Summer is a time  of  seeing new places, new people and finding out new things about oneself. Here are some more middle grade summer tales.  Please check out these titles and others at your local library. Happy Summer Reading!!!

• Truth or Dare by Barbara Dee

Lies told during a game of truth-or-dare brings trouble to a girl when she returns home at  the  end of summer.

• My Summer of Pink & Green by Lisa Greenwald

A drama filled summer that does not go according to plan. A sequel to My life in pink & green.

• A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord

Two girls become friends through  their love of dogs, but the prejudices surrounding them threatens their friendship.

• Click Here To Start by Denis Markell

A young boy inherits an apartment that is like a video game and must solve puzzles to get the treasure at the end.

• Boys Rock! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Old enemies must put their differences and work together to publish a newspaper.

• A Year  Down Yonder by Richard Peck

Set in the 1930’s a young girl has to spend the summer with her eccentric grandmother, but learns to understand and admire her grandmother.

• Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhondes

A young girl visits her grandmother in the south and realizes that she is the only relative that has inherited the family magical legacy.

• Bittersweet Summer by Anne Warren Smith

An emotional summer in which two siblings have to deal with the possibility of moving and a  visit from their country singer mother.

• Knock About With The Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta Spalding

The saga of the Fitzgerald-Trouts continued  with this installment having them saved their island from their father Johnny trout.