Finding e-Books
Finding e-Books
Need help locating free books to read online? Here are some great resources to try!
E-Book Help from Alachua Public Library, gives a lot of good guidance and directions for getting e-books to work on your device.
TeenBook Cloud, provided by ACPS, offers thousands of e-book choices in all fiction genres as well as graphic novels, poetry, non-fiction, and more! (Note, this might require you to sign in on myPortal first, then go to Section 5 for Supplemental Resources and click on TeenBook Cloud.)
Destiny Discover at the OVMS / ACPS Library Catalog, browse through the many free e-books your own library has to offer! (Note, this might require you to sign in on myPortal first, then go to Section 4 for Media Center and click on Destiny Library Automation.)
Alachua Public Library powered by Overdrive, lets you browse available e-books and check them out using your student library card!
MackinVIA from the ACPS library system, provides free e-books. You will need to click "Sign in with Google" and then enter your entire student gmail address (including @gm.sbac.edu after your username) and your usual password.
Simon Teen / Riveted is currently offering a lot of great novels for young adults in e-book format, completely free, using their e-reader. Includes titles from Cassandra Clare, Emily Suvada, Tamora Pierce, and many more!
Florida Electronic Library provided by ACPS, offers a wide range of non-fiction selections for free (Note, this might require you to sign in on myPortal first, then go to Section 4 for Media Center and click on Florida Electronic Library > eBooks.)
100 Sites offering Free e-book downloads/viewing from Just English, providing links to seemingly all ranges of and categories of reading
Poetry for Teens from the Academy of American Poets, arranged by topic -- including Family, Breakups and Heartbreak, Grief and Loss, Love and Relationships, Politics and Social Justice, Mental Health, Heritage and Identity, and more!
BookShare - Read Your Way, from Benentech. From their site: "Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading."