What to Read

Books, magazine and newspaper articles and even Internet pages count. (Yes, even those books your school assigned you to read this summer). By registering online, you can create a Reader's Profile that includes the types of books you like to read, and we will provide great summer reading recommendations for you.

Here are some great reading links:

Book Reviews

If you want some recommendations for great books for teens, the Web has some great sites to help:

• Reader's Club (Teen Corner)
• Teen Reads
• Y Read? Youth Unite Through Books
• TeensPoint

The Public Library has also worked in collaboration with local schools to develop suggested list of books, organized by grade level, which may enhance your reading skills while out of school this summer. (Reading lists for grades K - 5 are available on our Kid’s Summer Reading page.)

• Sixth Grade
• Seventh Grade
• Eighth Grade
• Ninth Grade
• Tenth Grade
• Eleventh Grade
• Twelfth Grade

Do you "see" what you read? Then you will love graphic novels. And now you can check them out at PLCMC! Ask any library location for details. In the meantime, check out these links to graphic novel Web sites to find out more:

• No Flying, No Tights
• Guide to Anime and Manga
• The Periodic Table Of Comic Books
• Comic Books for Young Adults
• The Comic Book Award Almanac

Check out some of these great books!

Multicultural Request from library | View book review Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind

Inspirational Fiction Request from library | View book review Left Behind, the Kids: The Vanishings

General Fiction Request from library | View book review The Music of Dolphins