Awesome Reads
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award
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
Reading for a Lifetime
*Sponsored by the Illinois Center for the Book and Jesse White, Secretary of State
Young Adult Library Services Association Awards and Links
Outstanding Books for College Bound
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
RAILS for Schools
Reading List or Websites
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.
Audiobook Resources
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.
eBook Resources
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