SummerReads
2022 SummerReads By Incoming Grade
PreK/K 1st Grade 2nd/3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th/6th Grade 7th Grade 8th/9th Grade Amazing Audio
Compiled by Pike Librarians Francesca Mellin and Linda Spence, SummerReads is the library's collection of recommended reading lists. They are updated annually with a commitment to representing diverse and inclusive perspectives.
Upper School English: 2022 Required Summer Reading
Other Great Reading Lists
Resources for Engaging Young Children
Here are resources for on- and off-screen activities to help keep learning alive this summer.
SummerReads 2021
SummerReads 2021 from the Pike Library is centered on the Reading Without Walls Challenge created in 2016 by Gene Luen Yang, a former National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. He challenges us to:
1. Read a book about a character who doesn’t look like you or live like you.
2. Read a book about a topic you don’t know much about.
3. Read a book in a format that you don’t normally read for fun. This might be a chapter book, a graphic novel, a book in verse, a picture book, short stories, or an audiobook.
Are you ready to broaden your reading horizons?
PreK/K 1st Grade 2nd/3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th/6th Grade 7th Grade 8th/9th Grade Amazing Audio
Compiled by Pike Librarians Francesca Mellin and Linda Spence, SummerReads is the library's collection of recommended reading lists. They are updated annually with a commitment to representing diverse and inclusive perspectives.
SummerReads 2020
At the Pike Library, we encourage students to read widely, whether it be a new genre or series, a book set in another country, or about a character different from themselves. By opening the pages of a novel or a picture book, we can travel to the Harlem Renaissance, to Hong Kong, or to Hogwarts, all courtesy of an author’s imagination.
This year, all of our lists are just a click away. The multicolored links for 2020 highlight books that were published during the past year. We've also kept access to our 2019 lists that include extensive recommendations. Happy reading!
Lower School 2020 Middle School 2020 Upper School 2020 9th Grade (GoodReads)
SummerReads are compiled by Pike Librarians Francesca Mellin and Linda Spence. They are updated annually with a commitment to representing multicultural and diverse perspectives.
SummerReads 2019
Click here if you are looking for the 2019 summer reading lists.