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Young Adult Services

Summer Reading Lists from Local Schools

What services does YA offer?

Booklists (We Recommend)

Other Booklists (links to sites on internet)

What's New?

Useful Databases for Teens (selections)

Homework Help Links (library sites)

Newton School System Libraries

SUMMER READING LISTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS

NEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Newton South Summer Reading List
Newton Middle Schools Summer Reading List- Annotated (pdf file)
Newton Middle Schools Summer Reading List- Titles Only (pdf file)

OTHER SCHOOLS

WHAT SERVICES DOES YA OFFER?

- An attractive place to browse and ask questions, the YA area is located on the second floor.
- A summer reading incentive program encourages leisure reading.
- Red YA labels on fiction spines denote materials of special interest to young adults.
- Blue Reading List labels on paperback spines denote suggested reading titles from the Newton school system. These titles are separately located on shelves in the YA area.
- Attractive displays, booklists, subject bibliographies and program information are prepared at regular intervals.
- A vibrant collection of nonfiction books is located throughout the library.
- A special selection of the most recent hardcover and paperback fiction is housed in the YA area.
- Tours, library orientation and instruction in the use of reference materials for groups of visiting students are offered on request.

BOOKLISTS (WE RECOMMEND)

Prepared by the Newton Free Library YA librarians, these are lists featuring titles found in the YA collection.

Amelia Bloomer Project, 2002-2005
Gay/Lesbian/Bi or Transgendered Characters
The Immigrant Experience
The Medieval Era
Play Ball!

WHAT'S NEW?

Newton Free Library held a very popular Book Talk/Book Signing with Marcella Pixley, the author of the young adult novel Freak, on November 29, 2007. Find out more about Ms. Pixley and Freak by visiting her website at:
http://www.marcellapixley.com

YA Programs and literary contests
Letters About Literature
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters.html

Minuteman Library Network Teen Links
These pages were selected and reviewed by a committee of young adult librarians in the Minuteman Library Network. These sites are designed for students grade six and up.
http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/teen/

USEFUL DATABASES FOR TEENS (SELECTIONS)

*Indicates a database was purchased by the Newton Free Library. All remaining databases were purchased by either the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Metrowest Regional Library System, Boston Public Library, or the Minuteman Library Network.

For other helpful databases, click here.

BookLetters*
Looking for a book to bring on vacation or award winners for young adults? Try BookLetters. BookLetters is a reader’s advisory service providing opportunities for Newton patrons to sign-up to receive free email-newsletters with comments and reading recommendations in varied fields of interest. The service also includes Newton Free Library news and activities including author talks, bestseller and award lists, book discussion guides, author directories and other helpful information.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online* Home Access | In Library Access
Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopædia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. Home access for this database is available only to Newton residents with a Newton library card number beginning 21323.

LearningExpress Library* Home Access | In Library Access
LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Home access for this database is available only to Newton residents with a Newton library card number beginning 21323.

LexisNexis Primary Sources in U.S. History* Home Access | In Library Access
LexisNexis™ Primary Sources in U.S. History is a suite of Internet services, arranged in subject-specific modules covering presidential studies, African American studies, women’s studies, and more. Each subject module provides a range of sources––and opportunities––for research. Home access for this database is available only to Newton residents with a Newton library card number beginning 21323.

Lit Finder Home Access | In Library Access
Search for poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches by entering keywords, authors, etc. Categories can be searched together or separately.

NetLibrary® Home Access | In Library Access
NetLibrary® includes approximately 7,000 books (3,500 under copyright and the remainder under public domain) in the following subject categories: business, buying and selling a home, careers, Complete Idiot's guides, computer how-to books, consumer health, consumer law, psychology, self-help, sports coaching, sports how-to-books, study guides, travel, and web development.

Statesman's Yearbook Online * Home Access | In Library Access
Statesman's Yearbook is a dynamic, interactive, updated resource that will quickly provide the answers to thousands of questions about world politics, economics, culture, and society. It includes 192 country profiles, all updated monthly, and all accessible through an interactive, map-based interface. Home access for this database is available only to Newton residents with a Newton library card number beginning 21323.

HOMEWORK HELP LINKS (LIBRARY SITES)

Other Public Libraries with Homepages for Teens
Belmont Public Library Teen Center
http://www.belmont.lib.ma.us/teencenter/

Brooklyn Public Library Infozone for Teens
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/teens.jsp

Berkeley Public Library Teen Services
http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/teen/

Boston Public Library Extreme Teen Lounge
http://www.bpl.org/teens/

Reading Public Library Teen Page
http://www.readingpl.org/weblog/youngadult.html

NEWTON SCHOOL SYSTEM LIBRARIES

Newton South High School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/nshs/Library/

Newton North High School Library
http://www.nnhs.net/library/

Bigelow Middle School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/bigelow/library/index.html

Brown Middle School Library
http://www2.newton.k12.ma.us/~lauren_italiano/library.html

Day Middle School Library
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/day/library/library.htm

Oak Hill Middle School Library Media Center
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/oakhill/Library/

Last updated January 17, 2008