July 2024 Book Recommendations
Summer Reading!
If you are still looking for suggestions of what to read for your summer reading, hopefully these recommendations will help! If you are looking for specific book recommendations for the 8-12 year-old reader in your life, let me know and I’d love to help out!
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Alice Atherton’s Grand Tour
After her mother dies, Alice is not sure how to move forward. So her dad sends her to live with the Murphy family in the French Riviera for the summer. What follows is indeed a grand tour! Alice meets Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and more as she embarks on a summer of learning and adventure!
Note: When you’re finished reading, I’d recommend looking for a biography or two about some of the famous people mentioned in the story.
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Duel
After the death of their father, things aren’t going well for sisters GiGi and Lucy. In fact, the rivalry between two sisters escalates into a duel. A fencing duel! This graphic novel is a great look at grief and family relationships. And I love that you get to learn about a fairly unique sport!
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The Lost Whale
Rio finds himself living in California with a grandmother he barely knows and feeling lonely. He makes a friend and everything changes when she introduces him to the grey whales that migrate nearby. He quickly becomes obsessed, particularly with a whale named White Beak. But when White Beak goes missing, Rio sets off on a dangerous ocean journey to try and find her.
Note: This book has different covers in the UK (where the author lives) and the US. This can be a fun learning activity for kids, what do they notice about the differences? Why do they think there are differences from one country to another?
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Ready, Set, Dough!
Zoe has her heart set on a new laptop, one she is sure will help her become a prize-winning journalist. When she finds out she needs to be the top cookie dough seller in the school to win the laptop she is determined to win. But what will the pursuit of winning cost her?
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The Titanic Tunnel
Emmie and Jack are on a school field trip in Belfast to see where the Titanic was built. But one wrong turn and suddenly it’s 1912 and they’re not sure how to get back to the present day. Will they be able to find a way book before the ship hits the iceberg and their fate is doomed?
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Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter
Get ready for a laugh out loud adventure as you follow a trio of monster-loving siblings. The Salazars are protectors and their job is to rescue the magical creatures who sometimes wander into our world. But when their dad dies, the monster hunting stops. Until a mythical egg appears in a viral online video.
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