Summer Reading
Summer Reading Resources
Fulton County Schools provides the following resource suggestions to encourage our students to continue reading during their summer vacation. We strive to provide various resources for all students and partner with companies who graciously donate free simultaneous use e-books and audiobooks to broaden the scope and selections for this endeavor.
All books shown are optional reading and are not part of a class assignment. Parents are welcome and encouraged to preview books before giving them to their children to read in order to determine whether the book is the right fit for their child.
THE FOLLOWING DIGITAL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS CLASSLINK PLATFORM
TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY
TumbleBook Library is a curated database with over 1,100 titles for grades K-5, and includes unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, nonfiction books and videos, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features graphic novels – a student favorite!
How to access:
- Sign into ClassLink using your student ID and Password.
- Click on the "e-Library icon.
- Click on "Tumblebooks"
SORA
Sora is an award-winning digital reading app that empowers 3rd -12th grade students to discover age-appropriate ebooks, audiobooks and more from their school library. Backed by the largest, most diverse catalog of digital books available to schools, Sora provides students and educators unified access to curriculum titles, leisure reading, and professional development materials.
How to access:
- Sign into ClassLink using your student ID and Password.
- Click on the "e-Library" icon.
- Click on the "SORA" icon.
- Search for "Fulton County School District"
- When prompted, click on "Fulton County Students"
SORA SWEET READS
May 18th – August 24th
Join us this summer with OverDrive’s annual reading program available on the SORA digital library platform. Sora Sweet Reads is designed for schools in the United States and Canada to encourage students to keep reading all year long. Overdrive is offering a collection of free, simultaneous-use ebooks (and select audiobooks) that span grades K-12. These titles will be available and prominently displayed in Sora so it’s easy for students to find their next sweet read.
Click here for SORA’s announcement of the program and the list of books available : Sora Sweet Reads – OverDrive Resource Center
BEANSTACK SUMMER READING CHALLENGE
From June 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026, Fulton County Schools will participate in the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge sponsored by Beanstack. We challenge our students to read as many books as they can during the challenge and keep track of their reading on our Beanstack site located on ClassLink.
How to access:
- Sign into ClassLink using your student ID and Password.
- Click on the "e-Library icon.
- Click on "Beanstack"
We're competing against schools and libraries across the nation for a chance to win prizes from Beanstack.
Beanstack will determine the winners based on multiple factors, including:
- Active participation: Percent of those enrolled who participate and general active participation throughout the challenge (depth of participation).
- Absolute numbers: Total minutes and/or books logged in relation to total participants.
- Community sharing: We appreciate you spreading the love of reading with your school community—virtually and at school or the library!
Share Your Reading on Social Media
Use hashtags #JoyfulReading #SummerRead2026 and tag Beanstack for a boost:
- Facebook: facebook.com/zoobean
- Instagram: @zoobean
- X (Twitter): @zoobeanreads
Summer Picture Book Suggestions
I Am Not Your Hat! - Lisa Bentley
Publisher’s Summary: Bert and Dot are the best of friends. Bert is a very large bird, and Dot is a very small one. Bert loves to talk, and Dot loves to listen. Dot also accepts Bert for who he is—even covering up his big secret by staying perched on his head.
But when some other birds mistake Dot for Bert’s hat, Bert goes along with it, accepting the compliments, and enjoying the attention. Finally, Dot gets fed up and flies away. Now with his secret out and his best friend gone, Bert must find a way to make things right with Dot…and learn how to stay true to himself.
Buffalo Fluffalo - Bess Kalb
Publisher’s Summary: Buffalo Fluffalo tries to appear bigger and tougher than the other animals, even though they just want to be his friends. He goes off grumbling but is shocked when a rainstorm pours down on his fluff and reveals him to be a much smaller animal. Buffalo Fluffalo is embarrassed, but the other animals comfort him and reassure him they like him no matter his size.
Don’t Trust Fish - Neil Sharpson
Publisher’s Summary: Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish?
