2013 SHS Summer Reading

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The Selectionby Cass, KieraCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection–a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea’s prince–but all [...]

2013 HEHS Summer Reading

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Tuesdays with Morrieby Albom, MitchCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: Nearly 20 years after their first lessons, now dying college professor Morrie imparts his wisdom to student Mitch during weekly Tuesday meetings. A gentle mentor imparts the lessons of a long life.

Accelerated and AP English
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2013 CHS Summer Reading

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After Tupac and D Fosterby Woodson, JaquelineCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur’s music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.
Calico Joeby Grisham, [...]

Teen Mystery Books

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Bullet Pointby Abrahams, PeterCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: The only thing seventeen-year-old Wyatt knew about his biological father was that he was serving a life sentence, but circumstances and a new girlfriend bring them together and soon Wyatt is working to prove his father’s innocence.
Guy Lagman Crime Scene Procrastinatorby [...]

Teen Sports Fiction

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BASKETBALL Night Hoopsby Deuker, CarlCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school’s varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents’ divorce and erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
BASKETBALL [...]

2013 Lincoln Challenge

The Abraham Lincoln Award is presented annually to the author of the book voted most outstanding by participating Illinois students in grades 9-12 in Illinois. This year, 22 books were chosen by high school teens, librarians and educators. We challenge teens in grades 7-12 to read all 22 books! Book parties will be held [...]

SHS Summer 2012

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Art of Racing in the Rainby Stein, GarthCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television and by listening closely to the words of his master, [...]

CHS Summer 2012

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The Afterlifeby Soto, GaryCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
Beneath a Meth Moonby Woodson, JaquelineCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: After losing her mother [...]

HEHS Summer 2012

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Tyrellby Booth, CoeCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
Mom’s Cancerby Fies, BrianCheck library catalog for availabilityDescription: Winner of [...]