If you read one book this summer...

If you read one book this summer, make it The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.  It has received praise from all corners of the YA world. There are also a movie in development and Amandla Stenberg (of the Hunger Games) will be the lead.

Some runners-up of if you read one book this summer (by genre).

Science-fiction: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Historical fiction- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Fantasy- Red Queen series (The third book King's Cage was released recently!) by Victoria Aveyard

Mystery- I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

Romance- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Non-fiction- Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

Sports- Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Realistic- Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick

For advanced readers- Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Middle grade- Pax by Sara Pennypacker