2025 Color Our World Middle School Book List

The 2025 Summer Reading Lists are full of book titles to keep middle schoolers engaged in reading and exploring throughout the summer.

This list is recommended and available through the Sussex County Library System for children ages 11 and up. These books will pair nicely with our 2025 summer reading theme.

Updated January 3, 2025
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Sussex County Library System (NJ)
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Art year by year /
Bowden, Alice,
Paper Book
Travel through time to discover the paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects that enrich our world. Are you seeking a lavishly illustrated timeline that showcases a glorious gallery of art from all around the world? Then SI Art Year By Year may be the book for you!
The color of sound /
Isler, Emily Barth,
Ebook
Drawing Deena /
Khan, Hena.
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of Amina's Voice and Amina's Song comes a "nuanced and quietly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a young Pakistani American artist determined to manage her anxiety and forge her own creative path.
Discover Her Art :
Leibowitz, Jean/ Rogers, Lisa Labanca
Paper Book
"An inclusive, easy-to-read guidebook to women artists." -- Publishers Weekly. "A must for art history curriculum and to diversify biography shelves." --School Library Journal. Discover Her Art invites young art lovers and...
The magic paintbrush /
Zhang, Kat,
Paper Book
In this highly illustrated series launch, Amy, an Asian American girl picks up an ancient paintbrush and unwittingly unleashes the power to make her art real and sometimes dangerous. Perfect for fantasy readers who love Dragons in a Bag and the Dragon Pearl series. ...

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