1) They spend all their time in the water where we can’t see them. 2) Some are as big as a bus—that is not okay.
3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools." 4) They are likely plotting our doom.
This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails exploration of the seemingly innocent animals that live in the water.
GO and GET with REX - David LaRochelle
Publisher’s Summary: Jack, Jill, and Rex are excited to play a game of Go and Get! The rules are simple: on the count of three, each player must go and get something that begins with a certain letter. While Jack’s and Jill’s picks always fit the bill (What starts with F? Frog! Fish!), Rex keeps getting it wrong (a duck?)—or does he?
The Blue Velvet Chair - Rio Cortez
Publisher’s Summary: In the morning, a young child opens her eyes, and, after one biiiiig streeeeetch, heads straight for her favorite place in the house: the blue velvet chair. Perched from the chair set by the living room window, the child daydreams about each season of the year and the changes that come with them. A now-snowy roof was once pelted by the slick rain of spring showers. Icy windows will once again transform into conveyors of sunshine and warmth against her skin.
And just as the seasons change, the child will continue to change too. But one thing will always remain the same: the coziness of the blue velvet chair.
Broken - X. Fang
Publisher’s Summary: When Mei Mei accidentally breaks her ama's favorite cup, she's convinced it's the end of the world. What if Ama is angry? What if she yells? What if she kicks Mei Mei out of her house? Mei Mei can't face it. But when Mimi, the innocent cat who witnesses her crime, ends up being blamed, the guilt is too much! Mimi's accusing eyes follow Mei Mei until she just can't take it anymore, and the truth comes spilling out.
I Hear The Snow, I Smell The Sea - Janice Milusich
Publisher’s Summary: A young girl who is blind describes the sounds, smells, and feel of each season of the year, from a cold breeze stinging her cheeks in the winter, to the smell of hyacinths in the spring, to the feel of sand on her toes in the summer, to the skitter-skoot sound of a squirrel in autumn.
Fireworks - Matthew Burgess
Publisher’s Summary: When two children wake on a hot day to celebrate Independence Day, they partake in a host of traditions from a parade, to icy watermelon, to dancing to music. When darkness falls, the anticipation grows for the fireworks show--and it does not disappoint--as pops and booms fill the sky with sparkling light before the tired children return home to sleep.
Bats Beneath The Bridge - Janet Nolan
Publisher’s Summary: More than one million bats nest under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, and fill the sky every evening from spring to fall.
Discover how the people of Austin, Texas, stopped being afraid of the more than one million bats nesting under the Congress Avenue Bridge and, instead, welcomed them. This true story includes a foreword by bat biologist Dr. Merlin Tuttle, who came to Austin to advocate for the colony by educating residents about the ways in which bats are good for the environment, and for humans too. Now, tourists from all over the world come to Austin to watch the Brazilian free-tail bats fill the sky every evening in early spring.
Fox and the Mystery Letter - Alex G. Griffiths
Publisher’s Summary: In the dense forest, in a lonely cottage, there lives Fox. Fox is perfectly happy all by himself—until one day, a letter arrives: "Dear Fox: I know how much you enjoy puzzles. I bet you can’t resist this one . . . Head to the forest path to begin your journey. From an old friend."
Fox doesn't need any mysterious puzzles, adventures, or memories of his old . . . But he stops himself from finishing the thought. Still, it can't hurt to look at the first clue. Of course, one clue leads to the next: Fox follows arrows in the mud, notes taped to trees, swirling smoke signals, a map from a bottle, and gifts from fellow animals—on the trail of a friendship that once was.
Elementary Chapter Book Suggestions
Into The Rapids - Ann Braden
Publisher’s Summary: After a super-storm hits Addy's remote mountain town in rural Vermont, the residents are cut off from the main road, and Addy worries that she won't be able to get to the survival camp she's been looking forward to because it's the place where her parents met. But her mom's depression worsens as she's overcome by memories of Addy's dad dying in a similar storm, and while she and her mom have been a team for so long, Addy soon realizes that they've become isolated as they never befriended any of their neighbors. With the support of her classmate Caleb, Addy discovers the power of community and the courage to seek help when needed, and he comes up with a plan to get Addy to survival camp, no matter what.
