# The Firefly Summer

**Author:** Morgan Matson
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 432
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781534493360`
**ISBN-10:** `1534493360`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-firefly-summer
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A girl spends the summer at her late mother's childhood camp, meeting cousins she never knew and chasing a decades-old mystery. Morgan Matson's middle-grade debut is a warm story about family, belonging, and summer adventure. Nominated for the 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award (grades 3-5), administered by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians.

## Themes

- family
- summer
- mystery
- belonging

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)

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