Middle Grade Fiction set during summer vacation
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
- Pub Date: 2012
- Grades 6-8 interest
- See also in Children's: Military
- See also in Teen: Grief/Loss
Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Pub Date: 2011
- Grades 5-8 interest
- See also: BFF Trouble
Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
The Battle of Darcy Lane by Tara Altebrando
Sparrow Road by Sheila O'Connor
- Pub Date: 2011
- Middle school interest
- See also in Teen: Long Lost Parents, Secrets
- Raine and her mother spend a summer at an artist's colony, where Raine meets the father she has never known.
The Time Museum by Matthew Loux
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 3-6 interest
- Graphic novel
- See also: Competition
Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand
Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes
- Pub Date: 2008
- Grades 4-7 Interest
- See also: Divorce
- Max's parents separate, and he moves with his mother to Bird Lake where he meets a new friend.
Three Bird Summer by Sara St. Antoine
- Pub Date: 2014
- Grades 5-8 interest
- See also: Intergenerational
- Adam spends in the summer with his grandma at the lake cabin.
The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher
- Middle school interest
- See also in Teen: Secrets
- Thea spends the summer with family on the Jersey shore.
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-7 interest
- Jack is stuck looking after his sister for the summer while his mom works two jobs to make ends meet.
Forest World by Margarita Engle
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-7 interest
- See also: In Verse
- Edver is sent to Cuba to stay with his father for the summer.
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Words
- Julia spends her summer being a part of a production of The Wizard of Oz.
Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth by Sheila O'Connor
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Intergenerational, Siblings
- Reenie Kelly spends her summer writing to the elderly Mr. Marsworth about the war in Vietnam and her family issues.
Vacation by Blexbloex
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 3-5 interest
- See also: Intergenerational
- A little girl spending the summer with her grandfather is jealous of the elephant her grandfather keeps as a pet.
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 5-8 interest
- See also: Searching, Only Children
- Candice spends her summer searching for a mysterious fortune that may or may not exist.
Be Prepared by Vera Brogsol
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Graphic Novel
- See also: Nature
- Vera begs to go to Russian summer camp, but then doesn't really like how rustic it all is.
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Only Children, Searching
- Paloma and her mom spend a month in Mexico, and Paloma solves a mystery.
Everything Else in the Universe by Tracy Holczer
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Brothers Caleb and Bobby Gene meet Styx and have an adventure over the summer.
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