Arcadia Public Library

Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.

In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.

Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.

Twelve-year-old Julia's summer with her friend Taylor is disrupted when new girl Alyssa moves to Darcy Lane and ruins Julia's friendship with Taylor, her crush Peter, and her fun summer plans.

A young girl's chalk drawings bring her neighbors some relief on a hot summer day.

Summertime brings the Fletcher Family back to Rock Island where the good times never end, but this summer the boys' favorite lighthouse is all boarded up and with the help from their new neighbors, the Garcia girls, the boys are determined to find out what is really happening with their lighthouse and saving it, no matter what the cost.

A little girl enjoys the activities of a warm summer day and night.

To finish summer swimming lessons, Eugene brings out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to confront the "Blobby Blob-Blob" at the deep end of the pool.

"The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last four years trying so hard to be a Good Kid for her mom that she has no idea who she really is anymore, and two, she has no idea what she wants because of it. The solution? Pack her bags and move to New York for the summer, where her childhood best friend Tom and co-creator of The Getaway List--a list of all the adventures they've wanted to do together...

Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.