NEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Newton South Summer Reading List
Newton Middle Schools Summer Reading List- Annotated

OTHER SCHOOLS

Mount Alvernia High School, Newton- Summer Reading List
Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill-Library
Brimmer and May, Chestnut Hill- Middle/Upper School Summer Reading List
Fessenden School, W. Newton- Summer Reading Lists
Dana Hall School, Wellesley- Summer Reading List
Noble and Greenough School, Dedham- Summer Reading List
Buckingham Browne and Nichols Upper School, Cambridge- Summer Reading List
Buckingham Browne and Nichols Middle School, Cambridge- Summer Reading List
Milton Academy, Milton- Summer Reading List
Winsor School, Boston- Summer Reading Lists

• An attractive place to browse and ask questions, the YA area is located on the second floor.
• A summer reading incentive program encourages leisure reading.
• Red YA labels on fiction spines denote materials of special interest to young adults.
• Blue Reading List labels on paperback spines denote suggested reading titles from the Newton school system. These titles are separately located on shelves in the YA area.
• Attractive displays, booklists, subject bibliographies and program information are prepared at regular intervals.
• A vibrant collection of nonfiction books is located throughout the library.
• A special selection of the most recent hardcover and paperback fiction is housed in the YA area.
• Tours, library orientation and instruction in the use of reference materials for groups of visiting students are offered on request.

Prepared by the Newton Free Library YA librarians, these are lists featuring titles found in the YA collection.
Amelia Bloomer Project, 2002-2005
Gay/Lesbian/Bi or Transgendered Characters
The Immigrant Experience
The Medieval Era
Play Ball!

Timeless Classics
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.html

BookLetters - Teen Scene Newsletter
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/showfab.html?sid=5670&qlname=NLTS

BookLetters - Award Lists for Teens
ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books
Alex Awards
Américas Book Award
California Young Reader Medal: Young Adult
Jefferson Cup Awards
Margaret A. Edwards Awards
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Notable Graphic Novels
Printz Awards
Pura Belpré Award
Schneider Family Book Award
Young Hoosier Book Award: Intermediate

Newton Free Library held a very popular Book Talk/Book Signing with Marcella Pixley, the author of the young adult novel Freak, on November 29, 2007. Find out more about Ms. Pixley and Freak by visiting her website at:http://www.marcellapixley.com

YA Programs and literary contests
Letters About Literature
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters.html

Minuteman Library Network Teen Links
These pages were selected and reviewed by a committee of young adult librarians in the Minuteman Library Network. These sites are designed for students grade six and up.
http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/teen/

Other Public Libraries with Homepages for Teens
Belmont Public Library Teen Center
http://www.belmont.lib.ma.us/teencenter/

Brooklyn Public Library Infozone for Teens
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/teens/

Berkeley Public Library Teen Services
http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/teens/

Boston Public Library Extreme Teen Lounge
http://www.bpl.org/teens/

Reading Public Library Teen Page
http://www.readingpl.org/weblog/youngadult.html

Newton South High School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/nshs/Library/

Newton North High School Library
http://nnhs.newton.k12.ma.us/library/

Bigelow Middle School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/bigelow/library/index.html

Brown Middle School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/brown/library/library.html

Day Middle School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/day/library/library.htm

Oak Hill Middle School Library Media Center
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/oakhill/Library/