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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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Book Reviews
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Wicked As You Wish
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Excellent!
Superbikes
by Margaret Parish
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All of the bikes are really cool. My favorite is the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R because I am wondering if ninjas use this bike and it is the "king of all sports bikes."
Henry And Mudge And The Sneaky Crackers
by Cynthia Rylant
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Henry and Mudge were spies and they found a spy kit with a password. After doing a lot of detective work, Henry and Mudge solved the mystery. The code was from another boy with the same spy kit and they all became friends, My favorite part of this book was that they found a new friend.
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner
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The next book in the Maze Runner series has basically the same review as the Maze Runner. The stakes are higher, and it turns out that escaping the maze was only the beginning. I was gripped at some times, wanted to give up on the book at other times. Overall, the book was rather exciting and really had me thinking.
Of Women And Salt
by Gabriela Garcia
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I usually love a good historical fiction read, but this one never caught my attention like others I have read. Took a while to get into this book. It was hard to follow for me. I liked that the theme was very relevant to the times we are living in.
The Sum Of Us What Racism Costs Everyone
by Heather Mcghee
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This book is based on the premise that the solidarity dividend is when folks come together across racial lines benefits society as a whole. It is a dense book written mostly from an economical standpoint which surmises that the cost of racism and white supremacy hurts not only Black people but white people as well.
Russell the Sheep
by Rob Scotton
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Russell couldn't fall asleep. He wasn't tired. He tried counting all sorts of things and nothing helped. He tried counting his legs and then the stars and he found a new bed and he still wasn't tired. Then he tried counting sheep. That put him to sleep.
The Silence Between Us
by Alison Gervais
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I really enjoyed reading this book and learning more about the Deaf community. I have a Hard of Hearing friend and she has expressed many of the same opinions that this book did, such as being proud of being HoH/Deaf and not needing to be fixed. I really appreciated this #OwnVoices book and the research that was done. I also really liked how the author wrote ASL and kept it more with ASL grammar vs writing it with English grammar as other books I’ve read about this topic. Additionally, I thought how the lipreading portions were done well, how it’s impossible to catch every word lipreading and how you have to piece together context with what you caught.
The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World
by Laura Imai Messina
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This book is beautifully written. Inspired by a real life phone booth in Japan. It is a story of love and hope after devastating loss and grief. A window into Japanese culture and the terrible loss of the 2011 tsunami. I was living in Texas at the time of the tsunami and on the night of a terrible tornado and hail storm in our town I thought of the people who had endured the tsunami in Japan. I was surprised at the calming effect and hope this story left me with.
Henry And Mudge And The Great Grandpas
by Cynthia Rylant
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Henry and Mudge went to visit Henry's grand-pa Bill. Grandpa Bill lived with other grandpas. Henry and Mudge brought games to play with all the grandpas. Then they went for walk and they found a pond. Then they went back to check with Henry's parents to see if they could swim in the pond. They grandpas wanted to so they all went swimming in their underwear! They stayed in the pool for an hour and had so much fun!
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