Books like Addie's long summer by Laurie Lawlor

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

On a private Massachusetts island, teen Cadence spends a summer with her cousins and a boy named Gat, only to wake up with amnesia and a tangled web of secrets, friendships, and loss that threaten to destroy the Liars.

Thirteen-year-old Meg grapples with envy, sibling rivalry, and the looming threat of her older sister Molly’s leukemia as one summer turns tragic.

Thirteen‑year‑old Lakshmi leaves her impoverished Himalayan home for India, only to discover she has been sold into prostitution. With fierce resilience and new friendships, she fights her captivity and seeks a way back to freedom.

Jack and Annie use their magic tree house to travel to the world of selkies, where they seek a legendary sword for Merlin, blending time travel, magic, and sibling adventure.

Liam and Carter, cousins and best friends, gear up for the Little League Baseball® World Series, each leading a team that may split the title as they contend for the ultimate championship.

Eleven‑year‑old Addy spends a summer with her family in 1866 Cape Island, New Jersey, where she meets a poor white girl who mistreats her, exposing early post‑Civil War tensions.

A young boy in Oklahoma finds a group of monkeys and teams up with his grandfather to trap them, discovering that a reward could change his life.

Judith Arnold: Daddy's Girl Sometimes a father and his daughter have things to work out. Sometimes a woman can help, as widower Kevin Medina learns when he and one-year-old Alex meet Natalie Baines. Can Natalie be the mother Alex needs -- and the wife Kevin wants? Muriel Jensen: Home, Hearth, and Holly Bart Megrath has never been to a quaint colonial town like Maple Hill, Massachusetts. He's never been through a hurricane. And he's never met anyone like Haley Whitcomb. Stormy times...a stormy relationship at times. But in Bart's opinion, a little turbulence makes life a lot more interesting. Bobby Hutchinson: Temperature's Rising Dr. James Burke has a reputation as the best surgeon at St. Joseph's -- and the most difficult. Hospital administrator Melissa Clayton discovers that his reputation for both is well deserved. She also discovers that she's attracted to him. Strongly attracted. No wonder the heat in the hospital isn't just from the weather outside!

288 pages ; 22 cmHL720L Lexile

Three teenage cousins spend a summer at a Maine beach cottage, each with different outlooks, eager to meet new boys, have fun, and uncover family secrets.

Cassie Binegar and her family settle into a weathered seaside house for their first summer together, and Cassie learns to embrace change and discover her own place in the world.

Iris is excited when her favorite cousin Howie arrives home, but discovers he isn’t as nice as expected—leading her to question friendship and family bonds in a lighthearted children’s story.

A seventh‑grade girl navigates awkward friendship while helping her popular cousin and best friend plan a romance with her crush.

After a decade apart, former high‑school sweethearts Jasmine and Charlie reconnect in Texas, stirred by past memories and a secret love that is tested when destiny calls Jazz back home.

Skeptical seventeen‑year‑old Carson Speier finds purpose in Montana when he meets Aisha, an African‑American girl fleeing a troubled home; together they navigate family pain and self‑discovery.