Owl's Nest Summer Book Club, 2025
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Owl’s Nest Publishers invites adolescents, teens, and families to participate in our inaugural Summer Book Club! Book Club is free for all and the perfect summer activity for middle graders and high schoolers who already love to read or those who may need a bit more encouragement to pick up a book. The Owl’s Nest Summer Book Club is completely virtual so you can participate from anywhere AND invite your friends who live across the country or down the street to join in the fun.
Who Can Participate?
The Owl’s Nest Summer Book Club is welcome to kids of all ages, and of course families are encouraged to read and participate in this book club together. But the focus of the book club is to provide a fun and safe reading space for adolescent readers ages 8-18 in keeping with the mission and vision—and target audience—of Owl’s Nest Publishers.
(We know adults love our books too, and we hope that you are inspired by this club to start your own book club and pick an Owl’s Nest book for your discussion!)
Who is Leading the Summer Book Club?
We are thrilled to have staff member and long-time adolescent book club leader Lisa Varner hosting our book clubs this summer. Lisa has led book clubs for middle grade and teen readers for years, and she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Owl’s Nest and the Summer Book Club program! (Find Lisa on our Who We Are page!)
What Books are We Reading?
Summer Book Club will be broken into two types of books—middle grade and teen—and each book club will have a monthly meeting to discuss a different book. The full schedule and all our titles are listed below!
When is Book Club?
Book club will meet monthly for a discussion time facilitated by Lisa Varner in the last week of each month. Discussions will last between 45 minutes to 1 hour in length. The middle grade book club will meet on the last Wednesday of the month and the teen book club will meet on the last Thursday of each month. Both book clubs will meet at 7pm CST via private video chat available only to those who have registered. Book club will be low stress and educational—not an environment where kids will feel called upon to speak, but a way to grow a love of reading with other middle grade and teen readers!
Are the Authors at Book Club?
Authors will not participate in the book club discussions, but select authors will join after the discussion concludes to say hello to readers and answer any questions they may have.
Who Can Participate?
The Owl’s Nest Summer Book Club is welcome to kids of all ages, and of course families are encouraged to read and participate in this book club together. But the focus of the book club is to provide a fun and safe reading space for adolescent readers ages 8-18 in keeping with the mission and vision—and target audience—of Owl’s Nest Publishers.
(We know adults love our books too, and we hope that you are inspired by this club to start your own book club and pick an Owl’s Nest book for your discussion!)
Who is Leading the Summer Book Club?
We are thrilled to have staff member and long-time adolescent book club leader Lisa Varner hosting our book clubs this summer. Lisa has led book clubs for middle grade and teen readers for years, and she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Owl’s Nest and the Summer Book Club program! (Find Lisa on our Who We Are page!)
What Books are We Reading?
Summer Book Club will be broken into two types of books—middle grade and teen—and each book club will have a monthly meeting to discuss a different book. The full schedule and all our titles are listed below!
When is Book Club?
Book club will meet monthly for a discussion time facilitated by Lisa Varner in the last week of each month. Discussions will last between 45 minutes to 1 hour in length. The middle grade book club will meet on the last Wednesday of the month and the teen book club will meet on the last Thursday of each month. Both book clubs will meet at 7pm CST via private video chat available only to those who have registered. Book club will be low stress and educational—not an environment where kids will feel called upon to speak, but a way to grow a love of reading with other middle grade and teen readers!
Are the Authors at Book Club?
Authors will not participate in the book club discussions, but select authors will join after the discussion concludes to say hello to readers and answer any questions they may have.
Listen to Our Podcast Episode Explaining Our Summer Book Club:
Register for Book Club Here:
2025 Owl’s Nest Summer Book Club Schedule:
June
Middle Grade Book: Hertz Gets Fused (Suzanne Purvis)
Summary: After accidentally torching his room, twelve-year-old tech-obsessed Hertz Zindler is sentenced to a summer in nowhere Arizona with no technology, no friends, and no way off the local sheriff’s suspect list for a recent string of arsons. (Novel in verse!)
Summary: Ordinary twins try to find their magical aunt while on the run from mobsters in a city split between two types of ancient magic—and find they might not be so ordinary after all.
July
Middle Grade Book: Orion and the Starborn (K. B. Hoyle)
Summary: What 12-year-old Orion Kim wants more than anything in the universe is to find his father and mother. But finding his parents could lead to the death of worlds.
Summary: Nova harvests threads from human dreams to help fight a malicious parasite invading her sunless planet, but when she visits a boy who is already dreaming of her, the threat to her world also becomes a threat to her heart.
August
Middle Grade Book: Peony Watercolor’s Wish for Sun and Moon (Robyn Field)
Summary: A twelve-year-old girl tries to save her beloved home during her parents’ long unemployment with the help of a school talent show, a magic book, and a very special librarian.
Summary: Orpheo never meant to betray his people beneath the sea—Rose never meant to put her kingdom on land in peril. But their love is destined to shake the foundations of both their worlds, for better or for worse.
June
Middle Grade Book: Hertz Gets Fused (Suzanne Purvis)
Summary: After accidentally torching his room, twelve-year-old tech-obsessed Hertz Zindler is sentenced to a summer in nowhere Arizona with no technology, no friends, and no way off the local sheriff’s suspect list for a recent string of arsons. (Novel in verse!)
- Meeting Time: 7 PM, CST, Wednesday, June 25
Summary: Ordinary twins try to find their magical aunt while on the run from mobsters in a city split between two types of ancient magic—and find they might not be so ordinary after all.
- Meeting Time: 7PM, CST, Thursday, June 26
July
Middle Grade Book: Orion and the Starborn (K. B. Hoyle)
Summary: What 12-year-old Orion Kim wants more than anything in the universe is to find his father and mother. But finding his parents could lead to the death of worlds.
- Meeting Time: 7 PM, CST, Wednesday, July 30
Summary: Nova harvests threads from human dreams to help fight a malicious parasite invading her sunless planet, but when she visits a boy who is already dreaming of her, the threat to her world also becomes a threat to her heart.
- Meeting Time: 7 PM, CST, Thursday, July 31
August
Middle Grade Book: Peony Watercolor’s Wish for Sun and Moon (Robyn Field)
Summary: A twelve-year-old girl tries to save her beloved home during her parents’ long unemployment with the help of a school talent show, a magic book, and a very special librarian.
- Meeting Time: 7 PM, CST, Wednesday, August 27
Summary: Orpheo never meant to betray his people beneath the sea—Rose never meant to put her kingdom on land in peril. But their love is destined to shake the foundations of both their worlds, for better or for worse.
- Meeting Time: 7 PM, CST, Thursday, August 28