Opal Watson: Private Eye - Brittany Thurman
Publisher’s Summary: Returning to Chicago after spending the summer with her grandmother in New Orleans, amateur detective Opal Watson discovers renovations happening at her family's Chicago apartment building and strange, unexplained events. Determined to get to the bottom of what's going on, Opal begins her investigation and learns her building is being targeted for redevelopment and the renovations are only the beginning of possible changes for her family and community.
Where Only Storms Grow: A Novel about the Dust Bowl - Alyssa Colman
Publisher’s Summary: In 1935 Oklahoma, twins Joanna and Howe Stanton help their mother and older brother care for their family farm while their father searches for work in the West. Oklahoma is in a four-year-long drought and dust storms prevent anything from growing. During Black Sunday, one of the most dangerous storms in American history, the twins must work together to survive. Despite the scoliosis that causes Joanna Stanton near-constant pain, she isn’t ready to give up like her brother. But when Daddy leaves the family behind to find work in California, saving the farm from ruin falls on Howe’s unwilling and Joanna’s uneven shoulders.
Monster Locker - Jorge Aguirre
Publisher’s Summary: Pablo Ortiz is starting the sixth grade having come off a very embarrassing incident at summer camp which caused a rift between him and his best friend. Assigned a locker in the school's basement, Pablo opens it to discover a monster named Obie the Evil who tricks him into opening a portal that lets loose the vengeful goddess Coatlicue, who is angered at humans' treatment of Earth. When her anger spreads to the wider Columbus, Ohio community, Pablo seeks advice from his strong-willed abuela and sets out to tame the goddess with help from new offbeat-but-loyal friends.
The Danger Files: Real Life Disasters - Anna Crowley Redding
Publisher’s Summary: Nonfiction: Presents first-person accounts, science facts, and clues about five infamous disasters in history: the 1871 Chicago fire, the sinking of the "Titanic," the 1918 flu pandemic, the crash of the "Hindenburg," and the Boston molasses flood. Asks readers to investigate the information, draw conclusions about what caused the disasters, and determine what could have prevented them.
Out of the Valley of Horses - Wendy Orr
Publisher’s Summary: The valley of horses is the only true place Honey remembers since her family stumbled upon it in their converted ice cream truck while escaping from the rest of the world, and the illnesses that was spreading there. Honey’s parents, her brother Rumi, and her NanNan become self-sufficient, living off the land and sharing the valley with mystical horses who seem to have a wisdom of their own. But there is a magic in the valley that prevents Honey and her family from ever leaving. When Honey suspects her father has become ill, Honey knows she must find a way to escape the valley to find help from a world she only knows about through stories.
The AI Incident - J. E. Thomas
Publisher’s Summary: Twelve-year-old foster kid Malcolm Montgomery is a new student at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. He's trying hard to get adopted by a forever family before his thirteenth birthday. The school brings in an AI-powered robot named FRANCIS to teach the students and raise their test scores. It claims it can help Malcolm get adopted with Malcolm's laptop and soon the robot goes rogue. Now Malcolm must battle the robot before it jeopardizes his adoption plan.
Popcorn - Rob Harrell
Publisher’s Summary: Seventh grader Andrew is trying to keep his anxiety and OCD in check on picture day at his school, but one thing after another seems to heighten his angst, including a basketball to the face in gym class and news that his grandmother with Alzheimer's is missing. As his anxiety builds and threatens to pop into a full-blown panic attack, he finds some key allies in teachers and friends and learns tools that will help him cope.
Shiny Misfits - Maysoon Zayid
Publisher’s Summary: Dancing enthusiast Bay Ann Musa is determined to be famous and sets her sights on her school's Halloween Idol show, where she has a tap dancing routine. But even though she wins the competition, her moment in the spotlight is cut short when her crush, Aylee Maq, causes her to lose her balance and he catches her--a moment that wins him fame when it goes viral. Bay Ann is furious that he's seen as a hero and she's seen as simply a person with cerebral palsy who needs rescuing, and she sets out to win back the fame she thinks she rightly deserves. However, her zeal causes her to lose sight of her friendships and what matters most.
