Binge Worthy Series & Old Favorites: NPS Middle School Summer Reading

Bloom (The Overthrow #1) By Kenneth Oppel Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781524773038
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Published: Yearling - May 4th, 2021

"The perfect book right now for young readers searching for hope, strength, inspiration — and just a little horticultural havoc."—New York Times
 
The first book in a can't-put-it-down, can't-read-it-fast-enough action-thriller trilogy that's part Hatchet, part Alien!


Hatch (The Overthrow #2) By Kenneth Oppel Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781984894793
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Published: Yearling - September 14th, 2021

The aliens are starting to hatch! Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into the non-stop action of this second book in the Overthrow trilogy.

First the rain brought seeds. Seeds that grew into alien plants that burrowed and strangled and fed.


Thrive (The Overthrow #3) By Kenneth Oppel Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781984894830
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Published: Yearling - May 3rd, 2022

The. Aliens. Are. Here. The heart-pounding conclusion to The Overthrow trilogy that began with Bloom and Hatch.


The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner (Giver Quartet #1) By Lois Lowry Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780544336261
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Published: Clarion Books - July 1st, 2014

In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.


Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) By Kelly Yang Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781338157826
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 25th, 2019

Four starred reviews and over ten best-of-year lists!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Winner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Children's Literature!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMia Tang has a lot of secre


Three Keys (Front Desk #2) By Kelly Yang Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781338591392
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 21st, 2021

The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk.

Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever.She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere w


Room to Dream (Front Desk #3) By Kelly Yang Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781338621136
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Published: Scholastic Press - May 2nd, 2023

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story of Mia and friends!

Mia Tang is going for her dreams!

After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family -- to China! A total dream come true! Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen.


Key Player (Front Desk #4) By Kelly Yang Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338776256
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 6th, 2022

Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang!

Mia Tang is play to win!

The Women’s World Cup is coming to Southern California, and everyone has soccer fever—especially Mia Tang! The U.S. team is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together.


Last Gate of the Emperor By Kwame Mbalia, Prince Joel Makonnen Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781338665901
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Published: Scholastic Inc. - June 7th, 2022

From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.

Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family...


Ghost (Track #1) By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781481450164
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read


Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott King - John


Patina (Track #2) By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781481450195
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 23rd, 2018

A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny.


Sunny (Track #3) By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781481450218
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - April 10th, 2018

Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash.


Lu (Track #4) By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781481450256
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 8th, 2019

“Pure gold.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“The perfect anchor leg for a well-run literary relay.” —Kirkus Reviews

Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynold


Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles By Marissa Meyer Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250768889
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Published: Square Fish - February 4th, 2020

The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.


Scarlet: Book Two of the Lunar Chronicles By Marissa Meyer Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250768896
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Published: Square Fish - February 4th, 2020

The second book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today- Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! Our cyborg heroine teams up with two new characters, Scarlet and Wolf, to defend Earth against a wicked space queen.


Cress: Book Three of the Lunar Chronicles By Marissa Meyer Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250768902
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Published: Square Fish - February 4th, 2020

The third book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! The evil space queen gives an imprisoned hacker orders to track down our cyborg heroine and her team of reimagined fairytale characters. Can the Rapunzel-like hacker break free and help them instead?


Winter: Book Four of the Lunar Chronicles By Marissa Meyer Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250768926
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Published: Square Fish - February 4th, 2020

The final book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! As the story draws to a close, our team of fairytale heroines must join forces with wicked Levana's own stepdaughter to stop the evil space queen once and for all—or lose everything.


Code Name Verity (Anniversary Edition) By Elizabeth Wein Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9780316426312
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 10th, 2022

Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, Stateless

The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times) "heart-in-your mouth adventure" (Washington Post), that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson) -- now with a new bonus chapter.
 


Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250076960
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Published: Square Fish - February 6th, 2018

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

Meet Kaz Brekker and his crew: Jesper, Inej, Wylan, and the star-crossed Nina and Matthias, on the heist of a lifetime in Six of Crows from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.


Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250076977
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Published: Square Fish - September 4th, 2018

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

Discover what comes next for Kaz, Jesper, Inej, and Wylan in Crooked Kingdom, the spectacular sequel to Six of Crows.

When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.


Every Day By David Levithan Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780307931894
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Published: Ember - September 10th, 2013

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by Booklist • Kirkus Reviews


Impostors (Special $4.99 Edition) By Scott Westerfeld Cover Image
$4.99
Out of stock at the moment; would not arrive before the holidays.
ISBN: 9781338580891
Published: Scholastic Press - April 30th, 2019

The spellbinding, New York Times bestselling series-starter, now $4.99 for a limited time only.

Frey and Rafi are inseparable . . . two edges of the same knife. But Frey's very existence is a secret.Frey is Rafi's twin sister-and her body double. Their powerful father has many enemies, and the world has grown dangerous as the old order falls apart.


Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) By Neal Shusterman Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9781442472433
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - November 28th, 2017

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has eve


The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781416968290
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - April 6th, 2010

Now an Original Series on Prime Video!

Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.


Some summers are just destined to be pretty.