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OLF Summer Reading Suggestions 2021
For summer reading suggestions, Our Lady of Fatima Library joins forces
with The State Library of Louisiana to promote their Louisiana Young
Readers’ Choice (LYRC) program to our students. The purpose of the
program is to foster a love of reading in the children of Louisiana by
motivating them to participate in the recognition of outstanding books. Now
entering its +20th year, the program continues to encourage Louisiana’s
youth to read for pleasure (...and what better time to read for pleasure, than
summer?).
The official kick off date for the program is in August, but students entering grades 3-8 can get a head
start by selecting books from the attached appropriate grade level list to read over the summer. This
is NOT a requirement; simply a suggested starting point to help students enjoy reading over the
summer. Once school starts, we will continue to promote the optional program to our students until
the voting date in March. Students will be allowed to vote for their favorite once 3 or more books from
the appropriate list have been read.
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Summer reading is not mandatory at OLF. There are no
requirements, but we do offer optional AR testing dates for
students to earn AR points towards the AR Point Clubs for the
upcoming school year. Any AR book they read and test on this
summer will count towards their overall point totals for AR Point
Clubs. AR points earned over the summer will NOT count
towards 1st quarter goals. All students coming to test will
receive a surprise treat each visit!
Summer AR Testing Dates
Wednesdays 9:00-12:00 in the OLF Library
June 23
July 21
August 4
Parents and/or siblings are required to escort their child into school and wait outside in the hall during
testing. Chairs will be available. Please have quiz numbers for the books your child plans to test on
available when you come over the summer. Go to www.arbookfind.com to locate AR books, grade
levels, points, and quiz numbers.
Have a wonderful summer and happy reading!!
Mrs. Erin S. Soignier
OLF Librarian
2021-2022 LYRC 3-5 Annotated Nominated Title List
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1. Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
Scholastic Press (Scholastic), 2019. HC: 978-0545914246, 192 pp., $17.99. PB: 978- 1338538960,
192 pp., $6.99.
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, animals, new school, friendship, disability]
Summary: On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue
a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after
years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but
she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except
that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit. (LOC)
Awards: ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4.0 AR Quiz No. 500700
2. Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Don Tate
Peachtree Publishing, 2019. HC: 978-1561459346, 36 pp., $17.95.
[Picture Book Biography, black male, founder of Black History Month, education, literacy]
Summary: Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after
the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an
informed citizen, so Carter read the newspaper to him every day. (AR)
Awards: Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honor, ALSC Notable Children’s Book, NYPL: Top
Ten Books for Kids
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 199656
3. Crayon Man, The: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow,
illustrated by Steven Salerno
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. HC: 978-1328866844, 48 pp., $17.99.
[Picture Book Biography, white male, inventor, art]
Summary: This book tells the story of the invention of the Crayola crayon by inventor
Edwin Binney. (AR)
Awards: Irma Black Award Winner, Junior Library Guild Selection
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 503111
4. Friendship War, The by Andrew Clements
Random House Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978-0399557590,
208 pp., $17.99. PB: 978- 0399557620, 208 pp., $7.99.
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, fads, social hierarchy, friendship]
Summary: When Grace takes boxes of old buttons from a building her grandfather
bought, she starts a fad at school that draws her closer to one friend, but further from
another. (LOC)
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 5.0 AR Quiz No. 500228
5. Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary by Vicki Conrad, illustrated by David Hohn
Little Bigfoot, Sasquatch Books (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978- 1632172228, 48 pp.,
$18.99.
[Picture Book Biography, white female, author, learning disability, literacy]
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Summary: This book is a biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her
years as a librarian and eventually a children's book writer. (AR)
Award: Junior Library Guild Selection
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 504645
6. Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated
by Teresa Martínez
Charlesbridge (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978- 1580895811, 40 pp., $16.99.
[Picture Book Biography, Mexican male, chemist, environmentalist, advocacy]
Summary: Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds
through a microscope. He would grow up to become the chemist who brought the world
back from the brink of environmental catastrophe. (AR)
Awards: Cook Prize Winner, SCBWI Golden Kite Award Winner
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 195545
7. Martin and Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank by Nancy
Churnin, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg
Creston Books (Lerner Publishing), 2019. HC: 978-1939547538, 32 pp., $17.99.
[Picture Book Dual Biography, black male and German Jewish female, civil rights, Holocaust]
Summary: This picture-book biography compares and contrasts the lives of Martin Luther
King, Jr. and Anne Frank, who were both born in 1929. (AR)
Awards: A Notable Book for a Global Society
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 501418
8. Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
Crown Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978-1101931080, 288 pp.,
$13.99.