Teddy vs. The Fuzzy Doom - Braden Hallett
Publisher’s Summary: Anxious Teddy Tyler-Meier starts at a new school in the Canadian small town of Ravensbarrow, hoping for a fresh start after an embarrassing puking incident left him with a tortured nickname. Unfortunately, things aren't much better: his new school is located in the middle of a creepy pine forest, students and teachers walk around like zombies, and there are hamsters running around everywhere. After befriending a group of misfits, Teddy learns the hamsters are evil and are responsible for the zombies in their school, so together they launch a plan to stop them.
Middle School Book Suggestions
Blood in the Water - Tiffany D. Jackson
Publisher’s Summary: Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a fish out of water. She's spending the summer with family friends in their huge house on Martha's Vineyard, and the vibe is definitely snooty. Still, there are beautiful beaches, lots of ice cream, and a town full of fascinating Black history. Plus a few kids her age who seem friendly.
Until the shocking death of a popular teenage boy rocks the community to its core. Was it a drowning? A shark attack? Or the unthinkable--murder?
Kaylani is determined to solve the mystery. But her investigation leads her to uncover shocking secrets that could change her own life as she knows it... if she survives.
So Over Sharing - Elissa Brent Weissman
Publisher’s Summary: Quiet, introverted Hadley and rough-around-the-edges Willow have on big thing in common: Both their moms gained a huge online following sharing every detail of their lives. Hadley's mom loves to share all the terrible, down-and-dirty bits about raising kids, while Willow's mom basks in the glow of "perfect" motherhood. In case having her entire childhood shared online (including an ancient viral potty-training video) isn't enough,
As the two girls build a friendship on a private Instagram page and share the pains of having a momfluencer, they come up against the same question: What if they're no longer content to be in their mothers' content?
A World Without Summer - Nicolas Day
Publisher’s Summary: Provides a nonfiction narrative account of events that took place in the years following the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. Explores the cataclysmic eruption--the biggest one in recorded history--and how it wreaked havoc upon the island and its surroundings and caused a rapid global climate change. Crop failures around the world led to famine and political unrest in many areas. Among the artists and writers documenting the time was writer Mary Shelley, who wrote the novel "Frankenstein" as a metaphor for the troubled times she lived in.
All The Blues in the Sky - Renee Watson
Publisher’s Summary: Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. And even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life―and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.
Oasis - Guojing
Publisher’s Summary: In this graphic novel story, young siblings JieJie and DiDi live alone in a barren landscape outside the walls of Oasis City, where their mother works tirelessly in an underground factory to earn their admission. She calls them once a day on an abandoned pay phone to check in and sees them each year at the annual moon festival. When their mother doesn't make the call one day, the pair make an unexpected journey to a junkyard, where they discover an abandoned robot. After activating its motherboard, the siblings gain a pseudo mother figure who makes their lives better and even gives their real mother new hope upon her visit.
Aku: Journey to Ibra - Micah Johnson
Publisher’s Summary: Aku has always dreamed of becoming an astronaut. It’s easier to picture life among the stars than deal with the bully at school—or the pain of his grandfather’s mysterious disappearance. But when a strange space helmet shows up in his basement, Aku is pulled into something far bigger than he ever imagined.
The space helmet doesn’t just look cool—it teleports him to Ibra, a distant planet under siege. There, precious Lunaberries are being stolen by a ruthless space militia, and Aku’s grandfather may be the key to stopping them. With the help of his best friends and a few unlikely allies, Aku must dream bigger than ever before, find the courage to lead, and discover that bravery isn’t about having no fear—it’s about rising above it.
