I KNOW WHAT YOU READ THIS SUMMER!

Summer should be fantastic, and so should your summer reading. The title for this list was inspired by Lois Duncan’s popular book: I know What You Did Last Summer; and the graphic warning mimics the threat the teens receive in Lois Duncan’s story, but has a much better message… Enjoy!

Dinosaur Summer
by Greg Bear
RC 48135
In 1947, fifteen year-old Peter and his father go to Venezuela to return the last of the captive dinosaurs to their native habitat. Members of a dinosaur circus accompany them in their arduous journey across rivers and through jungles. When they arrive they are stranded with the beasts.

The Second Summer Of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares
RC 56256 / BR 14736
In this sequel to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (RC 53252 / BR 13765), four best friends share a pair of magic blue jeans over summer vacation. Although miles apart, they are united by sharing their experiences of family issues, romance, and betrayal.

Seventeenth Summer
by Maureen Daly
RC 25758 / BR 10584
Angie recalls how it felt to be seventeen in a small Wisconsin town before World War II, but above all, she captures the magical enchantment of first love.

I Know What You Did Last Summer
by Lois Duncan
RC 22663 / BR 8860
It is nearly a year since that nightmarish night Julie and her friends are trying desperately to forget, but someone knows what they did and wants revenge.

Summer Of Fear
by Lois Duncan
RC 10860
Everyone is mesmerized by charming Cousin Julia, whose parents died in a terrible accident. Only Rachel knows that Julie is a witch whose power must be vanquished.

How I Survived My Summer Vacation and Lived To Write The Story
by Robin Friedman
RC 52617
The summer before entering high school, Jackie is determined to write his novel, but his embarrassing New Age parents, his buddies, the swim team, and his first girlfriend keep interrupting him.

Greengage Summer
by Rumer Godden
RC 49067
Teen brothers, Cecil and Joss, and their mother and younger siblings come to Paris for the holiday.
When their mother is hospitalized and the kids are left on their own, a mysterious Englishman takes them under his wing, and the girls fall in love….until the police arrive.

Summer Promise
by Robin Jones Gunn
RC 50281 / BR 13127
14 year-old Christy, a farm girl from Wisconsin, spending the summer with her relatives in California, finds that she must choose her friends wisely in order to escape moral dilemmas.

Armageddon Summer
by Jane Yolen
RC 48366
Both Marina and Jeff have parents who belong to a religious cult. When the congregation is taken to a mountaintop to await the violent end of the world, the teens go along, but begin to question their own beliefs.