Summer Reading Challenge Novels & Stories

Over summer break, right after graduation, my parents, Stuart and Rachel Powell, decided the whole family would take a road trip together. But the moment I hauled my suitcase up to the car door, Mom's hand shot out to stop me. "There's no room. Maybe you should just sit this one out." She glanced back at the seat behind her. "Aiden doesn't want you along, either. He's not feeling well right now, so give way to him." My knuckles went white on the suitcase handle, and my throat turning bitter. Aiden was the biological son they'd lost years ago and only just found again. Ever since he came back, everything that used to be mine had gone to him. Slowly, I'd been pushed to the margins of t

“I think you should go to the lake and catch him before he leaves." "He is out of town on a business trip," Hazel said faintly. Ariel and Summer looked at each other, so they really weren’t sent by Joshua? “But who sent them then?” Ariel was surprised. “You are the best in the school, not to mention the most boring and difficult to chase. For a long time, no one even dared to challenge you.” “You are exaggerating.” Hazel laughed. “What are you going to do?” Summer asked. “Wouldn’t you like to see who it is?”

"He's definitely getting murdered before graduation." I nodded. "Without question." Despite all the jokes, Maya's point hit harder than I expected. Graduation week. Not graduation month. Not graduation season. Graduation week. The finish line was suddenly right there. "Which is why," Maya announced dramatically, "I have created a challenge." Every person in the room groaned. Even Nick. "A challenge?" Maya nodded proudly. "A graduation challenge." The amount of confidence in her voice was genuinely concerning. Twenty minutes later, she finally explained. Everyone would write down five things they wanted to do before graduation. Nothing huge. Nothing impossible. Just experiences, memories, or

I stop by one of the lounge chairs and pull my T-shirt over my head, dropping it on the chair. I go around to the deep end of the pool and dive in right off the side. Normally I would use the diving board, but I don't this time, needing to feel the cool water on my body. I got under, almost all the way to the bottom, before turning and kicking my way back up to the top. Swimming is something me and Grant usually spend our entire summers doing. This year though he has football camp almost the entire summer. It's his first year getting to go and he is so excited. He's been talking non-stop about it all school year, waiting for summer to roll around.

Everyone asked at the same time and Joel felt it was awkward, "it was meant to be your graduation gift but anyways, it's not too late or early to tell you now" He smiled and Beatrice was more shocked, she couldn't believe what was happening. "Okay, so, can we book the first month, I want different wear deigns, I don't care about the amount" Mark said as he could tell what Joel was trying to do. Mark smiled inwardly as Joel's possessiveness was about the chart. "Just contact me directly," Joel said and Benita chuckled. "Why don't you give me your number?" Benita asked and Beatrice was so pleased, "sure"

Evan Shaw was famous for sticking to his principles. He was punctual, followed every rule, and never made exceptions. Yet when it came to going to City Hall to get married to Roxie Foster, he had stood her up eight times. The first time, his former underclassman, Sylvia Young, was returning after eight years abroad, and he had to pick her up from the airport. The second time, Sylvia accidentally burned her finger while cooking. The third time, Sylvia's son got sick. ... This was the eighth time. Once again, Evan didn't show up. He only called in a hurry and said, "Something came up. I'll be there." Roxie watched their number get skipped again and again until the clerk behind the window tappe

not making any eye contact with me, as he reacting like I'm not here, or just don't want to look in my eyes? ..and I don't know what would be the reason for that thing, because my mind is not working .not at all. The only thing, I get is that I can do two things - I simply say no to him, and put myself down. , Or I just participate in this stupid competition. I know that my chances are less of winning, but at least there are still chances. And I think, I can take those chances. This is a challenge, A Playboy's challenge, and I. Amanda Parker, ready to accept it.

I said it without even thinking. “I'll see you later then,” and she hang up even before I could get a word in... So I'm guessing I am going to that dinner. God help me. I hope Casey won't be there. Casey Summer holidays, why do they have to be so boring? Correction, allow me to rephrase that. Summer holidays, why does Connie always have to go to that dumb cheer camp every single year. I seriously don't get the concept of it. The competition is always so predictable.

The four of them left Herb Hall obediently. As the only woman in the group, Summer suggested that they find a place to sit and discuss things while having a few drinks. This would help build camaraderie among them and help them gather information from the other three arenas. Chase did not object to this. He had no inkling about whatever was going on with the arenas. He asked Summer questions about it while they were walking. "Summer, do you know what this challenge is about and what are the rules?"

’ He just strengthened his mind to keep up with the overflowing intuition he was getting. I was debating on this because a child like Summer has so much energy to the point that he does not settle in one place while meditating requires a person to be stationary and do nothing. Those two do not sync very well with Summer. Nonetheless, we would still try and see if Summer could do it or not. It was night already when we finished reading the book. So we decided to rest for the night and think of an idea the next morning about how we could persuade Summer to do the meditation thing.