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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. 


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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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The Rose Code By Kate Quinn
by Kate Quinn
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A wonderful story of 3 young women who became unlikely friends during WWII. It's a long book, over 600 pages that was an easy read. I typically read at night before bed and caught my self many times during the day wondering what Oslo, Man & Beth would be up to tonight when I picked up this wonderful novel
Sisters In Arms
by Kaia Alderson
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This book is about two African American women who join the Women’s Army Corps in World War II. They are subjected to racism and violence and although they are like oil and water become friends given their common predicament. Since both are from New York City, the segregation and treatment they receive is alarming to them.
The Hollywood Spy
by Susan Elia MacNeal
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Book Eleven in the Maggie Hope series. Maggie sets out to 1943 Hollywood where she agrees to help her previous beau, John Sterling, solve the mystery of Gloria Hutton's death. It is here she encounters American Nazism, the Zoot Suit Riots, Segregation, and the glittery stars of Hollywood. There is also a great, highly anticipated (at least by this reader) foreshadowing of a storyline for Book 12! Love this series!!
Beneath Copper Falls
by Colleen Coble
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The 7th and last book of the Rock Harbor Series. I am sad that I got to the end of the series. But loved reading about Rock Harbor and watching them learn and grow as people (characters). Dana, friend to Bree, is returning to Rock Harbor after her relationship hit the rocks. The past and the present come together. Love the Rock Harbor series and will try another series by this author.
On Our Way to First Grade
by Kate Howard
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I liked this book because now i know that I will be ready to move on to first grade. I liked learning of all of the fun things that I will get to do in first grade, like games to play outside, new yummy foods during lunch, and best of all, make new friends!
The Babysitters Club Boy Crazy Stacey
by Gale Galligan
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The Babysitters Club Boy Crazy Stacey is about Stacey that fell in love with a lifeguard and his name was Scott. She soon found out Scott already had a girlfriend that he kissed. Stacey soon fell in love with a boy named Toby.
A Crooked Tree
by Una Mannion
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Told from the perspective of fifteen-year-old Libby during the 1980s, the story starts one night when Libby's younger sister, Ellen, annoys their mom so bad that she kicks Ellen out of the car and tells her to walk home. Ellen decides to hitchhike her way back, only to get into the car of a strange man who doesn't seem willing to let her out, resulting in her having to jump. I was expecting this to be more of a thriller or mystery, following what happened after the car ride and them finding the guy who did it. That's not really the story, though. This is less a mystery/thriller and more a coming of age story about a family who just happened to have a girl who was molested in a car. I found Libby to be really boring as a narrator, and the timeline itself was very confusing - you'd be reading something present tense and all of a sudden, within the same paragraph, they suddenly jump to an event that happened years ago. The premise was interesting, but I found the writing style to be disjointed and the summary didn't really match what the book was.
The Next Wife
by Kaira Rouda
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3.5 stars. I really enjoyed the second half of this book compared to the first. The writing does feel a bit juvenile at points, but I think it was intentional to really have us understand the characters and what the author was attempting to convey about them. Would be a good beach read.
Diary Of An 8 Bit Warrior Book 3
by Cube Kid
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Good book, wish it had more details, a lot of suspense, overall I would recommend it to certain people.
Radium Girls
by Kate Moore
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Growing up in New Jersey, I had always heard stories about the Radium Girls. I found this book so captivating, yet heart wrenching. I couldn't put it down. What these girls went through after working with radium paint is so sad and truly unfair.
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