A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story The Contender A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning The Lemonade War The Mouse and the Motorcycle The Contender Tangerine
The Lemonade War Red Queen Graceling The Mouse and the Motorcycle Bridge to Terabithia The Lemonade War The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Bridge to Terabithia Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Tangerine
One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Red Queen Graceling

Kids' Summer Classics Checklist, from Harper

Kids' Summer Classics Checklist, from Harper

By HarperCollins Children's Books
The Mouse and the Motorcycle

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary and Jacqueline Rogers

$9.99 $9.29

Experience Beverly Cleary's Newbery Medal-winning adventure, featuring Ralph, a young mouse plunged into a thrilling world when a boy and his toy motorcycle arrive at Mountain View Inn.

The Lemonade War

The Lemonade War

Jacqueline Davies

$9.99 $9.29

A clever mix of humor, math, and business as brother and sister, Evan and Jessie, engage in a lemonade-selling war during the last five days of summer vacation.

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park

$9.99 $9.29

A powerful tale of hope and perseverance by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park, A Long Walk to Water intertwines the stories of two Sudanese children overcoming unimaginable dangers for better lives.

Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

Lois Lowry

$9.99 $9.29

Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning novel vividly portrays how Annemarie Johansen's family heroically conceals her Jewish friend during German occupation. A timeless lesson on courage and human decency during terrifying times.

One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Rita Williams-Garcia

$9.99 $9.29

A moving, humorous and award-winning novel that follows three sisters travelling to meet their estranged mother in 1968 Oakland. Perfect for summer reading and family road trips.

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning

Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist

$9.99 $9.29

An exquisitely dark comedy that is literary, irreverent, and hilarious. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.

Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson and Donna Diamond

$9.99 $9.29

In this Newbery Medal winner, Jess befriends new girl Leslie , and together they invent an enchanted land, Terabithia. But when tragedy strikes, Jess must deal with the aftermath alone.

Tangerine

Tangerine

Edward Bloor

$9.99 $9.29

Paul Fisher, a bespectacled alien look-alike, unravels the eccentricities of his new home, Tangerine, Florida, with the help of his soccer team, uncovering deep family secrets along the way.

The Contender

The Contender

Robert Lipsyte

$9.99 $9.29

Celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte's acclaimed novel, The Contender, chronicles a young Harlem boxer's path from hardship to hope, teaching that before becoming a champion, you have to be a contender.

Graceling

Graceling

Kristin Cashore

$16.99 $15.80

Graceling is a thrilling action-packed fantasy adventure, telling the story of Katsa, her deadly grace, an unexpected friendship, and a secret that could destroy seven kingdoms.

Red Queen

Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard

$15.99 $14.87

In this sweeping fantasy, Mare, a commoner, is thrown into a world of royal intrigue and superhuman abilities. Forced to masquerade as a lost princess, she risks everything for rebellion.