Here are the books for youth that Publisher’s Weekly has chosen as the best books for this summer.
PICTURE BOOKS
Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer
Hum and Swish by Matt Myers
The Last Peach by Gus Gordon
Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Heather Fox
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Pena
Vroom! by Barbara McClintock
You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks by Evan Turk
MIDDLE GRADE
All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older
Knights vs. Monsters by Matt Phelan
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Up for Air by Laurie Morrison
YOUNG ADULT
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo