Relax and Listen
Sync Audiobooks is giving away 30 free titles this summer. Two per week.
Download and listen for free painless summer reading.
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HPHS Required Summer Reading
Get the scoop on the HPHS required summer reading here.
Check out all of these books at the library!
For choice reading suggestions click on the
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Happy Summer Reading!
| Course | Summer Reading Title and Author | ISBN # |
| English I Standard | Choice Reading * | |
| English I Pre-AP and English I Pre-AP TAG | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
By Jamie Ford |
978-0-345-50534-7 |
| English II Standard | Choice Reading * | |
| English II Pre-AP and English II Pre-AP TAG | Lord of the Flies
By William Golding |
978-0399501487 |
| English III Standard, English III AP, and English III AP TAG | Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell |
978-0316017930 |
| English IV Standard | Grendel | 978-0-679-72311-0 |
| English IV AP and English IV AP TAG | The Poisonwood Bible
By Barbara Kingsolver |
978-0-06-078650-2 |
The Books Are Due!
All library books and materials are now due.
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The New SAT and Reading Stamina
According to The New York Times, the new SAT is reading-heavy in both the reading/writing sections and the math sections of the test.
Some changes according to experts are, “longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems. The shift is leading some educators and college admissions officers to fear that the revised test will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading” (Hartocollis). Exposure to a lot of varied reading and building reading stamina can help you score better on the test.
Where’s the best place to find reading texts? The HP Scots Library of course! We’ll help recommend books to build your reading stamina, broaden your knowledge of literature, help you succeed in college and beyond, and inspire you to become a lifelong reader.
Hartocollis, Anemona. “New, Reading-Heavy SAT Has Students Worried. “The New
York Times. The New York Times, 08 Feb. 2016. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.
ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2016
Yesterday the American Library Association announced the top books, audio books, and videos for children and young adults.
Your HP Scots Library has most of these books ready for check out today! Come see us and check out a great read!
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults.
Winner:
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Printz Honor Books:
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner:
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
Finalists for the award:
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
Winner:
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Finalists:
Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
All Involved by Ryan Gattis
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen
Happy Award Winners Reading!
Best Books Lists and Award Winners
Season’s Readings!
It’s that time of year!
Time for some major book award announcements and best books lists before the winter break when you might actually have a minute or two to read.
Check out these great reads @ your HP Scots Library.
TAYSHAS List
Maverick Graphic Novel List
YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
YALSA’s Morris Award
School Library Journal’s Best Young Adult Books of 2015
National Book Awards
National Book Awards- Young People’s Literature
The New York Time Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2015
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2015