[Historical fantasy, Middle Ages, white female protagonist, nonconformity, friendship, humor]
Summary: Max and a group of friends dubbed the Midknights go on a quest to rescue the
Kingdom of Byjovia from the mean King Gastley. (AR)
Awards: NYPL: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3.0 AR Quiz No. 500227
9. Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger
Random House Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978-0525644125,
320 pp., $16.99. PB: 978-0525644156, 320 pp., $7.99.
[Realistic fiction, told from eight perspectives, journaling, class pets, teamwork, school]
Summary: Ms. Graham's fifth-grade class wants to promote change in the world. When
eight of them take an assignment too far, though, they must take responsibility for their
actions and unite for a cause they all believe in. (AR)
Awards: Cybil Award Finalist
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6.0 AR Quiz No. 504668
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10. Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, The by Heather Smith, illustrated by Rachel Wada
Orca Book Publishers, 2019. HC: 978-1459821033, 32 pp., $19.95.
[Realistic fiction, based on a true story, Japanese male protagonist, tsunami, survival, grief]
Summary: When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father. Sadly, he
was not alone. Everyone lost someone the day the big wave came. With the villagers
silenced by grief, Makio's anger at the ocean grows. (AR)
Awards: SLJ: Best Books of 2019, Kirkus: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 507861
11. Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), 2019. HC: 978- 1328973429, 320 pp., $17.99. PB: 978-
0358206385, 320 pp., $7.99.
[Dystopian fantasy, white female protagonist, dragons, magic, weather, rebellion]
Summary: Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like
themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic
weather comes at a steep cost. (LOC)
Awards: Amazon: Best Books of May 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10.0 AR Quiz No. 503772
12. Stargazing by Jen Wang
First Second (Macmillan), 2019. HC: 978-1250183873, 224 pp., $21.99. PB: 978-1250183880, 224
pp., $12.99.
[Realistic fiction, graphic novel, Chinese-American female protagonist, friendship]
Summary: In a Chinese-American community, perfectionist Christine and artistic,
confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends. (AR)
Awards: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1.0 AR Quiz No. 504742
13. Stay by Bobbie Pyron
Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins), 2019. HC: 978-0062839220, 304 pp., $16.99. PB: 978-
0062839237, 320 pp., $6.99
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, animals, homelessness, mental illness, friendship]
Summary: Piper finds her life is turned upside down when her family moves into a shelter
in a whole new city, but a special dog helps to change her outlook. (AR)
Awards: Junior Library Guild Selection, SIBA Okra Pick
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7.0 AR Quiz No. 503969
14. Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team by Susan Hood and
Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
HarperCollins Children’s Books (HarperCollins), 2019. HC: 978-0062907721, 48 pp., $17.99.
[Picture Book Nonfiction, Thai male soccer team, survival, rescue]
Summary: This picture book shares the account of the remarkable rescue of the Wild Boar
soccer team trapped by monsoon rains in Thailand's Tham Luang Caves. (AR)
Awards: Chicago Public Library: Best Books of 2019
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Accelerated Reader: IL: LG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 0.5 AR Quiz No. 504322
15. Tito the Bonecrusher by Melissa Thomson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers (Macmillan), 2019. HC: 978- 0374303532, 240
pp., $16.99. PB: 978- 1250233318, 240 pp., $7.99
[Realistic fiction, white male protagonist, family, friendship, humor]
Summary: Oliver enlists the help of his favorite pro wrestler to spring his dad from a
Florida correctional center, where he's jailed for a crime he didn't commit. (AR)
Awards: Junior Library Guild Selection, Kirkus: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0 AR Quiz No. 503112
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2021-2022 LYRC 6-8 Annotated Nominated Title List
1. All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker
Viking Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978-0451479532, 320 pp.,
$17.99. PB: 978-0451479556, 320 pp., $8.99.
[Historical Fiction, 1981 New York City, white female protagonist, art, mental illness, friendship]
Summary: A 12-year-old artist in 1981 SoHo searches for answers when her father, a
restorer of antique paintings, abruptly disappears in the middle of the night. (AR)
Awards: ALSC Notable Children’s Book, Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12.0 AR Quiz No. 503860
2. Dark Lord Clementine, The by Sarah Jean Horwitz
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Algonquin Young Readers (Algonquin Books), 2019. HC: 978-1616208943, 336 pp., $17.95. PB:
978-1643751337, 336 pp., $8.95 (coming April 2021).
[Fantasy, white female protagonist, magic, curses]
Summary: When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine
Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father's
code of good and evil. (LOC)
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12.0 AR Quiz No. 506907
3. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (Simon and Schuster), 2019. HC: 978-1481465809, 384 pp.,
$17.99. PB: 978-1481465816, 384 pp., $8.99.
