By Susan Jacoby, Librarian

Every spring, I approach the compiling of Atrium's "Summer Reading Suggestions" with the same mixture of joyous excitement and anxious trepidation.

Joyous excitement: Yay, books!!! What's not to love about diving deeply into the waters of children's/YA literature and surfacing with some pearls of literary treasure -- as well as (to extend the metaphor) assorted colorful flotsom and jetsum, because everyone - kids included - needs a "beach read" sometimes.

Anxious trepidation: Will I be able to find at least one something for everyone, from the child who's "read everything in the library," to the child who's read the Lunch Lady series of graphic novels over and over and over again, and "can't find anything else" s/he likes?