Summer Reading Program

Anti-Racist Reads

The following ebooks are available for our students looking to broaden their understanding of anti-racism. Visit our ebook website or the Axis 360 app to check out these materials. Please contact a librarian for more recommendations.

Fiction

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Nonfiction

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors

District 228 Summer Reading Initiative

Join the District 228 librarians every week as we talk about books and provide some book-related activities over summer! Contact your building librarians for more information or book recommendations!

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Summer Reading Recommendations

Why read science fiction?

A good work of science fiction gives us a vision of the future based on a foundation of realism. Most science fiction is rooted in our current world, where we then reflect on how humans interact with each other, technology and the environment.

SCIENCE Fiction

Realistic Fiction

Like these titles? Most are Lincoln books! Check out the full list for more great reads!

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Mysteries

Write & publish your own mystery!

If you love mysteries, why not try writing your own? There are plenty of websites offering writing prompts that can get you started. Or you can draw inspiration from your peers by checking out the mysteries section of the online teen magazine Teen Ink. Then when you've crafted your own story submit it to Teen Ink.

Use our Axis 360 ebook catalog to check out books!

Download the Axis 360 app
Press 'Login' in upper right corner
Search for 'Bremen High School District 228'
Type D228 student ID number for the Login. For students, this could look like: D22848598. (For staff, use D228 first initial last name. For example: D228bjohnson)
If you have not created an account, you will be prompted to fill in a registration screen where you will type in a username, and your school email (12233@bhsd228.com).