Barrington Area Library (IL) - Summer Reads for Teens

Summer Reads for Teens

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Need a book to read during summer vacation? Here are some filled with summer adventures!

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Best Friends, Bikinis, and other Summer Catastrophes by Kristi Wientge

Twelve-year-old Alex plans to spend her summer building a treehouse with her best friend Will, but her summer seems ruined when Will experiences his first crush. Now Alex is wrangling up summer jobs and keeping tabs on the new girl, hoping that in completing their treehouse, she can keep from losing her best friend and her summer from falling apart.

The forget-me-not summer by Leila Howland

When their parents, a screenwriter and a film editor, go off on summer projects, Marigold, twelve, Zinnia, eleven, and Lily, five, must visit their Great Aunt Sunny in Cape Cod, where they learn much about themselves and each other and grow closer than ever.

The Mending Summer by Ali Standish

Georgia can almost feel her heart cracking a little more every day. While Mama is struggling to keep the family afloat, Georgia is sent to stay with her mysterious great aunt in her old country house. Soon, lonely Georgia meets Angela, a girl with secrets of her own, and they discover a magical lake. At first, the lake offers a thrilling escape, but as things grow worse at home, a troubled boy appears at the lake and the magic threatens to spiral out of control.

How to Become A Planet by Nicole Melleby

After an entire summer trying to figure out how to go back to being the person she was before her depression and anxiety diagnosis, twelve-year-old Pluto finds out--with the help of the Hayden Planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and a new friend--that there is no old or new Pluto, there's just Pluto, growing up.

Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan

Half-sisters Stella and Josie love spending summers together at the beach, but things are harder this year, especially when new business owners exploit the natural habitat, endangering marine life and people, as well.

A Summer of Sundays by Lindsay Eland

Almost-twelve-year-old Sunday Fowler is a middle-of-the-middle child, and it's the absolute worst. But standing out is hard work when you have to help repair an old library and make sure your siblings don't steal your new best friend—or ruin all your plans. Then Sunday finds something in the library's basement that might make her so famous no one will forget her name ever again.

Sunkissed by Jenny McLachlan

Kat can't believe her family is sending her to Sweden for the summer. Without her friends Bea and Betty, or even a phone signal, can Kat make it on her own? In a land of saunas and summer sun, Kat soon realizes she has nowhere to hide. It's time to let go of what she thinks people want her to be, so she can embrace who she really is.

A Swirl of Ocean by Melissa Sarno

A decade after her caregiver finds her alone on the beach, twelve-year-old Summer begins wondering where she came from, until a frightening experience in the ocean triggers dreams of a strangely familiar girl in another reality.

Welcome to Dog Beach by Lisa Greenwald

Twelve-year-old Remy loves the traditions of Sea Gate, the island where her family spends every summer vacation, but after her grandmother and a special dog die, and her relationship with best friends Bennett and Micayla changes, Remy takes comfort in the company of the island's Dog Beach--where she hatches a plan to bring her friends closer and recapture the Sea Gate magic.

Have you signed up for the Summer Reading Program yet? Do so here!

Youth Services Assistant Librarian Claire