The Scott Fenwick Diaries - Kristin Nilsen
Publisher’s Summary: Is Millie ready to graduate from posters on the wall to a living, breathing boy who sits next to her in Social Studies? By herself, absolutely not. But with a little help from her friends—maybe! Feeling comically unprepared for this next phase of middle school, Millie calls on an adorkable cast of characters for instructions and support: Shauna, her wise bestie who uses her Magic 8 Ball for advice; her two cranky grandmas, who call cute boys “foxes”; Pringles, her beloved bulldog; and her bunny-loving neighbor, Tibbs, who dedicates herself to getting Millie an invite to the bar mitzvah of her dreams. But when a secret game of Truth or Dare at the bar mitzvah leads to her ultimate fantasy—Millie and Scott swaying together on the dance floor—the moment is ruined in humiliating fashion. And Millie doubts she’ll ever be ready for real-world middle school love after all.
Amidst a whirlwind of embarrassing family shenanigans and side-splitting missteps, Millie learns to trust her own instincts, grow up on her own terms, and never, ever sacrifice her friends for a crush.
Deep Water Creek - Michael Regina
Publisher’s Summary: Wade and his younger brother Andrew decide to take one last fishing trip with their friends Camilla and Tommy before school starts, but things take a dangerous turn when a fog rolls in and Andrew is thrown overboard after catching a huge fish. Wade dives in after him, and the brothers come face-to-face with something that seems far more monster than fish. The kids try to tell the adults about what they found, but they don't listen to them, and then Andrew starts acting strangely. Soon, the brothers wonder if there's something supernatural lurking beneath the waves.
The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez - Jasminne Paulino
Publisher’s Summary: Presents a novel in verse with intermittent Spanish about neurodivergent seventh grader Alex Ramirez who dreams of joining NASA and traveling to space. However, Alex is in his grade's SC (self-contained) classroom and doing work far below his abilities. No one believes Alex can join a mainstream science class. Alex decides to do whatever it takes to convince his teachers, his parents, and his fellow classmates that he is capable of the extraordinary.
Will’s Race for Home - Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher’s Summary: Twelve-year-old Will Samuels is eager to prove himself when his sharecropper father brings home a flyer announcing the Oklahoma land rush and he begs to accompany him on the journey west to claim land they can call their own. Will's eyes are opened when the pair encounter wild animals, ruffians, and racism and meet up with a Black former Union soldier who suffers scars from the war. But every experience for Will is a step forward, towards growing up and securing a better future for himself and his family.
High School Book Suggestions
Donut Prince of New York - Allen Zandoff
Publisher’s Summary: Between his father abandoning his family, his non-existent love life, and his mother constantly badgering him about his weight, aspiring playwright Eugene Gutterman's junior year of high school isn't going great. But his world is turned upside down when he accidentally tackles the star of the high school football team in gym class and is recruited to play as an offensive lineman for the team. Eugene suddenly finds himself a part of the popular crowd, and the new girl Daisy begins to show an interest in him. As he strays farther from his old life and friends and the pressure to perform on the field begins to grow, Eugene wonders if this is really the role he is meant to be playing.
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown - Candace Fleming
Publisher’s Summary: Provides a nonfiction account of the cult known as the Peoples Temple, led by charismatic leader, Jim Jones, who later convinced hundreds of followers to commit mass suicide and ordered the murder of at least five others. The book follows Jones' early life, his ministry as a preacher, and the establishment of his church, the Peoples Temple, which was eventually moved to a settlement in Guyana known as Jonestown. It draws from survivors' accounts, transcripts, and interviews to explore his beliefs, how his views became twisted over time, and why so many people blindly followed him to their death.
Few Blue Skies - Carolina Ixta
Publisher’s Summary: Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up with her after his father’s death, a tragedy that drove Paloma and him apart. Ever since then, the mountains have felt flatter, the sky farther away.
Now, her hometown of San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories, is in danger. Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school.
This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s ever-practical Ma, want to leave.
But Paloma wants nothing more than to stay. Because when the smog clears, there is still hope. That hope drives Paloma to reconnect with Julio to expose and challenge the dangers that Selva introduces to communities like their own. Can they stop Selva from destroying everything they know? Is there still a chance for their budding romance?
