2020 Summer Reading Lists (Middle School/Young Adult)
It is officially summer! School’s out and of course that means...summer reading lists and "school packets" have been finalized.
Brown Babies Books has reviewed a few of the lists and compiled our own representation-based short list of titles. You can view our shortlist below.
~Happy Readings!
2020 Rainbow (LGBTQA) Book List:
- "Kings, Queens and In-Betweens"; Boteju, Tanya (Grades 9+) $18.99
- "The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali"; Khan, Sabina (Grades 9+) $10.99
- "Pet"; Emezi, Akwaeke (Grades 9+) $17.99
- "We Set the Dark on Fire"; Mejia, Tehlor Kay (Grades 9+) $10.99
2019 & 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Award List:
- "Finding Langston"; Cline-Ransom, Lesa (Grades 4-6) $16.99
- "Genesis Begins Again"; Williams, Alicia D. (Grades 5-8) $17.99
- "New Kid"; Jerry Craft (Grades 4-6) $12.99
- “The Parker Inheritance"; Johnson, Varian (Grades 4-6) $7.99
- "Season of Styx Malone"; Magoon, Kekla (Grades 4-6) $7.99
- "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky"; Mbalia, Kwame (Grades 4-6) $17.99
2019 & 2020 Walter Awards List:
- "A Good Kind of Trouble"; Ramee, Lisa Moore (Grades 4-6) $7.99
- "Ghost Boys"; Parker Rhodes, Jewell (Grades 4-7) $7.99
- "Other Words for Home"; Warga, Jasmine (Grades 4-7) $16.99
- "Pet"; Emezi, Akwaeke (Grades 9+) $17.99
- "The Poet X"; Acevedo, Elizabeth (Grades 7+) $12.99
- "With the Fire on High"; Acevedo, Elizabeth (Grades 7+) $17.99
2019 & 2020 Pura Belpre' Award List:
- "The Poet X"; Acevedo, Elizabeth (Grades 7+) $12.99
- "Sal & Gabi Break the Universe"; Hernandez, Carlos (Grades 4-7) $7.99