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Thank you WHS students, teachers, and parents for making the first ever "Waltham Reads" summer reading program a huge success! Check out the pictures and videos from this year's events at www.WalthamReads.org media type="custom" key="24306916"

2013 Summer Reading

**Choosing your summer reading has never been easier!**
====Browse the recommended reading lists below and when you find something that you like, search Destiny (the library's catalog) to see if we have the title in the library.====

====**Did you know that you can log-in to Destiny (the library's catalog) and put books, DVDs, and other library items on hold?** First, click the Destiny icon on the library's website and then log-in using your school username and password (i.e. username: FirstnameLastname). Search for the book, click on the title, and click //Hold It!// We'll have the book(s) ready for you when you come in to school the next day.====

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 * NPR Summer Books
 * New York Times: Summer Reading
 * I'm Here, I'm Queer, Now What the Hell do I Read?
 * Reading in Color
 * Guardian: Best Holiday Reads
 * Open Culture: Life Changing Books

Notable Book Lists

 * Booklist Editor's Choice 2012
 * New York Times: 100 Notable Books 2012
 * National Book Foundation: Best Books 2012[[image:walthamlibrary/TellTheWolves.jpg width="121" height="187" align="right" link="@https://secure21.libraryreserve.com/walthampublicschools.lib.overdrive.com/A227278F-E5AD-4ACF-9A04-772270D6D480/10/42/en/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm"]]
 * Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2012
 * Nobel Prize in Literature 2012
 * National Book Critics Circle Award 2012
 * Massachusetts Book Awards: Must Read Books of 2012
 * Rainbow Books List 2013
 * Guardian: Best Books of All Time
 * Guardian: 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books
 * New York Times: 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books

Young Adult Book Lists & Awards

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 * Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013 (YALSA)
 * Great Graphic Novels 2013 (YALSA)
 * Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
 * Excellence in Nonfiction Award (YALSA)

Children's Book Awards

 * ALA Notable Children’s Books 2013
 * Newbery Medal and Honor Books 2013
 * Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2013
 * Caldecott Medal 2013

Other Stuff

 * NY Times Summer Reading Contest for Students