As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

Scooping poop at his grandparent's house - that sure wasn't the way Genie wanted to spend his summer! But when his parents send him and his big brother, Ernie, to Virginia to experience the great (not!) outdoors, they're both in for a big surprise.

This is a must read! Ms. Arnold

Wonder

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial difference that prevented him from going to mainstream school, until now. He's about to enter 5th grade. If you've ever been the new kid you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them despite appearances?

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Newbery Medal 2016

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this will make her happy enough to leave their town alone. But the witch in the forest is kind and can't figure out why these people do this every year. So, every year she rescues the babies and delivers them to loving familes on the other side of the forest. One year the father of the baby that is to be offered decides enough is enough and sets out to kill the witch. Will Luna, the girl that was accidentally fed the moon, be able to help save the baby and the witch that she also believes is her grandmother?

Fantasy isn't usually my favorite genre, but this was a book that I could not put down!

Hour of the Bees

Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar

Her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and fun. Carolina is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert helping her parents move the grandfather she's never met. 

This is a must read. I loved every page of this book!

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing 
by Sheila Turnage

Miss Mo LoBeau is half of the famous Desperado Detective Agency. She and her fellow Desperado, Dale, went famous for about a week over the summer when they solved a murder in their hometown of Tupelo Landing - population 148. So when her beloved Miss Lana makes and accidental bid at the Tupelo auction and winds up the mortified owner of an old inn with an unidentified ghost in the fine print, Mo's itching to take the case.