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2025 Summer Reading List
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Summer is the perfect time to relax, recharge—and READ!
Atlanta Public Schools is excited to offer fun and engaging opportunities to help students strengthen their reading skills all summer long. Whether you're joining our Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack or participating in the new Summer Story Squad Book Club (in partnership with a local bookstore), there's something for every reader to enjoy!
Reading List: The APS Library Media Services Department has curated a list of recommended books for students of all ages. These titles are available in both digital and print formats through your CLASS Pass account or can be found at your local public library.
Summer Story Squad Book Club: Are you interested in receiving copies of the summer reading books, gaining access to exclusive book check-ins and receiving cool prizes just for reading?! Complete the form to join the 2025 APS Library Media Services Summer Reading Squad: 2025 Summer Story Squad Sign Up Form.
Visit Beanstack to explore all the summer reading opportunities!
Summer Reading Challenges
Reading Lists
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Pre K & Kindergarten
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Dare to Be Daring by Harry N. Abrams
Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor
A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez Neal
We are Here by Tami Charles
Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli
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1st Grade
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Tinyville Town: I’m a Librarian by Brian Biggs
Carina Felina by Carmen Agra Deedy
Fly Guy Series by Tedd Arnold
Frostfire by Elly MacKay
My Daddy is a Cowboy by S. Seales
Speck by Margaux Meganck
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie Deenihan
Drawn Together by Minh Le
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2nd Grade
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Cesaria Feels the Beat by Denise Rosario Adusei
The Book That Can Read Your Mind by Marianna Coppo
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady
The Mochi Makers by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Pizza and Taco Series by Stephen Shaskan
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
Lola Protesta by Jennifer Torres
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4th & 5th Grade
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Duel by Jessixa Bagley
Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos by Tracey Baptiste
Popcorn by Rob Harrell
Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler
Faker by Gordan Korman
Magnolia Wu by Chanel Miller
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody By Patrick Ness
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
Stranded by Nikki Shannon Smith
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Mid Air by Alicia D. Williams
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar
Free Throws, Friendships, and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson
Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson
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6th - 8th Grade
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Mid Air by Alicia D. Williams
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar
Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson
Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
Free Throws, Friendships, and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop
Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson
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9th - 12th Grade
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Touch of Death by Taylor Munsell
Songlight by Moira Buffini
Sunderworld, Vol 1: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ranson Riggs
Age 16 by Rosena Fung
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed