All together now

BY DEENA VIVIANI

It may still be spring, but your Monroe County Library System librarians are already thinking about summer. Summer reading, that is! Head to your local library this June to find out how you can participate in a Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is “All Together Now,” and libraries will feature books and programs about unity, family, and community. To get a head start, check out some of these titles below!

PICTURE BOOKS & EARLY READERS All Are Neighbors

Written by Alexandra Penfold & Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman Knopf, 2022, hardcover, $18.99

Ages 3–6

A neighborhood full of diversity welcomes a new family to the area through upbeat rhyming text.

Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome

Written by Kat Zhang & Illustrated by Charlene Chua Simon & Schuster, 2022, hardcover, $18.99

Ages 4–8

Amy finds a way to help the new boy at school feel comfortable with a little help from her grandma—and delicious food!

Team Up: El Toro & Friends

Ages 4–8

Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country

Written by Kelly Yang & Illustrated by various artists Dial, 2022, hardcover, $18.99

A poetic story with brief biographies of eighteen Asian Americans who helped make America what it is today.

Sam’s Super Seats

Written by Keah Brown & Illustrated by Sharee Miller Kokila, 2022, hardcover, $17 99

Ages 6–8

Sam, who has cerebral palsy, goes clothes shopping with her best friends to start off the new school year in style.

MIDDLE GRADE Play Like a Girl

Small Town Pride

By Phil Stamper HarperCollins, 2022, hardcover, $16.49

Ages 10–12

Jake takes on the challenge of organizing his town’s first pride festival with the help of friends and unlikely allies.

Sweet and Sour

By Debbie Michiko Florence

Scholastic, 2022, hardcover, $17.99

Ages 10–12

Two summers ago, Mai’s best friend Zach did something unforgivable—now she plots her revenge.

This Is Not a Drill

By K. A. Holt

Scholastic, 2022, hardcover, $17.99

Ages 10–12

By

Raúl

the Third Versify, 2022, hardcover, $9.99

Ages 4–8

When they were small, El Toro and his friends learned to work as a team to master their unique luchadores skills.

Written by Misty Wilson & Illustrated by David Wilson Balzer & Bray, 2022, paperback, $12.99

Ages 8–12

A graphic novel–style memoir about a determined girl who proves she is strong enough to join the boys’ football team.

Ava is stuck in the school bathroom during a real lockdown until her classmates help guide her to safety.

Two Degrees

By Alan Gratz

Scholastic, 2022, hardcover, $17.99

Ages 1–14

Three natural disasters befall North America at the same time, connecting four kids who try to help future generations avoid their same life-threatening experiences.

YOUNG ADULT

Briarcliff Prep

By Brianna Peppins

Disney Hyperion, 2022, hardcover, $17.99

Ages 12–18

Avi makes new friends—and learns a secret about her sister’s boyfriend— during her freshman year at boarding school.

The Getaway

By Lamar Giles

Scholastic, 2022, hardcover, $19.99

Ages 12–18

Jay, his family, and their friends are employees and residents of a luxury theme park, where people go to escape the problems of the world…until a new danger finds them there.

No One is Alone

By Rachel Vincent Bloomsbury,

2022, hardcover, $17.99

Ages 14–18

After her mother dies, Michaela learns that she has three half-siblings who she must live with while starting at a new school and confronting her grief.

A Scatter of Light

By Malinda Lo Dutton, 2022,

hardcover, $18.99

Ages 14–18

Aria spends the summer before college in California with her grandmother, meeting new people in the queer community and rediscovering herself.

What’s Coming to Me

Francesca Padilla Soho

By

Teen, 2022, hardcover, $18.99

Ages 14–18

An ice cream stand robbery may actually help Minerva keep her life and finances afloat—or it may cause her more danger.

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