Summer Adventure - Juvenile Fiction June 2025 | Downers Grove Public Library

1) One crazy summer

Author

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Series

Gaither Sisters
Thorndike Press large print mini-collections

Description

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

2) Fudge-a-mania

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Series

Fudge

Description

Brother Peter and Fudge must spend the summer with the dreaded Sheila the Great. Peter Hatcher describes his family's Maine vacation highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge and the presence of his sworn enemy Sheila Tubman and her family.

3) Softball surprise

Author

Cooper, Brigitte

Series

Game Face

Description

Rana Parisi's softball team is heading for the summer league championship. As a catcher, Rana calls the shots. But when her plan to organize a surprise party for Maya backfires, feelings are hurt and Rana loses focus. Will Rana strike out during the championship? And can she save her friendship?

4) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer vacation : the deluxe movie novelization

Author

Deutsch, Stacia

Description

"All aboard! Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle, where monsters embark on the cruise of a lifetime. Everyone's favorite monsters are back, and this time, they're funnier than ever. Join Dracula, Mavis, Johnny, Dennis, Frankenstein, Wayne the Werewolf, Murray the Mummy, Invisible Man Griffin, and more for a spook-tacular monster vacation that's shore to be a good time. Find out what happens in this exciting cruise adventure in this hilarious monster comedy!"--Back...

5) The last last-day-of-summer

Author

Giles, Lamar, 1979-

Series

Legendary Alston boys adventure volume 1
Legendary Alston Boys

Description

"Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange...

6) When life gives you lemons, make peach pie

Author

Series

Great Peach experiment volume 1

Description

"After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn't stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day. Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they're millionaires! But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun...

7) Race for the ruby turtle

Author

Bramucci, Stephen

Description

"When his parents send him to spend the summer with his great-aunt, Jake suddenly finds himself on a quest to change the way people see him and his ADHD, and to protect the wonders of nature"-- Provided by publisher.

8) Gossamer summer

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Description

Four sisters make a friend, find a grubby fairy, and defend the neighborhood against evil birds in this book about grief, magic, and the power of stories.

9) The amazing Mexican secret

Author

Series

Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 5

Description

Confident that Stanley can succeed where international spies and thieves have failed, Stanley's mom who loves to cook mails him to Mexico to get a secret herbal ingredient that she must have.

10) Escape to California

Author

Series

Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 12

Description

While on vacation in San Francisco, Stanley meets a girl who enlists his help in performing a trick: escaping from Alcatraz.

11) The best friend plan

Author

Calmenson, Stephanie

Series

Adventures of Allie and Amy volume 1
Aladdin Quix

Description

Best, best, best friends Amy and Allie do absolutely everything together. And this summer they have made a list of activities that they will do each and every day. But then Allie learns she's being sent to sleep-away camp and all their plans are ruined! How will these BFFs ever make it through the summer?

12) Peter Lee's notes from the field

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Description

"Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. Okay, maybe two: to get his genius kid-sister, L.B., to leave him alone. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind...

13) Cam Jansen: the summer camp mysteries : a super special

Author

Series

Cam Jansen adventure

Description

Cam Jansen and her best friend Eric are spending three weeks at Camp Eagle Lake, where they play sports, do crafts, and solve three mysteries.

14) The summer of Owen Todd

Author

Abbott, Tony, 1952-

Description

In the touristy town of Cape Cod, eleven-year-old Owen faces a dilemma when his best friend Sean is sexually abused by a trusted adult, but warns Owen not tell anyone what is happening.

15) Where we used to roam

Author

Description

Living near Boston, sixth-grader Emma tries to hide from family problems and changing friendships by spending the summer in Wyoming.

16) Liz learns a lesson

Author

Barkley, Callie

Series

Critter Club volume 3

Description

Members of the Critter Club are all excited about their summer plans until Liz learns that, instead of taking an art class, she will have to be in summer school to improve her math skills, but a fun teacher, a classroom pet, support from her friends, and advice from her brother might get her through.

17) Crossing the stream

Author

Baitie, Elizabeth-Irene

Description

In Accra, Ghana, after Ato's father dies his mother sends him to spend the summer with his grandmother where he learns about his father's vibrant, complicated life, and learns to honor his past with hope for his own future.

18) Summer according to Humphrey

Author

Birney, Betty G

Series

Humphrey adventures volume 6
According to Humphrey

Description

When summer arrives, Humphrey, the pet hamster of Longfellow School's Room 26, is surprised and pleased to learn that he will be going to Camp Happy Hollow.

19) Tessa Miyata is no hero

Author

Series

Tessa Miyata volume 1

Description

"Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Her hopes are quickly dashed when, all too soon, she realizes that life in Japan is just like being in California: her sisters are old enough to go into Tokyo, while she can't even go to the corner store...

20) Bad kitty: camp daze

Author

Series

Bad Kitty

Description

Kitty's life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day to sleep and food to be delivered morning and night. But does she get it? No. And when Puppy and Baby get a little rambunctious during her naptime, Kitty gets bonked on the head and starts to believe she's... a dog.