It’s a new month and that means new free reads for you!
This month we’re going on a road trip! Get your preferred car snacks ready and create your playlists. You don’t want to miss these featured reads!
Not only do we have a great list of full reads but we also have extended excerpts you don’t want to miss!
Full Reads
5/1-5/30: Amy & Rogers Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
After a tragic event, Amy’s family decides to move from California to Connecticut. Amy decides to drive the family car cross country and joining her is Roger, the son of Amy’s mother’s old friend. Amy hasn’t seen him in years, but her feelings for Roger develop as the miles roll by.
5/1-5/30: Last True Love Story by Brandon Kiely
One hot July night, Hendrix and Corrina decide to risk everything. They steal a car, spring Gpa from his assisted living facility, stuff Old Humper the dog into the back seat, and take off on a cross-country odyssey from LA to NY. With their parents, Gpa’s doctors, and the police all hot on their heels, Hendrix and Corrina set off to discover for themselves if what Gpa says is true—that the only stories that last are love stories.
5/1-5/30: The Last Forever by Deb Caletti
Nothing lasts forever, and no one gets that more than Tessa. After her mother died, it’s all Tessa can do to keep her friends, her boyfriend, and her happiness from slipping away. Her father’s solution? An impromptu road trip that lands them in Tessa’s grandmother’s small coastal town.
5/1-5/30: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
When the first girl he ever loved moves away, Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with his best friend to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned—and learn how to write their own destiny.
Extended Excerpts
4/23-5/21: The Complication by Suzanne Young
Follow four fierce princesses of enemy kingdoms as their worlds collide in the throes of war.
4/23-5/21: Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
Stay Sweet is a bold and sweet summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.
4/23-5/21: Tradition by Brendan Kiely
Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy, an elite prep school where history looms in the leafy branches over its brick walkways. But some traditions upheld in its hallowed halls are profoundly dangerous.
4/23-5/21: Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch
From the author of Love & Gelato comes a heartwarming tale of a road trip through Ireland filled with love, adventure, and the true meaning behind the word family.
4/23-5/21: Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle
From the Young People’s Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.
5/1-5/29: From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore if only the world would listen.
