2025 School Summer Reading Lists: Odyssey Charter School Grades 6-8

Bystander by James Preller

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

A Diamond in the Desert by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Blended by Sharon M. Draper

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles; Dapo Adeola (Illustrator)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds; Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator)

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation) by Laura Hillenbrand

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution by David Sossella (Illustrator); Jonathan W. Stokes

Sophia's War by Avi

One Crazy Summer: the Graphic Novel by Rita Williams-Garcia; Sharee Miller (Illustrator)

A Wizard of Earthsea: a Graphic Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin; Fred Fordham (Illustrator)

The Night Librarian: a Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

Keeper of the Lost Cities the Graphic Novel Part 1 by Shannon Messenger; Celina Frenn (Adapted by); Gabriella Chianello (Illustrator)

39 Clues: the Maze of Bones: a Graphic Novel (39 Clues Graphic Novel #1) by Rick Riordan; Ethan Young (Adapted by, Illustrator)

Rick Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Graphic Novel by Kwame Mbalia