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C.H. BOOTH LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM

June 14--August 20


How it Works

  • Register for an account. You can make accounts for yourself and your family.

  • Log in to your account and record your reading. See your age group below for more information regarding logging and prizes.

  • Visit us at the library for reading recommendations, and see our Event Calendar for more summer fun for the whole family. 


Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who can participate?

The whole family! We have a program for children, young adults, and adults. 


  • Can I count books that I read on my computer or e-reader?

Of course!


  • Can I count audiobooks?

You bet! 


  • Can I join the program before or after its official start date?  

Yes! You can register now and start recording your reading on the official start date (June 14th). Log your reading until August 20 for children, young adults, and adults.


  • What should I read?

Stop by the library to ask us for recommendations, view our book lists online, or follow us on social media, where we will post book recommendations all summer long. 


Facebook / Instagram / YA Instagram / Children’s Instagram


KIDS 

Ages 4 to Grade 5

Stop by the children’s department to pick up your summer reading kit. Each kit which includes  tickets for our prize raffle to be held on August 21.  All tickets must be received by August 20 to be eligible.



YOUNG ADULTS

Grades 6 to 12


Log your time spent reading to win points. Each week, participants will have the opportunity to use their reading points for the chance to win gift cards for local businesses and other fun stuff!


The summer’s top readers will have a chance to win a Kindle Fire tablet.


ADULTS


For every book review you submit, you will be entered into the Friday morning gift card raffle as well as the end-of-the-summer raffle of your choice.

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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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I love this book so much, one of my all time favorites!
Magic Tree House Polar Bears Past Bedtime
by Mary Pope Osborne
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Jack and Anna were trying to solve a rittle so they went to the artic tunra. For some reason they went with there pj's on and they were realy cold. Then a seal hunter showed up and gave them warm cloths. Then they folled a polar bear with a polar bear mask's on and that was the answer to the rittle.
Love Hate And Other Filters
by Samira Ahmed
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This book was amazing, but I can't give it five starts because it was to romantic for me.
Three Hours In Paris
by Cara Black
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It is June 1940. Paris is occupied by the Germans and Adolf Hitler is scheduled to visit. Kate Rees, an American sharpshooter, who learned to shoot on a farm in rural Oregon, is living in England with her Welsh husband when he and her baby daughter are killed during a German bomb attack. Kate is recruited by British intelligence and after some brief training, armed with only a rifle and a need for revenge, she parachutes into Occupied France to assassinate Hitler. She misses and runs for her life coming to the realization that the plan was a decoy, and she was set up. Extremely well-written historical thriller. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
March Book 1
by John Lewis
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March (Book 1) is a great read for all ages. I recommend not rushing through this novel, but taking the time to thoroughly analyze the graphics drawn by Nate Powell in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Civil Rights struggle. I appreciated learning about John Lewis' childhood and experiences in the South, to better understand how they impacted his future activism. Especially interesting was the conflict WITHIN the movement between the older activists who were more willing to compromise, such as MLK Jr and Thurgood Marshall, and the younger activists who wanted full justice without negotiation, such as John Lewis and Diane Nash of SNCC. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading the next books in the trilogy.
Hilo Gina The Girl Who Broke The World
by Judd Winick
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This book was great! I really loved getting Gina's perspective and hearing from her, since she doesn't have as large a role in the Hilo series. She is funny and smart and really really a cool character. Hope they have more books with her as the main character!!
The Weight Of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
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This was an interesting book especially as I had no idea that the Jewish Race had ever been banned from England! It is set in the 1660s and in current time with the people in current time (Helen and Aaron) discovering the story of Ester who scribed for a Rabbi blinded in the Spanish Inquisition. Ester is actually an intellectual who uses her position to air her views in a time when a woman was not permitted to do such a thing. During the story we learn a lot about her tragic life whilst at the same time we discover that Helen and Aaron have secrets of their own. It is an emotional book with some sad parts and triumphal parts. I was hooked from beginning to end.
Big Nate In Your Face
by Lincoln Pierce
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I really enjoy the Big Nate series. This one was really funny and I can’t wait to read more in the series. This is the third Big Nate book that I have read so far and I really really like it a lot. I recommend them to all of my friends at school. A++
Half Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
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I love this book so much!
Filthy Animals
by Brandon Taylor
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"It's like when a plane descends, you know? Gradually, down through the clouds, and suddenly you can't see anything? Except, with a plane, eventually you see the city. There was no city for me." Filthy Animals revolves around the lives of three characters - Charles and Sophie, two dancers that are in a questionably open relationship, and Lionel, a man they meet at a dinner party who is dealing with the fallout from a failed suicide attempt. The majority of the stories follow one or all of these characters, with a few outlier stories that deal with other people struggling through life. All of the stories are poignant, as the characters deal with terminal medical diagnosis, the loss of estranged family members, and most of all, the inability to fully achieve what you want in life. I really enjoyed the stories about the main three, but some of the secondary stories dragged a little more. In some ways, the stories all seemed a little too similar. It was a quick read, but in this case that might not have been a good thing.
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