This month's top enjoyable summer read for mainly girl readers is Switched at Birthday. If your girls liked the movie "Freaky Friday" (and what middle school girl doesn't) then they will enjoy this delightfully fun story based on understanding one's identity and building relationship. Scarlet and Lavender are middle school girls who are totally opposite in personality but share the same birthday. The morning after their birthday, they wake up in one another's body, and the adventure begins. This is a great read for a summer book club. Students could do a comparison/contrast discussion of the novel's main themes with the movie as well. Recommended for grades 5+.
Mary - Thank you for sharing these great book ideas! I appreciate how you have broken them down by age groups - especially since I have readers in 3 of the 4 categories :-). Thank you for giving a great summary of each book. That helps me to know what will work for my kids.
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