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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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Magic Tree House 23
by Mary Pope Osborne Magic Treehouse Series
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First Anna and Jack went to the praries of Kases. Then the meat a class with 3 studnets and a 16 year old teacher. A studnet named Jeb who was not being nice to Jack. Then there was a twister when they were running back to the tree house. Then they rushed back to the school to safe every won.
Hilo The Boy Who Crashed To Earth
by Judd Winick
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I rate this 5 stars - it was a funny book because Hilo came crashing down to earth in his gray silver underpants. He never wanted to take them off which made me laugh.
Let It Go Peter Walsh
by Peter Walsh
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This was a quick read. I listened to the the audio version on Overdrive. Peter gives you some different ways to tackle downsizing to get by emotional attachment to items in your own house or in someone else house. I like that he touched on the importance of not taking in things from family members just because they're downsizing doesn't mean they should give it to you.
The Benefits Of Being An Octopus
by Ann Braden
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The Benefits Of Being An Octopus brilliantly captures the story of Zoey, a middle schooler charged with the task of taking care of her three baby siblings. So when a teacher notices her ability to speak up when it matters, Zoey is encouraged to join the debate team. At home, Zoey deals with an overworked mom being verbally abused by her boyfriend. Explaining topics such as gun violence, verbal abuse, and finding friends, The Benefits Of Being An Octopus follows Zoey as she speaks up for the things that matter to her and those she cares about.
The Goblet Of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
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One of the best books I have ever read!
The Consequences Of Fear Jacqueline Winspear
by Winspear, Jacqueline
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Number #16 in the Maisie Dobbs series. It is 1941 and Maisie works for SOE and is in pursuit of a murderer amongst the Free French stationed in London. If you've enjoyed the Maisie series, you will enjoy this one, too. Always well-written and engaging.
How The Word Is Passed
by Clint Smith
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I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way that the author used different chapters to take us to various different parts of the world and the United States to demonstrate how the history of the slave trade in America is represented and passed on either truthfully or not quite as truthfully. It is incredibly interesting, whilst at the same time exposing some horrific facts. Unfortunately I listed to this as an audiobook and did not feel that the author Clint Smith, despite being a poet, read it with much feeling or empathy. It was a relatively quick read but definitely leads me to want to do some more exploring of the information touched on in the book.
Next Year In Havana
by Chanel Cleeton
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A multigenerational love story about a grandmother and granddaughter and the lives they shared and the secrets that were kept. When the grandmother dies, her granddaughter travels for the first time to her grandmother’s native land of Cuba. There she learns about Cuba’s past, Cuba’s current state, and family secrets. Great read. Is book #1 in the series!
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
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The harrowing journey of Cora as she escapes her plantation in Georgia. She spends some time in South Carolina and is temporarily tricked into the “uplifting” program which involves secret syphillis testing and “voluntary” sterilization as well as in a secret attack in North Carolina. Her mother is the only person prior to her to have escaped this plantation- or so she thought.
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.
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