Many of the summer reading books have comprehension tests available at Book Adventure.  Children created their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles. You can check your comprehension and win prizes with multiple choice quizzes.

All of the summer reading books are available through the Polk County Library System.  You may access the Polk County Library Cooperative to check to see if the books are available at your local branch or you may request them to be sent to your local branch.  You will need a library card to do this.

 

	Summer Pleasure Reading Fiction Available at Polk County Libraries
Classics	Fiction	Non-Fiction
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbit	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Jennifer Armstrong
Little Men Louisa May Alcott	Ella Enchanted Gail Levine	Uncommon Champions: Fifteen Athletes Who Battled Back Marty Kaminsky
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane	The Chronicles of Narnia Series C.S. Lewis	Shining Season:  The True Story of John Baker William Buchanan
Black Beauty Anna Sewell	Eragon Christopher Paolini	Petticoat Spy:  Six Women Spies of the Civil War Peggy Caravantes
The Black Stallion Series Walter Farley	The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives Jeanette Farrell
National Velvet Enid Bagnold	Tangerine Edward Bloor	Escape!  The Story of the Great Houdini Sid Fleischman
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls	Chicken Boy Francis O’Roark Dowell	Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves Dennis Brindell Fradin
The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	Princess Academy Shannon Hale	Children of the Great Depression Russell Freedman
Old Yeller Fred Gipson	Jackie’s Wild Seattle Will Hobbs	Isaac Newton Kathleen Krull
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	Frindle Andrew Clement	The Story of My Life Helen Keller
The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White	The Anybodies N.E. Bode	Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Gary Paulsen
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder	Code Orange Caroline B. Cooney	Cowboys and Longhorns Jerry Stanley
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain	Under the Same Sky Cynthia DeFelice	It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! Wild and Wacky Food From Around the World and Throughout History James Solheim
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain	Gossamer Lois Lowry	Mistakes that Worked Charlotte Jones
Lord of the Rings Series J.R.R. Tolkien	Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick
Heidi Jonathan Spyri	The Ravenmaster’s Secret Elvira Woodruff
Anne of Green Gables Series L.M. Montgomery	Double Dutch Sharon Draper
The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Rosemary Sutcliffe	Flush Carl Hiaasen
	The Young Man and the Sea Rodman Philbrick
	The Unseen Zilpha Keatley Synder
	Storm Warriors Elisa Carbone
	Ruby Holler Sharon Creech
	Wild Man Island Will Hobbs
	No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
	The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman