During our last several Teen Advisory Group meetings at Kingsbridge, we looked over the books on the 2015 teen summer reading lists for middle school and high school students. Then we discussed which ones we liked the best and which ones we were looking forward to reading. Check out the titles we picked, and see if you agree with us!

Which books on our summer reading list would you recommend?

Changers Book One: Drew by T. Cooper & Allsion Glock-Cooper [middle school fiction]
If you like Every Day by David Levithan, you’re going to like this book! It’s a great book if you like adventure. It’s a great book because Ethan doesn’t know a lot about girls, but then in this book he gets to experience a girl’s life. It’s difficult for him, and he has to change everything because his body is transformed!

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer [middle school fiction]
What’s weird about this book is that you’ll wonder ... is it a fantasy? Is it made up? Is it real? It’s extremely suspenseful, and you’ll actually enjoy reading every page. It has a good combination of horror and fantasy, like The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black!

The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang [high school graphic novel]
This graphic novel is about an Asian-American superhero. It's very funny (especially the part about Hank's mother bossing him around) and it has a lot of action!

Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans [high school series]
A boy gets bullied, and accidentally shows off his supernatural powers. This is a good science fiction book for readers of the Divergent series. It has romance, science fiction, adventure, and other things that teens like. You can’t stop turning the pages!

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir by Gaby Rodriguez [high school nonfiction]
This is a weird book because it’s about a fake pregnancy. This girl was known around the school, and pretending to be pregnant damaged her reputation. I could NEVER imagine doing something like that myself!

Which books on our list would you like to try reading this summer? Which ones look good to you?

• The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney [high school fiction]
• The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater [high school series]
• The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde [middle school fiction]
• Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi [high school graphic novel series]
• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan [high school fiction]
• Open Road Summer by Emery Lord [high school fiction]
• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina [high school fiction]
• Winger by Andrew Smith [high school fiction]
• Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks [middle school graphic novel]
• Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Phillip Hoose [middle school nonfiction]
• Stan Lee’s How to Draw Superheroes by Stan Lee [high school nonfiction]

Okay, that’s all for this post, and that’s all from our Teen Advisory Group until the fall. Happy summer, and happy reading! And don't forget to sign up for NYPL's summer reading club at summerreading.org!