1. “No Boring Books in the summer!” -Dav Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants, on summer reading

2.   Read 3-4 personal choice books (*Level One L.A. students must read a minimum of 4 books)  Keep a reading log (use the online log at WPL) of all the books read and number of pages readreading log  Turn in your reading log, signed by a parent, to your language arts teacher in the fall  Find forms/info @ the Wethersfield Schools websiteWethersfield Schools website Summer reading requirements for students entering Grade 8

3.   Register for the online book review program Register  READ great books, log your reviews online beginning June 30 th *(and ending August 18 th )log your reviews online  Read and Write. For every book review you add online, your name is entered for a weekly prize drawing of a $15 Barnes and Noble gift card  For every 3 books read, you get entered into the grand prize raffle to win four pack of movie tickets and soda and popcorn voucher  Read and record five books, you will be entered into the super grand prize raffle, an Amazon Kindle HD ! Read and record five more—earn another chance. Five more—another chance! Earn as many as you can! Teen Summer Reading Program @ Wethersfield Public Library

4.   School goal: SDMS Students will read 2,400 books  Staff goal: SDMS staff will read 300 books  Ms. Poulos’ goal: 25 books (20 YA, 5 adult)  Finish the Teen Nutmegs and High School Nutmegs What is your personal goal? Number of books? Ask us if I met my goal when you come back to school in August! Set a Goal:

5.   Free digital downloads of books and audio in multiple formats (ePub, Kindle, mp3, WMA)  Requires public library card for WPL siteWPL site  Requires Username/Password for WPS siteWPS site Username: LastnameFirstname Password: Computerpassword##  Checkout for two weeks; no renewals  Requires free download of Overdrive Media App (for mobile devices) and Adobe Digital ID (for most devices except Kindles) Overdrive: @ WPL and @ WPS for digital book & audio downloads

6.  TumbleBook Cloud is an online collection of ebooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, and audio books! All books are available with unlimited access, all the time, from any device with an internet connection. www.tumblebookcloud.com Username: sdms Password: lions

7.  Allende, Avi, Christopher, Clancy, Cooney, Crutcher, Cushman, DeFelice, Dessen, Draper, Duncan, Fleischman, Flake, Fox, Grisham, Hesse, Hobbs, Lipsyte, Lupica, Myers, Park, Paterson, Philbrick, Reeve, Rinaldi, Riordan, Sacher, Shusterman, Soto, Speare, Spinelli, Strasser, Taylor, Tolkien, Wells, Yolen, Yep, Zindel… Or choose a great author…

8.  How do I select a great book?

9.  Find Books you love. If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book. Ask a friend Ask a teacher who knows you well. Ask a librarian Look at book lists online.

10.  Teen Nutmegs 2014

11.  2013 Teen Nutmeg Nominees

12.  True stories She Said Yes voki

13.  Classics

14.  Historical Fiction

15.  Teen Stuff Dairy Queen voki

16.  Other worlds/fantasy/ science fiction

17.  Survival/Adventure

18.  Mystery/Suspense/Spies Full Tilt voki

19.  Sports Heat voki

20.  Graphic Novels

21.  Short Stories