Free audiobooks
2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week
June 14 - August 22, 2012

Teens and other readers of Young Adult Literature will have the opportunity to listen to bestselling titles and required reading classics this summer.  Each week from June 14 - August 22, 2012, SYNC will offer two free audiobook downloads.

The audiobook pairings will include a popular YA title and a classic that connects with the YA title's theme and is likely to show up on a student's summer reading lists.  For example, Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone, the first book in a new series about a girl who opens a door to two otherworldly cities at war, will be paired with Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities.

To find out when you can download titles to listen to on the run this summer, visit www.AudiobookSync.com or text syncya to 25827.

 
 
Looking for a book like the Hunger Games? Try the dystopian and post-apocalyptic books, i.e. books where society has changed... for the worst... on the Frightening Future? booklist.  
 
 
John Green's new book, The Fault in Our Stars, has just arrived.  In case you've forgotten, John Green's the author of Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson.  (FYI, Will Grayson, Will Grayson is missing so if you know who has it, tell that person to cough it up.)  There's been a lot of talk about this book from Time Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today as well as in the school library world.  It promises to be a great read; come and get it!
 
 
New York State announced 1.65 million teens and children participated in summer reading programs during the summer of 2011. The Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian said it's a 10% increase from 2010. Way to go NY public libraries!  Get more information at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/resource.htm.
 
 
School Library Journal has announced its best books of 2011.  Take a look at what we have or will be getting on the SLJ Best Books 2011 list
 
 
More Kimani Tru books have arrived!  See the complete list by searching "Kimani Tru" in the library's catalog.  Can't find the one you want?  Just ask for it.  See all our new arrivals on the New Items page.
 
 
Thousands of teens have had their say.  The Young Adult Library Services Association has published their list of Teens' Top Ten.  See which ones we have on the 2011 Teens' Top Ten list.
 
 
Thousands of teens across the country have spoken!  The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced the 2010  Teens' Top Ten books.
  1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster)
  2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
  3. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon & Schuster)
  4. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (HarperCollins)
  5. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin)
  6. Matched by Ally Condie (Penguin)
  7. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson (Little, Brown & Company)
  8. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White (HarperCollins)
  9. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins)
  10. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Penguin).
Watch the announcement Animoto.
 
 
Not sure about a book or looking for a good one?  Read reviews by JJHS students!  Click anywhere on the library site where you see "Catalog" and scroll down to the bottom of the page.  There you'll see the latest 5-6 books to have been reviewed.  Click on anywhere you see "Reader Review" to see all the reviews written... so far.  Write your own review when you've finished a book!  Instructions are on the Book Reviews page of the library site.
 
 
Drum roll please!  The top 10 most checked out book for 2010-2011 are...
  1. Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
  2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  4. Keili by Yukako Kabei
  5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  6. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
  7. A Child Called "It" by  David J. Pelzer
  8. Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
  9. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff 
  10. Rosario + Vampire by Akihisa Ikeda.

The above titles are those checked out for pleasure reading.  We are assuming no one is checking out the Encyclopedia of Careers and Educational Guidance or the Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I for fun.