Mark Twain Reader Award Nominees 2016-2017 All Four Stars By Tara Dairman Eleven-year-old Gladys Gatsby loves food and cooking, so when she lands an assignment to write a restaurant review for a New York City newspaper, she will do anything to make it happen, even risk the wrath of her fast-food loving parents.
A Million Ways Home By Dianna Dorisi-Winget When her grandmother and guardian suffers a stroke, twelve-year-old Poppy Parker's life turns upside down--but when she witnesses a murder and has to go into witness protection with Detective Brannigan's mother it becomes hard to believe she will ever find a way home, let alone save Gunner, a beautiful German shepherd with an uncertain future.
Half a Chance By Cynthia Lord Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, have just moved to a small rural community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans
to spend the summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than people are willing to see.
The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky By Holly Schindler Auggie and her grandfather use found objects to transform the appearance of their home and, in the process, change a whole town's perceptions of beauty and art.
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune By Jude Watson When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
Mark Twain Reader Award Nominees 2016-2017 right. And Momma is never pleased. Hard times and a daddy who ran off before she was born seem to have stolen all of Momma's love.
is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels , even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet.
Pack of Dorks
Red Berries White Clouds Blue Sky
By Beth Vrabel Lucy knows that kissing Tom Lemmings behind the ball shed will make her a legend. But she doesn’t count on that quick clap of lips propelling her from coolest to lamest fourth grader overnight.
Pennyroyal Academy By M.A. Larson A girl from the forest enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons.
By Sandra Dallas After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado.
Space Case By Stuart Gibbs Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.
Rain Reign
Zane and the Hurricane
By Ann M. Martin Struggling with Asperger's syndrome, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose
By Rodman Philbrick A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans. during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
The Missing Pieces of Me By Jean Van Leeuwan More than anything, tenyear-old Weezie wants to please her momma. But nothing turns out quite
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2016 Summer Reading List Grades 3-5 Audacity Jones to the Rescue By Kirby Larson Audie Jones finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime when she is whisked away to Washington, D.C., where sinister goings-on are afoot.
A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans By Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder A story about dragons with a twist: Miss Drake (the dragon) has a new human pet!
The Blackthorn Key By Kevin Sands Aladdin This adventure, filled with rich suspense, mystery, and unforgettable characters, follows Christopher Rowe as he learns a mysterious cult is preying on London’s apothecaries, and the trail of murders is growing closer and closer to Blackthorn’s shop.
Crimebiters! My Dog Is Better than Your Dog By Tommy Greenwald Jimmy suspects his dog is a crime-fighting vampire; can the canine’s superskills help track down who stole his mother’s diamond necklace?
Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile By Marcia Wells Eddie is called on by the NYPD to help bust a gang of art thieves by using his photographic memory and talent for drawing.
Fable Comics Edited by Chris Duffy Various graphic novelists retell twenty-eight fables from different cultures and traditions in this vibrant collection of comics.
Honey
By Sarah Weeks When she realizes her dad may have a secret The Door by the Staircase girlfriend, Melody sets out By Katherine Marsh to find out who it is. Orphan Mary Hayes hopes to escape the Buffalo Jazz Day: The Making of Asylum for Young Ladies, a Famous Photograph only to find herself in peril by Roxane Orgill when a mysterious woman This collection of poetry named Madame Z adopts focuses on the process art her. designer Art Kane went through in order to
photograph what was to become the iconic 1958 photo of American jazz greats on a stoop in Harlem.
The Jumbies By Tracey Baptiste Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
The Key to Extraordinary By Natalie Lloyd Emma must fulfill her Destiny Dream: to locate a legendary treasure. If she fails, she lets down not only the legacy of her ancestors but also the family business—the Boneyard Cafe.
The Last Kids on Earth By Max Brallier Described as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Walking Dead, this postapocalyptic graphic novel is sure to delight summer readers as Jack Sullivan stays up in his tree house for as long as he can.
Lola Levine Is Not Mean! By Monica Brown Sports-loving Lola accidentally injures a classmate during a recess soccer game and resolves to win back her spot on the field—and her friends—by demonstrating what good sportsmanship is all about.
My Diary from the Edge of the World By Jody Lynn Anderson Dragon season and homework about Sasquatches’ involvement in American history aside, Gracie Lockwood lives in a normal, uneventful world until a Dark Cloud comes for her little brother. Can her family outrun this omen?
My Pet Human By Yasmine Surovec An independent cat resists being tied down by a human pet in this fun tale.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands By Katherine Roy This book investigates the mystery surrounding the great white shark.
Oona Finds an Egg By Adele Griffin Follow Oona Oodlethunk on her adventures in prehistoric times as she tries to find the perfect pet.
Project Blastoff By Mark Kelly & Martha Freeman Twins Mark and Scott Kelly are about to embark on an adventure of epic proportions as they build and engineer their own rocket ship.
School for Sidekicks By Kelly McCullough At the Academy for Metahuman Operatives, superhero wannabe Evan’s wisecracks land him in double trouble: he angers the school’s director and is partnered with has-been hero Foxman.
The Story of Diva & Flea By Mo Willems Pampered lapdog Diva and streetwise alley cat Flea strike up an unlikely friendship, finding adventure while exploring the stunning landmarks of Paris, France.
The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) By Geoff Rodkey Little Fraternal twins Reese and Claudia take sibling rivalry to a new level with their prank war. First in a series.
The Terrible Two By Mac Barnett & Jory John Two pranksters team up for the greatest prank ever.
Upside-Down Magic By Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins After some mishaps with unpredictable magic, Nory is sent to the Dunwiddle Magic School’s UpsideDown Magic class in this funny and magical novel.
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems By Bob Raczka Raczka offers a collection of twenty-one concrete poems that are a surefire way to draw the attention of young readers and inspire older ones.
The Wild Robot By Peter Brown Robot Roz wakes up to find herself alone on a remote island.
This Summer Reading Book List was created by the Association for Library Service to Children’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the School Age Programs and Services Committee through a 2013 Carnegie Whitney Grant funded by the American Library Association Publishing Committee. This adapted list was updated by ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee. For more booklists from ALSC visit ala.org/alsc/booklists