[Realistic, black female protagonist, colorism, texturism, parental alcoholism, poverty]
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin,
thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself
as is. (LOC)
Awards: Morris Award Finalist, Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe
New Talent Author Award, YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, ALSC Notable
Children’s Book, NPR: Favorite Books of 2019, SLJ: Best Middle Grade Books of 2019,
Kirkus: Best Middle Grade Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11.0 AR Quiz No. 199648
4. Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
Aladdin (Simon and Schuster), 2019. HC: 978-1534432376, 304 pp., $17.99. PB: 978-1534432383,
320 pp., $7.99 (coming September 2020).
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, sexual harassment]
Summary: When boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel
uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her
breaking point. (LOC)
Awards: ALSC Notable Children’s Book, Washington Post: Best Children’s Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7.0 AR Quiz No. 505166
5. New Kid (New Kid 1) by Jerry Craft
Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins), 2019. HC: 978-0062691200, 256 pp., $21.99. PB: 978-
0062691194, 256 pp., $12.99.
[Realistic fiction, graphic novel, black male protagonist, racism, microaggressions]
Summary: Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about
his life, but instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him
in a prestigious private school known for its academics. (AR)
Awards: Newbery Award Winner, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers List, Coretta
Scott King Author Award Winner, ALSC Notable Children’s Book, Publishers Weekly: Best
Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2.0 AR Quiz No. 500606
6. Next Great Paulie Fink, The by Ali Benjamin
Little, Brown Young Readers (Hachette), 2019. HC: 978- 0316380881, 368 pp., $17.99. PB: 978-
0316380874, 368 pp., $7.99.
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, social hierarchy, humor]
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Summary: Led by new student Caitlyn, seventh-graders at a tiny rural school in Vermont
create a reality-show inspired competition to determine who will replace the school's
legendary class clown, Paulie Fink. (LOC)
Awards: Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2019, Amazon: Best Books of the Month (April
2019)
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9.0 AR Quiz No. 500764
7. Okay Witch, The by Emma Steinkellner
Aladdin (Simon and Schuster), 2019. HC: 978-1534431461, 272 pp., $20.99. PB: 978-1534431454,
272 pp., $12.99.
[Fantasy, graphic novel, non-white female protagonist, witches, family secrets]
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Moth Hush learns she comes from a long line of
witches, she unlocks a hidden witch world, where secrets from generations past unravel
and threaten her family. (AR)
Awards: YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers List, YALSA Great Graphic Novels for
Teens, SLJ: Best Graphic Novels of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2.0 AR Quiz No. 505277
8. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins), 2019. HC: 978-0062747808, 352 pp., $16.99. PB: 978-0062747815,
368 pp., $7.99 (coming April 2021)
[Realistic fiction, verse, Syrian female protagonist, refugees, racism, Islamophobia]
Summary: Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her
Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who
were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises. (LOC)
Awards: Newbery Honor, ALSC Notable Children’s Book, Publishers Weekly: Best Books
of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5.0 AR Quiz No. 504111
9. Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, The by Dan Gemeinhart
Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers (Macmillan), 2019. HC: 978-1250196705, 352 pp.,
$16.99. PB: 978-1250233615, 352 pp., $8.99.
[Realistic fiction, white female protagonist, grief, family, friendship, LGBTQIA+]
Summary: Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in
their old school bus save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.
(LOC)
Awards: CYBILS Award Winner, Junior Library Guild Selection, Amazon: Top 20 Children’s
Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12.0 AR Quiz No. 199391
10. Storm Blown by Nick Courage
Delacorte Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2019. HC: 978-0525645962, 352
pp., $16.99.
[Realistic fiction, survival, white female protagonist and Puerto Rican male protagonist]
Summary: In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Alejandro worries about his great-uncle while helping
guests at a resort, and in New Orleans, Emily worries about her sick brother, as a major
hurricane rages, changing both their lives forever. (LOC)
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10.0 AR Quiz No. 503962
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11. Strangers, The (Greystone Secrets 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Katherine Tegan Books (HarperCollins), 2019. HC: 978-0062838377, 416 pp., $17.99. PB: 978-
0062838384, 432 pp., $8.99.
[Science fiction, white male, female, and male protagonists, mystery, missing persons]
Summary: Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages
twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties
to an alternate world. (LOC)
Awards: LITA Excellence in Science Fiction, Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11.0 AR Quiz No. 501254
12. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Rick Riordan Presents (Disney), 2019. HC: 978-1368039932, 496 pp., $17.99. PB: 978-1368042413,
528 pp., $8.99 (coming September 2020)
[Fantasy, black male protagonist, inspired by African American folk tales and West African gods]
Summary: Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John
Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the
hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky. (LOC)
Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Honor, ALSC Notable Children’s Book, Publishers
Weekly: Best Books of 2019
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15.0 AR Quiz No. 505341
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