School may be out soon, but that doesn’t mean that your tweens should stop reading for the summer. Make sure to send them off on vacation with a few titles in mind. For starters, give them a booklist, like this one prepared by New York Public Library. There’s something below for everyone, from time-travel fans to horse lovers.
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CHAMBERS, Aidan. Dying to Know You.276p. Abrams/Amulet. 2012. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-4197-0165-8.
Gr 9 Up–Quiet, good-looking, and sensitive, 18-year-old Karl Williamson has a secret. He’s dyslexic and much better with his hands than with words. When Fiorella, his new love interest, insists he open up to her in writing, he seeks help from a prominent local author. There are shades of Cyrano de Bergerac, but this is not a retelling of the classic. Karl’s ghostwriter [...]
