Ready Set Read. . .

Have you started a summer reading list? Here are a few titles, recommended by New Trier's Librarians and Northfield's Staff Book Club, to start with or add to your list. No doubt all of our lists will be longer than we have days of summer!

If you want more ideas be sure to browse/click on the links to the left of this post.

Happy Reading and Relaxing!
New Trier Library Staff

Abraham Lincoln High School Book Awards 2010
The Baron in the Trees
The Book Thief
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WAO
The Floor of the Sky
Gang Leader for a Day
The Girls From Ames
The Help
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
The Madonnas of Leningrad
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mudbound
People of the Book
Olive Kitteridge
Summer World: A Season of Bounty

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

Use LibraryThing to explore the 125+ titles recently designated as Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, 2009 by the American Library Association.

Use this link to explore those titles and the 2009 Alex Award Winners (given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults) and the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award winners (given to 5 books this year that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature).

If you click on the Tags column, the award winners will be listed first, followed by the Outstanding Books which will be grouped into one of 5 broad categories: Arts and Humanities; History and Cultures; Literature and Language Arts; Science and Technology; and Social Sciences. The entire list can also be sorted by Title or by Author (again, simply click on the relevant column). A user can also display covers or tags and clicking on a cover will link to another page with more information about an individual book and pricing and reviews from amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Enjoy!