Last-Minute Summer Reads
With the summer winding down, I find myself scavenging for a good read. I've exausted my own collection, as well as the library's. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation though. Many of you might also be out of good book choices. The following is a list of short, but fantastic reads. Whether you are taking them to that last trip to the beach, your backyard pool, or your plane ride home, they will surely speak everything summer!
1. The Summer Before Boys, Nora Raleigh Baskin - two best friends struggle to stay together during their "summer before boys". One deals with changing a family, the other the idea of growing up. A touching novel about the power of friendship.
2. Turtle in Paradise, Jennifer L. Holm - visit Key West, Florida as you meet eleven-year-old Turtle and her interesting family. Staying with relitives she's never met, Turtle discovers the changes that 1935 brings to her life, and her summer.
3. The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall - meet the Penderwick sisters, and their dog Hound as they go on an exciting adventure full of laughter, embarassment, love, and friendship. When they meet Jeffery, a young boy on their vacation to Arundrel their summer goes for an exciting twist.
4. The Best Last Days of Summer, Valerie Hobbs - a summer of baking cookies, making pottery, and canoeing awaits Lucy in this novel. The month of August means spending time with her Grandmother in her rustic lake house. But when Grams starts getting forgetful, Lucy wonders if her summers will ever be the same again.
5. Touch Blue, Cynthia Lord - Tess lives on a small island off the coast of Maine, and when the state plans to shut down her schoolhouse, the island comes together to come up with a plan to save it. Tess leaves her hope in the hands of luck, and a surprising new addition to their family.
1. The Summer Before Boys, Nora Raleigh Baskin - two best friends struggle to stay together during their "summer before boys". One deals with changing a family, the other the idea of growing up. A touching novel about the power of friendship.
2. Turtle in Paradise, Jennifer L. Holm - visit Key West, Florida as you meet eleven-year-old Turtle and her interesting family. Staying with relitives she's never met, Turtle discovers the changes that 1935 brings to her life, and her summer.
3. The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall - meet the Penderwick sisters, and their dog Hound as they go on an exciting adventure full of laughter, embarassment, love, and friendship. When they meet Jeffery, a young boy on their vacation to Arundrel their summer goes for an exciting twist.
4. The Best Last Days of Summer, Valerie Hobbs - a summer of baking cookies, making pottery, and canoeing awaits Lucy in this novel. The month of August means spending time with her Grandmother in her rustic lake house. But when Grams starts getting forgetful, Lucy wonders if her summers will ever be the same again.
5. Touch Blue, Cynthia Lord - Tess lives on a small island off the coast of Maine, and when the state plans to shut down her schoolhouse, the island comes together to come up with a plan to save it. Tess leaves her hope in the hands of luck, and a surprising new addition to their family.
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