Digital Resources

Digital resources are a great way to continue reading and listening to e-books, audiobooks, and podcasts if you cannot access the AISJ physical library collection. Read on to discover great selections of middle school and high school e-books and audiobooks.

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Middle School E-Books

Riveted by Simon Teen is an online community for young adult readers from publisher Simon & Schuster. It offers several free full-length e-books and extended excerpts each month from a variety of genres.

Open Culture

Open Culture has over 800 free e-books and 1,000 audiobooks curated from online sources. The list includes works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, classic, and contemporary authors

Goodreads MS

A list of middle school level classics which can be read for free on Goodreads.com, curated by international school librarian Katie Day. You may need a Goodreads account to access the e-books.

High School E-Books

Goodreads HS

A list of high school level classics which can be read for free on Goodreads.com, curated by international school librarian Katie Day. You may need a Goodreads account to access the e-books.

Riveted

Open Culture

Open Culture has over 800 free e-books and 1,000 audiobooks curated from online sources. The list includes works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, classic, and contemporary authors

Audiobooks

SYNC

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens from May-July. SYNC gives away two audiobook downloads a week, a pair of high interest titles which are related to a weekly theme. If you do not have time to listen now, you can download the books using the SORA app and listen later.

Mindwebs

Are you a fan of science fiction? Mind Webs has recorded over 150 classic science fiction short stories into a radio dramatization format. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and H.G. Wells.

Open Culture

Open Culture has over 1,000 audiobooks curated from online sources. The list includes works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and classic authors as well as works by contemporary persons such as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Steve Jobs.

Learning Resources

Other Resources

JSTOR Daily

JSTOR Daily is an online magazine that provides context and background to news stories and current affairs. It publishes short and long posts from journalists and academics, and all pieces link to journal articles on JSTOR for deeper reading.

AllSides

AllSides™ strengthens the democratic society with balanced news, diverse perspectives, and real conversation. The website exposes readers to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other.

Project Gutenberg

Looking for the world's great literature classics? Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks that focuses on older works for which the U.S. copyright has expired. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online.

Comic Book Plus

Comic Book Plus gives readers free access to read and download Golden and Silver Age comic books. It also contains a large selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. All content is published according to copyright and trademark laws.