Open to all 9-12th grade students in Illinois. Students need to read 4 of the 20 books on the list to vote for their favorite in February.
*Sponsored by the the Association of Illinois School Library Educators
*Sponsored by the Illinois Center for the Book and Jesse White, Secretary of State
Outstanding Books for College Bound
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
The United State of YA: Read Your Way Across the USA!
The Longest Running Series in YA
The Periodic Table of Epic Reads
The Age of YA: A Timeline of Historical Fiction
The 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead
100 Best-Ever Teen Novels (NPR)
IPL Literary Criticism Collection
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that ca be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Check the library catalog for all of the titles. Some of the titles available are: The Great Gatsby, Go Ask Alice, Rot & Ruin, and many more.
LCHS have several ebook titles which can be found through the library catalog. You can read them directly on your computer or mobile device after checking them out. Titles include: Catching Fire, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, The Devil in the White City, and several others.
Alpha Park Library Digital Collection
Peoria Public Library Digital Collection
Classic Books- provided by the Library of Congress
Google Books - Full length or previews
International Children's Digital Library
Internet Archive- over 5 million books and items
Open Library- over 1 million titles
Project Gutenberg - ebooks and audiobooks