Summers to remember: teen reading
The holidays are here and we're celebrating with this list of our favourite books about unforgettable summers.
From love stories to dark comedy, these are all tales of memorable and life-changing summer adventures that any teenager will love.
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A Gathering Light
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A Gathering Light
Mattie is entrusted by a female guest at the hotel where she works with some letters and instructed to burn them. The next day the…
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How I Live Now
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How I Live Now
Fifteen-year-old New Yorker Daisy is sent to England to spend a summer with her unconventional cousins
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I Capture the Castle
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I Capture the Castle
17-year-old Cassandra lives an eccentric existence with her bohemian family in a crumbling castle in the English countryside, in t…
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White Crow
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White Crow
City girl Rebecca, spending the summer in a remote East Anglian seaside village, encounters Ferelith, a Goth who lives in a commun…
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
What at first appears to be a frothy beach read ends up tackling some tough issues and exploring both the joys and sorrows which c…
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Jackdaw Summer
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Jackdaw Summer
Fate leads Liam to find an abandoned baby and as a result his life becomes entwined with that of Oliver, an African boy seeking as…
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One Silver Summer
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One Silver Summer
Set in the dramatic landscape of wild Cornwall, this 21st-century take on first love stars a prince, a grief-stricken girl, beauti…
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Everybody Jam
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Everybody Jam
Set during a long, hot summer, this is an unflinching look at life on a cattle station in the Australian outback as a family tries…
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A Beautiful Lie
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A Beautiful Lie
Set in India during the summer of 1947, A Beautiful Lie follows the tumultuous events of the Partition of India through the eyes o…
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Swim the Fly
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Swim the Fly
Matt, Coop and Sean have been friends forever. Each summer, they set themselves a goal, and this year tops the lot - they mu…
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Black Rabbit Summer
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Black Rabbit Summer
Addictive, complex and incredibly compelling
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How Hard Can Love Be?
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How Hard Can Love Be?
Working at a US summer camp, Amber meets Kyle, the all-American boy. He can't seriously be interested in her - can he? Written wit…
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Why We Took the Car
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Why We Took the Car
Mike and Tschik take off in a 'borrowed' Lada for a summer road trip.
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Dear Dylan
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Dear Dylan
A tender-hearted and funny teenage novel about the power of even the most unlikely friendships, with a wonderfully effervescent an…
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Dead End in Norvelt
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Dead End in Norvelt
In a small town populated by larger-than-life characters, truth meets fantasy as this hilarious, semi-autobiographical novel chart…
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Lying About Last Summer
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Lying About Last Summer
Last summer, Skye had lots of friends, was part of the swim team and lived in a nice big house. But then her sister Luisa died in …
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Since You've Been Gone
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Since You've Been Gone
This is the perfect summer read about friendship, romance and self-discovery, written with real understanding and humour.
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Sag Harbor
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Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor is a warm and funny piece of literary comedy that is laidback like the summer it depicts and staunchly proud of its ide…
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