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Friday, July 27, 2012

Summer Reading-Are You Having Fun Yet?


According to Kidzworld.com here are the Top 10 Summer Beach Reads.  Check out their list, what do you think?  How many have you read?  Try this out...If you had to make a Top 10 Summer Beach Read list, what would it look like?  The Things You Can Read would love to know what your Top 10 Summer Beach Reads list looks like.  Take a minute and post your list below or on Kidzworld.com

Happy Summer Readiing, from your friends here at The Things You Can Read

List from Kidzworld.com

No. 10: Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter

With her entire memory of her summer gone, teenage spy Cammie Morgan and the girls at Gallagher Academy must piece together the trail of clues that Cammie left behind. Check out the Gallagher Girls book 5, Out of Sight, Out of Time.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Out of Sight, Out of Time
Courtesy of Hyperion Book CH
 

No. 9: Stunning by Sara Shepard

In Pretty Little Liars book 11, A continues to spin an evil web around best friends Emily, Aria, Hannah and Spencer as they try to forget the death of their friend Alison.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Stunning
Courtesy of HarperTeen
 

No. 8: The Selection by Kiera Class

Historical fiction meets ABC’s The Bachelor in this story of love, destiny and fierce competition. Check out The Selection by Kiera Class.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
The Selection
Courtesy of HarperTeen
 

No.7: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

In this dystopian retelling of Cinderella, Cinder - a cyborg mechanic - becomes entangled in the world of the handsome (not to mention human) Prince Kai.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Cinder
Courtesy of Feiwel
 

No. 6: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

In Pandemonium, sequel to the bestselling novel Delirium, Lena is torn between two lives: one where the late Alex is the center of her world, and another where a new boy steals her heart.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Pandemonium
Courtesy of HarperCollins
 

No. 5: The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore

Conclude your summer reading with the third installment in the teen sci-fi series The Lorien Legacies, as the members of the Garde team up to fight the evil Mogadorians.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
The Rise of Nine
Courtesy of HarperCollins
 

No. 4: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult teams up with teenager Samantha van Leer to try her hand at the world of teen fiction. Between the Lines follows Delilah, a teenage loner, and Oliver, a prince trapped within the pages of a fairy tale.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Between the Lines
Courtesy of Emily Bestler Books
 

No. 3: The Kill Order by James Dashner

Haven’t had enough of The Maze Runner trilogy? Well, the most anticipated prequel of the year arrives just in time to end your summer right. Discover how the sun flares hit the earth and how mankind fell to disease.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
The Kill Order
Courtesy of Delacorte Press
 

No. 2: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Check out Insurgent, the anticipated sequel to the bestselling dystopian novel Divergent, as Tris Prior finds herself in the heat of the Faction war.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
Insurgent
Courtesy of HarperCollins
 

No. 1: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Closing out our number one spot is book 5 in the beloved Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls. But if you haven’t read the rest of the series, we recommend you start with book 1: City of Bones.
Top 10 Summer Beach Reads
City of Lost Souls


2 comments:

  1. Great titles! Cinder especially.

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  2. Great Titles! I've read some of it =)
    I'm your new follower!
    Thanks for following my blog!

    -Sharissa
    http://sha-reviews.blogspot.nl/

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