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Summer is not over yet!

School may be starting again, but if you're like me you're holding on to the high temperatures and beach days because you know it won't be long until the autumn leaves fall and your nights are full of endless homework. So grab your sunglasses and iced coffee and get outside with some of my favorite books that take place during the summer!

Greenwich Library

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  • Sarah Dessen novels and summer go hand in hand. Dessen creates dramatic summers filled with romance and tragedy like no other. Try this book or any of her others to see what I mean.
    BookNew York : Viking, 2009. — YA FICTION DESSE...S
  • This takes place in the summer of 1987! Friendship grows into stronger feelings and relationships are tested. Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award in 2013.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. — YA FICTION SAENZ...B
  • Working on a golf course isn't the worst summer job, especially when Jock gets to spend that time with his grandfather. This story is both touching and humorous.
    BookNew York : HarperTeen, 2008. — YA FICTION LYNCH...C
  • The Haters

    a Book About Being in a Band

    Andrews, Jesse,
    Shortly after Wes and Corey arrive at jazz camp they meet Ash, and it's then when summer really gets interesting. They all decide to escape the boredom and monotony of the camp and head out on the road as a band intent on playing at any…
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, 2016. — YA FICTION ANDRE...J
  • I would read anything Naylor writes. Just give it a shot...trust me.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. — YA FICTION NAYLO...P
  • Road trips and summertime are practically synonymous. Read this one to enjoy all the adventure and life-changing moments these epic trips can bring!
    BookNew York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015. — YA FICTION KONIG...B
  • The first in a trilogy, you won't want to put this one down.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2022. — YA FICTION HAN...J
  • Matt and his two best friends are girl crazy. This is made especially evident by Matt's summer goal of trying to channel his inner Michael Phelps to master the 100 yard butterfly...all for the sake of his crush, who happens to be on the…
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009. — YA FICTION CALAM...D
  • If you're looking for a graphic novel that perfectly recreates summertime...look no further, this is it.
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2014. — YA GRAPHIC TAMAK...M
  • Do you have a destination you visit every summer? Now imagine you visited again, but every memory from your last summer is gone without a trace. Cadence tries to put together the missing pieces, but the story might not be quite what it…
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2014] — YA FICTION LOCKH...E