PACL Recommends: Book a Trip! Teen Fiction for Summer Reading 2025Like this list

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• Summer Nights and Meteorites

  Reynolds, Hannah, 1988-

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  Jordan is determined to avoid dating during her summer trip to Nantucket, but as she delves into a centuries-old mystery with a local astronomer she finds herself entangled with her father's research assistant.

• Dashed

  a Margaret Dashwood Novel

  Quain, Amanda,

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  In a modern-day story inspired by the Dashwood sisters of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Margaret is all set for a carefully curated summer cruise until her heartbroken sister Marianne crashes her vacation.

• Beach Cute

  Reekles, Beth,

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  Three girls. One beach vacation. Luna, Rory, and Jodie are strangers in need of a getaway... As their lives collide under the sun, will they have a summer they'll never forget?

• Ready or Not

  Porretta, Andi,

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  Cassie has one last chance to make memories with her best friends in New York City before everyone but Cassie scatters across the globe for college. From adventurous to outrageous, this graphic novel follows an unforgettable summer.

• Going Bicoastal

  Adler, Dahlia,

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  Exploring two alternative summers for 17-year-old Natalya (one staying in NY with her dad and the other heading to L.A. to visit her estranged mom) we learn some things are fate, some things are choice, but love is everywhere you look for it. *also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Had Summer

  Castle, Jennifer,

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  13-year olds Daniella, her cousin Carly, and their friends Penny and Lainie are the #SummerSisters. When Daniella uncovers a bucket list after Carly passes away, can the remaining friends unite to fulfill Carly’s last adventure for them? *also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lying in the Deep

  Urban, Diana,

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  Jade is excited to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a semester long cruise program! But when her ex-boyfriend is murdered onboard and his new girlfriend goes missing, Jade must find the murderer and clear her name.

• Warrior Girl Unearthed

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead she's stuck working. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program, Team Misfit Toys, for company *also available in e-formats and as a Book Club Kit*

• Give Me a Sign

  Sortino, Anna,

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  Anna Sortino celebrates Deaf culture and identity in this endearingly funny slow-burn rom-com debut following 17-year-old Lilah's return to summer camp.

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  Lou is looking forward to a low-key summer working in her family's ice-cream shack. But that plan goes out the window when her uncle hires several people from Lou's past and the family business comes under threat? *also available in e-formats*

• Melt With You

  Dugan, Jennifer,

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  Fallon is desperate to avoid her former best friend Chloe. But this proves impossible when they go on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck, "Love at First Bite." *also available as an e-audiobook*

• Hurricane Summer

  Bromfield, Asha,

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  Tilla is dreading spending the summer with her father in Jamaica. In this powerful coming of age story, Tilla learns what it means to discover your own voice in the center of complete destruction *also available as an e-audiobook*

• Summer's Edge

  Mele, Dana,

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  A story featuring five unsupervised, hormonal teens at a lake house—with one tarot deck, and zero technology—has all the earmarks of a chilling nightmare. That's exactly what Dana Mele delivers to fans of literary horror.

• Field Notes on Love

  Smith, Jennifer E., 1980-

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  Hugo and Mae are strangers until they share a cross-country train trip that teaches them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.

• The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones

  McQueen, Daven,

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  For fans of historical fiction, this powerful story follows Ethan Harper and Juniper Jones as they have an unforgettable summer in 1955 when biracial Ethan is sent to stay with his white relatives in Alabama.*also available in e-formats*

• Things That Grow

  Goldstein, Meredith,

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  When Lori's world turns upside down the summer before her senior year of high school with her grandmother's death, Lori decides to take a road trip to scatter her ashes. *also available as an e-audiobook*

• The Geography of Lost Things

  Brody, Jessica,

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  Ali and her ex Nico rehash their ill-fated romance during a road trip to sell her car. Their trip is filled with detours, roadblocks, and tension-- until Nico starts collecting items from the quirky strangers they meet along the way.

• The Summer of Us

  Vinesse, Cecilia,

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  Five friends on a European vacation uncover secrets about one another, including long-hidden love and lies, before setting off in different directions for college. *also available as an ebook*

• Summer Bird Blue

  Bowman, Akemi Dawn,

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  After her sister, dies in an automobile accident, 17-year-old Rumi is sent to Hawaii with an aunt she barely knows while she and her mother grieve separately. *also available as an e-audiobook*

• The Girl From Everywhere

  Heilig, Heidi,

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  16-year-old Nix sails across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father's ship, from modern-day New York City, to nineteenth-century Hawaii. *also available in e-formats*