YA Books Set in the Summer
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compiled by Cathy Belben (CBelben@be.wednet.edu), Burlington-Edison High
School, Washington
from suggestions made by contributors to YALSA-BK, May 2000


I didn't include those that are out of print (if I knew or was told that
they were o.o.p.) Thanks for the ideas!

Angell, Judie. Leave the Cooking to Me.
Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road.
Bear, Greg. Dinosaur Summer.
Berry, Liz.  The China Garden.
Blume, Judy. Summer Sisters.
Bradbury, Ray. Dandelion Wine.
Brooks, Martha. Two Moons in August.
Bunting, Eve. Blackwater.
Cole, Brock. The Goats.
Conford, Ellen. Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood.
Cormier, Robert.  Frenchtown Summer.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons.
Danziger, Paula. Remember Me to Harold Square.
Danziger, Paula. There's a Bat in Bunk Five.
Dessen, Sarah. Keeping the Moon.
Dessen, Sarah. That Summer.
Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Duncan, Lois. Summer of Fear.
Freisen, Gail. Janey's Girl.
Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier.
Hite, Sid. Dither Farm.
Holt, Kimberly.  When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Howe, James. The Watcher.
Johnston, Julie. Hero of Lesser Causes.
Kerr, M.E. Gentlehands.
Klueger, Steve. Last Days of Summer.
Koertge, Ron.  Arizona Kid.
Korman, Gordan. Losing Joe's Place.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.
Levitin, Sonia. The Singing Mountain.
Lipsyte, Robert. One Fat Summer.
Little, Jean. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird.
Lowry, Lois. A Summer to Die.
Lynch, Chris. Slot Machine.
McCullers, Carson. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Napoli, Donna Jo. For the Love of Venice.
O'Neal, Zibby. In Summer Light.
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me.
Pearson, Kit. Handful of Time.
Pearson, Kit. Looking at the Moon.
Peck, Richard. Those Summer Girls I Never Met.
Powell, Randy.  Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star.
Roberts, Willo Davis. Twisted Summer.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig.
Sleator, William. Singularity.
Thomas, Rob. Green Thumb.
Weaver, Will. Farm Team.
Weaver, Will. Hard Ball.
Weaver, Will. Striking Out.
Yolen, Jane, and Bruce Coville. Armageddon Summer.