2024 TD Summer Reading Club Books for Older Readers

Can't get enough space stuff : fun facts, awesome info, cool games, silly jokes, and more!

Beer, Julie

Paper Book

This book has everything to captivate space enthusiasts- Tons of fun facts, exciting games, hands-on activities, hilarious space jokes, stories from experts, and tidbits about the latest info on black holes, the International Space Station, and what life on Mars could look like. Key...

The chaos monster

DasGupta, Sayantani

Paper Book

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING, AND IT'S UP TO TWINS KIYA AND KINJAL TO SAVE IT ALL Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses...

Clues to the universe

Li, Christina

Paper Book

This stellar debut by APALA Award-winning author Christina Li about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to big questions will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than...

The enchanted bridge

Elliott, Zetta

Paper Book

Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical creatures from Dragons in a Bag! But things in the magical realm are more complicated than they seem in the fourth book in the critically acclaimed series. With their...

A few beautiful minutes : experiencing a solar eclipse

Fox, Kate Allen

Paper Book

A poetic and exquisitely illustrated tribute to the solar eclipse and the magic of togetherness, seen through the eyes of a child. What happens during a solar eclipse? The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep, and night animals wake. The moon...

The first cat in space ate pizza

Barnett, Mac

Paper Book

"Ridiculously fun and brilliantly illustrated." --Dav Pilkey, creator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat...

Garvey's Choice The Graphic Novel

Grimes, Nikki.

Paper Book

This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself. Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a...

Long distance

Gardner, Whitney

Paper Book

From the creator of Fake Blood comes another exceptionally charming middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away. Vega's summer vacation is not going well. When her parents decide it's time to pack up and leave her hometown of...

The Marvellers

Clayton, Dhonielle

Paper Book

Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magic school in the sky --an instant New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller! "The Marvellers deserves the highest compliment I can give a book: I want to live...

Pluto! : not a planet? not a problem!

McAnulty, Stacy

Paper Book

From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Pluto! is a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the history of the dwarf planet seen through the eyes of Pluto itself. Hot diggity dog! Meet Pluto! The runt of a litter of eight planets. Pluto may not be...

A rover's story

Warga, Jasmine

Paper Book

#1 New York Times bestseller * Best Book of the Year from The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional...

Saving the night : how light pollution is harming life on Earth

Aitken, Stephen

Paper Book

Light pollution threatens the survival of every living species on our planet, including people. It started when Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb more than 150 years ago. Then, as electric light became more common, light pollution began to take over cities and towns. Today, in...

A sky of paper stars

Yi, Susie

Paper Book

A Sky of Paper Stars is a heartrending middle-grade graphic novel by Susie Yi about a girl's ill-fated wish to fit in, perfect for readers of Stargazing and Pashmina. All Yuna wants is to belong. She wants to go to sleepovers, have a smart...

Starboy : inspired by the life and lyrics of David Bowie

Gigot, Jami

Paper Book

A starry-eyed ode to self-expression and staying true to yourself, inspired by the life and lyrics of beloved icon David Bowie. For as long as David could remember, he felt like a stranger on his own planet. As if he'd fallen to Earth from outer space...

The Superteacher Project

Korman, Gordon

Paper Book

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new story about a mysterious new teacher who turns out to be an AI robot from a secret experimental program. Oliver Zahn, spitball champion and self-declared rule-wrecker of...

The universe in you : a microscopic journey

Chin, Jason

Paper Book

Jason Chin, winner of the Caldecott Medal for Watercress, dives into the microscopic building blocks of life in this companion to the award-winning Your Place in the Universe. In Your Place in the Universe, Jason Chin zoomed outward, from our planet, solar...

Where are the aliens? : the search for life beyond Earth

McAnulty, Stacy

Paper Book

A fun-filled, highly illustrated, science-based exploration into one of the universe's greatest mysteries--does life exist beyond Earth?--from bestselling and award-winning author Stacy McAnulty. Spoiler: Scientists haven't discovered life...

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2024 TD Summer Reading Club Books for Older ReadersUnpublished