High Schools
- Boston Arts Academy 2010
- Boston Public Library
- Boston Latin Academy 2011
- Boston Latin School (pdf) 2011
- Fenway
High School 2010
- Andover Public Schools 2011
- Arlington Public Schools 2011
- Avon Middle/High School 2011
- Barnstable High School 2011
- Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical HS, Charlton (doc) 2011
- Beaver Country Day School 2011
- Belmont High School 2011
- Beverly High School 2011
- Billerica Memorial High School 2011
- Bishop Stang High School, N. Dartmouth 2011
- Brockton Public Schools
- Chelsea High School 2011
- Dover-Sherborn High School 2011
- Falmouth Public Schools K-12 2011
- Gloucester High School 2010
- Hudson High School 2011
- Landmark School 2-12 , Pride's Crossing 2011
- Lexington High School 2011
- Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 2010
- Lunenburg High School 2011
- Lynn Public Schools K - 12 2011
- The MacDuffie School, gr. 6-12, Springfield 2011
- Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 2010
- Masconomet Regional Schools grades 7-12 2011
- Minuteman Career & Technical High School, Lexington 2011
- Mount Alvernia High School grades 7-12
- Mount Saint Joseph's Academy 2011
- Needham High School 2011
- Newton South High School 2011
- Noble and Greenough School 2011
- Norwell High School 2011
- Pope John XXIII High School Everett 2011
- SAILS member Libraries 2011
- Sandwich High School 2011
- Sharon High School pdf 2011
- Sturgis Charter Public School (IB), pdf Hyannis 2011
- Swampscott High School pdf 2011
- Tahanto Regional Middle/High School Boylston 2011
- Waltham Public Schools 2011
- Wellesley High School pdf 2011
- Westford Academy 2011
- Weston High School 2011
- Weymouth High School pdf
- Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools grades K-12 2011
- Winchester High School 2011
Middle schools
- Andover Middle Schools 2011
- Arlington Public Schools 2011
- Avon Middle/High School 2011
- Beaver Country Day School 2011
- Braintree Public Schools K-12 2011
- Briscoe Middle School, Beverly 2011
- Brockton Public Schools
- Bourne Middle School 2011
- Luther Burbank Middle School, Lancaster 2011
- Chelsea Public Schools 5-8 2011
- Dedham Middle School gr. 6 pdf 2011
- Dedham Middle School gr. 7 & 8 pdf 2011
- Falmouth Public Schools K-12 2010
- Fay School 2-9, Southborough 2011
- Fessenden School, Newton K - 9
- Sara Gibbons Middle School, Westborough
- John Glen Middle School, Bedford 2010
- Lynn Public Schools K - 12 2011
- The MacDuffie School, gr. 6-12, Springfield 2011
- Masconomet Regional Schools grades 7-12 2010
- Meadowbrook School 2-8, Weston 2011
- Monument Valley Middle School, Great Barrington
- Oak Hill Middle School, Newton
- The Pike School, Andover K-9
- Quincy Public Schools K-8 2011
- Holten Richmond Middle School , Danvers 2011
- Sandwich Public Schools grades 7-8 2008
- Stoneham Middle School 2010
- Waltham Public Schools 2011
- Weston Middle Schools grades 6-8 pdf 2009
- Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools grades 7-8 2010
Elementary Schools
- Andover Public Schools 2011
- Arlington Public Schools 2011
- Braintree Public Schools K-12 2011
- Brockton Public Schools
- Danvers Elementary Schools 2011
- Falmouth Public Schools 2011
- Fay School 2-9, Southborough 2011
- Landmark School 2-12 , Pride's Crossing 2011
- Lynn Public Schools K - 12 2011
- Meadowbrook School 2-8, Weston 2011
- The Pike School , Andover K-9
- Quincy Public Schools K-8 2011
- Waltham Public Schools 2011
- Wellesley Elementary Schools 2011
- Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools grades 1-5 doc files 2009
USEFUL RESOURCES
Massachusetts
School
Library Association
ALA
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Lists in curriculum areas: History, Humanities,
Literature& Language Arts,
Science & Technology, Social Sciences
ATN
Book Lists - All Together Now (ATN).
Suggested reading lists by genres, authors, school subjects, themes and more.
Extensive.
ATN-reading-lists-home WIKI
Book
Talks Quick and Simple -
Nancy Keane's Children's Website.Find books by
interest level, title, author, or subject.
Letters About Literature
(Center for the Book:Library of Congress) A National reading and
writing promotional program for children
and young adults.
Summer Reading Lists Abound on the Web ! -
Education World, Inc. Reading Lists from around the country and Resources links.
TeenLink - more books - NYPL -
Suggested titles for various themes e.g. Historical
Fiction, East Meets West, Latino Roots, Poetry, On
The Bard, etc.
Summer Reading articles:
Bafile, Cara. "One book, one school, one community: a singular experience." Education World 2009. Web. 2010.
Kim, James S., and Thomas G. WHite. "Solving the problem of summer reading loss." Phi Delta Kappan 92.7(2011):64+. Academic OneFile. Web. 12 May 2011
Metz, Steve. "Closing the gap with summer reading." The Science Teacher 76.5 (2009): 8. Expanded Academic ASAF. Web. 2010.
Parker-Pope, Tara. "Summer must-read for kids? Any book." New York TImes 4 Aug. 2010: D1(L). The New York TImes. Web. 12 May 2011.
Shea, Chris. "What did they read on their summer vacation? A survey of high school lists." Washingtonpost.com. 2004. Web. 2010.
Strauss, Valerie. "Odds stacked against pleasure reading." Washingtonpost.com. 2005. Web. 2010.
Williams, Linda. "How I spent my summer vacation ..with
school reading lists." VOYA February 2002, 416-421.
Print.
Williams, Linda. "Summer
Reading Belongs in
the Hands
of the Students: Celebrating Choice in School
Reading Lists." VOYA December 2003. Web. 2010.
Wolf, Maryanne. "You are what you read" Tufts Magazine. 2007. Web. 2010.
AWARDS
ALA | YALSA Booklists & Book Awards
All Nobel Laureates in Literature
1901 - present
The Pulitzer Prizes 1919- present
Journalism, Letters & Drama, and Special Citations and awards
MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARIES
MLS Massachusetts Library System
http://www.masslibsystem.org/
2011 Statewide Summer Reading Program: Explore the World at the Library this Summer.
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/public-relations/reading/index.php
Note, many online school summer reading lists are removed in the fall.