The YA Book Log

YA Summer Reads

Get Ready for Summer! School is almost out, and you’ll have a lot of free time on your hands. Here are a few summer reads that we recommend. What are you in the mood for?

In the mood for a summery Romance? Try: The Edge of Summer by Erica George

Cor and her best friend Ella have always dreamed of saving the whales. After tragedy strikes, Cor is now more determined than ever to finish a bucket list that she and her best friend made together. One of the items on the list is participating in an internship focused on saving the Whales in Cape Cod. Cor sets off on a summer of healing and new beginnings. What will happen along the way? Who will she meet, and will it complicate things? Will Cor be able to stay focused on her lifelong goal?

In the mood for a love letter to summer? Try: Sometimes in Summer by Katrina Leno

Anna believes she has the worst luck. One bad thing after another keeps happening, and she just can’t catch a break. To top it all off, she finds out she has to spend the whole summer with her mother in a cottage in New England. The same place where her mom spent her own childhood summers. Anna is NOT excited, and expects the summer to be awful. Will she be right, or will she find something good mixed in with all the bad luck she’s been facing?

In the mood for a thrilling mystery? Try: Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones

Two best friends, Blair and Cameron, decide to start a true crime podcast with the goal of discussing an over twenty year long cold case that happened right in their hometown. They want to solve this murder. Along the way they uncover a lot of secrets that certain people would have preferred to stay covered up. Will they be able to solve it themselves? Great for fans of Sadie or A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

In the mood for a book that will take you away to another world? Try: Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger

The 9^th and newest installment of the best-selling Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Join Sophie and all of her friends as their journey to stop the Neverseen continues. In this story, there are tons of revelations and secrets revealed, and a lot of difficult choices to be made. So many things are unknown. The one thing Sophie does know, is that her life, and the lives of everyone in the Elven cities will never be the same. If you haven’t read any of this series, fill your summer up with Keeper of the Lost Cities books 1-9!

In the mood for something a little more relatable? Try: The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom by Allison L. Bitz

A great book about body-positivity, self-love, self-awareness, and growth. Bridget is a very self-centered person, and it’s a huge turn off for most of the people in her life. Bridget’s singing voice is amazing, and she knows it. Her plans are all coming together when she is accepted into a competitive boarding school with an amazing music program. Upon arriving she realizes that this may be harder than she thought. An obstacle that prevents her from performing gets in her way and she will have to find something other than her voice to prove herself, and work on becoming a little more humble along the way.