"A room without books is like a body without a soul." -Cicero
With summer in full swing, here's a list of this summer's must readers:
1. 'Wonder' - Raquel J. Palacio
Follow the journey of August Pulman as he enters the world of middle school while dealing with his craniofacial abnormality.
2. 'We Were Lairs' - E. Lockhart
Cadence Sinclair was in an accident and she can't remember. The four "liars" come together to help her remember the incident.
3. 'Kite Runner' - Khaled Hosseini
Follow the journey of Amir who is surviving amongst the fall of the Afghanistan's government.
4. 'A Time to Kill' - John Grisham
Justice. Justice is viewed differently based on different people and how far people are willing to go for justice.
5. 'The Same Sweet Girls' - Cassandra King
Southern literature at its finest. "The Same Sweet Girls" are a group of life-long southern friends, but their lives are not as perfect or simple as they seem.
6. 'The Clearing' - Heather Davis
Two teenagers living decades apart and a mysterious clearing come together to form a romance.
7. 'Out of the Night that Covers Me' - Pat Cunningham Devoto
It's a hard life for an orphan in the 1950s living in rural Alabama.
8. 'The Leavers' - Lisa Ko
When eleven-year-old Deming's undocumented Chinese mother disappears without a trace he is left all alone.
9. 'Mockingbird' - Kathryn Erskine
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, learns the meaning of closure and how to show empathy when her brother is killed in a school shooting.
10. 'My Absolute Darling' - Gabriel Tallent
At fourteen, Turtle Alveston roams the woods in northern California to escape her isolated life with her father.
