POMS Virtual Library - Reading and Writing

Need ideas for summertime activities? Going on a trip or just lounging at home? See below!

Reading Challenge!

Easy and fun reading activities can earn you a bronze, silver, or gold badge in September! Gold badges get to apply for lunchtime library aides and Library Leaders club.

Read Manga, Comics, and Graphic Novels online!

Access the Comics Plus app through Clever using your HISD account

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Summer Reads 2026 from Publishers Weekly Publishers WeeklyBest Books 2025, Best Middle Grade Books, Lauren Wolk, Meg Medina, Daniel Miyares, Derrick Barnes, Ibram X. Kendi, Bibi Dumon Tak, Mika Song, Karina Yan Glaser, Guojing, Katherine Applegate, María Dolores Águila, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Kate Messn

The 2026 RMG Summer Reading Starter Guide - Reading Middle GradeIt's summer reading season, baby! Welcome to the 2026 Reading Middle Grade Summer Reading Starter Guide. This is an abridged version of our 2026 Summer Reading Guide, made available for free to the public. Consider this a free tasting sample of the guide. While the full Summer Reading Guide features 35 new titles and dozens of backlist recommendations for readers ages 8-14, our Starter Guide features seven of those books that we think will have the widest appeal for a wide range of young readers. This year's guide is curated by me, Afoma Umesi and my teammates, Evelyn Khoo-Schwartz (a fifth-grade teacher-librarian) and Katie Wickliff (a former educator, writer, and mom).