maihack
- Rocket to the Moon! By Don Brown
- Hidden Figures: Young Reader’s Edition by Margot Shetterly
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Magic Tree House: Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
- Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass
- CatStronauts by Drew Brockington
- Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Life on Mars by Jennifer Brown
- Professor Astro Cat's Stargazing by Dominic Walliman
- Laika the Space Dog: First Hero in Outer Space by Jeni Wittrock
- Stinky Moody in Master of Disaster by Megan McDonald
- Mars: You Decide How to Survive! by Hena Khan
Book Whose Main Character Differs From You (ethnicity, gender, religion, ability, etc.)
- Unsettled by Reem Faruqi
- Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown
- Danny Chung Sums it Up by Maisie Chan
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
- Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu
- Partly Cloudy by Tanita Davis
- Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs
- Mighty Inside by Sundee T. Frazier
- Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
- A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
- Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia
- The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Wang
- Becoming: adapted for young readers by Michelle Obama
- Burying the Moon by Andrée Poulin
- Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern
- Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson
- It All Begins with Jelly Beans by Nova Weetman
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- The Samosa Rebelliion by Shanthi Sekaran
- My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula Freedman
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
- Buzzing With Questions by Janice Harrington
- Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
- Show Me A Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
- Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
- A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
- Santiago's Road Home by Alexandra Diaz
- Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- Five Things About Ava Andrews by Margaret Dilloway
- Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominquez
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Just Like Me by Nancy Cavanaugh
- The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
- Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
- Once Upon an Eid
- Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith
- Amina's Song by Hena Khan
- Half A World Away by Cynthia Kadohata
- When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callendar
- The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter
- The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani
- Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
- Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass
- Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
- Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender