Summer Reading 2024 (Polson)

Books in LION for Polson Middle School students' summer reading

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Book cover for "Baseball genius"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump"--
Book cover for "Charlie Thorne and the last equation"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.--
Book cover for "City spies"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Sara Martinez is facing years in the juvenile detention system for hacking into the foster care computer system to prove that her foster parents are crooks. But then she gets a second chance when a mysterious man offers her a chance to join a group of MI6 affiliated spies"--
Book cover for "The crossover"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"A bolt of lightning on my kicks ... The court is sizzling. My sweat is drizzling. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps basketball phenom Josh Bell. Thanks to his dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court, with crossovers that make even the toughest ballers cry. But Josh has more than hoops in his blood. He's got a river of rhymes flowing through him - a sick flow that helps him find his rhythm when everything's...
Book cover for "Hatchet"
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
Book cover for "Refugee"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.

7. Scythe

Book cover for "Scythe"
Star rating for Scythe
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
Book cover for "Small spaces"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive.
Book cover for "Spy school"
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4.6 stars
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Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
Book cover for "Starfish"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--