SLJ asked librarians and educators to weigh in on which classics should remain on summer reading lists. Inspired by the most popular titles that emerged, SLJ editors and members of NCTE’s Build Your Stack® Committee have curated this year’s round of “Refreshing the Canon” suggestions.
 
Additionally, we’ve put together multimodal lists of recommendations—including nonfiction, graphic novels, documentaries, paintings, and more—that educators can feature in classrooms and libraries alongside the exemplar texts. Whether for summer reading or during the school year, these selections will reinvigorate the curriculum and inspire students to forge rich connections to literature and media. 

“NCTE supports exposure to and engagement with a diversity of texts and resources, new as well as established," said Emily Kirkpatrick, the executive director of NCTE . "All year long, and critically with summer reading, finding ways to engage both teachers and students to allow them opportunities to contribute to learning processes with autonomy is key to success.”

Some of the works featured include Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, George Orwell’s 1984, and Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

Check out this nifty landing page for all of the roundups.