Summer Reading 2026: 9th Grade

Updated April 16, 2026
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A curse so dark and lonely Cursebreakers series, book 1.
Kemmerer, Brigid.
Ebook
A New York Times bestseller!"Has everything you'd want in a retelling of a classic fairy tale." - Jodi PicoultIn a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of...

Harper has Cerebral Palsy and her D.C.-based family is going through a tough time, made even more complicated when she is abducted and discovers herself the captive of the Crown Prince of Emberfall, Rhen. To make matters even more complicated, Rhen has been cursed to turn into a monster seasonally if he cannot find a young woman to fall for him. This contemporary, action packed and heartwarming book starts by feeling pretty familiar to Beauty and the Beast, and becomes its very own unique, modern and enjoyable story.

A deadly education A novel.
Novik, Naomi.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD * "The dark...
Every heart a doorway
McGuire, Seanan
Paper Book
Winner of the Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Series, Alex Award, Locus Award, and Nebula Award Nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and Tiptree Honor List "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy -- a jewel of...

We’ve read stories about children stepping through portals into magical lands, but what happens to those kids when they come back? Can ordinary life ever live up to adventures in a fantasy world? Welcome to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, a boarding school designed to help teenagers readjust to the real world, even as they are all hoping and waiting for their doorway back to Candyland or Faerie or the Land of the Dead to reappear. This bite-size book is a dark murder mystery in a fantasy world, and is the start of an ongoing series featuring a diverse cast of characters.

👍 Recommended by Bridge

Jurassic Park
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and science proves a dangerous toy.... "Wonderful...Powerful." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Dinosaurs at the zoo? In this action-packed page-turner, scientists have figured out how to replicate dinosaur DNA and bring them back to life on an isolated island off the coast of Costa Rica. It’s Disney’s Animal Kingdom, prehistoric style. But what happens when the dinosaurs get loose? If you love thrillers that pit humans against nature, you’ll enjoy Crighton’s iconic text. Sometimes those animals that have gone extinct should stay extinct.

Long way down
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
"An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger." --Booklist (starred review) "Astonishing." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tour de force." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta...

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