Every year I like to recommend a summer reading list to my students in K-6 grades.  Suggestions?
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Amelia Bedila she is so funny I loved her when I was younger and my kids love her as well.  The Littles are a good series also.  Judy blumeis another one.
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It depends on the school that you attend and what books your teachers want you to read.  In my school, for instance, many moons ago, I had to read Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Great Expectations, and a few more I can't recall.  In any event, it all depends on your school.  Since you are homeschooled, perhaps you should ask your parent what books they will require you to read.
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As a public school librarian (K-8) I feel it is important to make available all books. However, budget constraints force me to choose mostly books that appeal to the most students. Captain Underpants may not be my choice for a student to read, however, if the students are asking for this title I will order it. What tends to drive my selection more is not self censorship but pressure from parents not to shelve a certain title. I try to preview  most titles for objectionable words, etc. and go from there. When I have a complaint from a parent I remind them that it is easier for them to check their child's book when they get home than for me to know what is acceptable for 500 plus students. An interesting thing to consider is the reverse, do we tend to pick books that appeal to us as a reader? I am a big Civil War buff and my library happens to have a dandy selection of books in the 970 Dewey decimal catagory!!!
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Bring in popular authors for readings and question/answer periods, particularly authors.\n\nMake sure your window displays feature popular books as well as quirky, youth-oriented choices.\n\nAdvertise on the local university/college campus and consider putting a 10% off coupon in the newsletters at local K-12 schools.  Get the kids involved by saying the discount is for people under 18 only, so the kids have to come in with their parents.
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Try the Educator's Reference Desk
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Try Scholastic, Lakeshore, or Simon and Shulster. They do provide reviews of their books, and you can also get reviews of books from local teacher organizations or the public library.
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well for one thing...Harry Potter. Thats one of my favorite series. If you haven't already read them, sisterhood of the traveling pants. one of my favorite books ever is cobwebs, by karen young...thats awesome. also, the dueling princes, stealing princes, pulling princes set...i love those. One of those hideous books where the mother dies (yes, thats the title) i love that book, i've read it like 6 times. all of those are great...i hope there's at least a few you haven't read here! this is exactly what i told someone else, idk if you read that, but if you did, thats why it looks familiar :)
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Use eric as a search tool.  Check Educational Leadership and the Reading Teacher in a google search.  Good luck.  (Sounds like prime bedtime reading!)Look up NEA archives/local teachers union too.
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Timeforkids.com\nweeklyreader.com
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This is pretty wide open.  Can you narrow down the age level and subjects?  I assume you are teaching literacy?
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Type up a mock day-schedule. Include things like Ice-breakers to learn student names, review what the students did over the summer, review what they learned last year...things of that nature. Make it colorful. If you want to go all out, make a colorful poster with everything on it.
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Aaaawww....."Sweet Pickles" books were the BEST!   I totally forgot about them.\n\nMy favorites were Goose Goofs Off and Me Too, Iguana.\n\nLooks like Amazon is still selling the series.
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try enotes.com, it gives you lesson plans and stuff on books, it also contains book summaries
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Try R.L.Stine books and I don't mean the Goosebump ones. \nI have a few I picked up in a New & Used bookstore near me. \nThey are located in the Teen section not the children's.\nI'm much older than you and I enjoyed them.
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My list -\n\nA Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)\nMidnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)\nTo Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)\nOne Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marques)\nCider House Rules (John Irving)\nLove in the Times of Cholera (Garcia Marquez)\nBlindness (Jose Saramago)\nThe Catcher in the Rye (J D Salinger)\nThe Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)\nOryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
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The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater\nThe Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch\nThe Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel\nAraboolies of Liberty Street by Sam Swope\nSam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness\nIan's Walk: A Story About Autism by Laura Lears\n\nI'd do any books that aren't by Dr. Suess or isn't 'Where the Wild Things Are' bcause they are soooooo popular
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I think The Diary of Ann Frank is one of the mos tpowerful novels you could do with young people.  Where the Red Fern Grows is another good one, as well as Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A NOvel of Sacagawea.  Call of the Wild, Julie of the Wolves, Black Beauty, and Old Yeller are great for animal lovers.   Summer of My German Soldier is interesting. \n\nI hope these thoughts help you in your decision.