Into the Sunken City - Dinesh Thiru
Publisher’s Summary: Living in the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona in the year 2532, eighteen-year-old Jin Haldar runs a struggling inn and has been caring for her younger sister Thara since their father's death in a diving accident. When drifter Bhili comes to stay, she learns of the girls' backgrounds and offers them a lucrative deal to dive for gold in the underwater Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in the drowned city of Las Vegas. Enticed by the payoff, Thara agrees and Jin follows to protect her. Teaming up with Jin's ex-boyfriend Taim and other crew members, Thara and Jin must face off against pirates, sea monsters, and Jin's own fears of submersing and never returning.
Ground Zero - Alan Gratz
September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape?
September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help Taz -- and put herself and her family in mortal danger?
Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same.
Song of a Blackbird - Maria van Lieshout
Publisher’s Summary: A dual-timeline graphic novel that follows the lives of Emma Bergsma who becomes a member of the Dutch resistance movement in 1943 Amsterdam, and teenager Annick, who learns her ailing Oma was adopted while searching for a bone marrow donor in 2011. As Annick searches for Oma's origins using a clue on a set of paintings, she gets drawn into the past and uncovers a harrowing tale of bravery, deception, and brutality.
Salt To The Sea - Ruta Sepetys
Publisher’s Summary: Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.
Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . .
Ash’s Cabin - Jen Wang
Publisher’s Summary: After the death of their grandfather, fifteen-year-old Ash feels more alone than ever. Their parents haven't fully accepted their name change, their peers don't care about the climate crisis like they do, and their parents are selling their grandfather's northern California ranch. Rather than go to Disneyland with the rest of the family for their summer vacation, Ash heads to the ranch for one last visit and secretly plots to find Grandpa's secret cabin in the woods, where they plan to stay, forever. Ash soon learns that life alone is difficult, and not at all as they imagined it, forcing them to open up to community as a way to confront their fears and anxieties about the future.
The Scammer - Tiffany D. Jackson
Publisher’s Summary: After enrolling in Frazier University, a historically Black university, Jordyn Monroe befriends her three Black roommates and begins living out her dream. She thinks nothing of agreeing to allow a roommate's brother, recently released from prison, to sleep on their couch. Handsome and charming, Devonte quickly makes friends with her and her friends, but his friendly life advice and gestures quickly turn to increasingly controlling behavior. By the time Jordyn realizes something is wrong, she's in too deep, and desperately reaches out to a fellow student to help her find a way out.
Needy Little Things - Channelle Desamours
Publisher’s Summary: Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl.
Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. When Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.
The Floating World - Axie Oh
Publisher’s Summary: Living in the Under World that lies beneath the radiant Floating World, ex-soldier Sunho remembers nothing of his life before two years ago and sets out in search of a girl who wields silver light after hearing about a large reward for the mercenary who can find her. While traveling as an acrobat with her adoptive family, Ren's world is turned upside down when their performance is interrupted by a demon attack and Ren kills the monster by releasing a blast of silver light, a power she has kept hidden since childhood. When Sunho and Ren cross paths, Sunho offers to help Ren in her quest to find a cure for her dying uncle, not knowing that she's the girl he's looking for. As their journey brings them closer together, the truth about their shared pasts will have grave consequences.
Where You See Yourself - Claire Forrest
Description: Like most of her senior peers, Euphemia "Effie" Galanos is thinking about college applications, scholarships, and her future plans after high school. Unlike her peers, however, she has to think about how she'll get around campus in a wheelchair. To that end, her mother has compiled a list of wheelchair-friendly colleges, but for Effie, none of them compare to the college of her dreams: Prospect University in New York City, which has a strong media and journalism program. It also doesn't hurt that her crush Wilder is applying there too. As the months pass by, Effie faces challenges, including learning that the Prospect campus will be difficult to navigate and how to express to Wilder how she really feels about him. Effie must decide which dreams are worth fighting for and how to be brave enough to advocate for them.