Free Audiobooks Available to Read Over the Summer!

SYNC has started its new series of summer reading. SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week - pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.

Once you download the books they are yours to keep for forever. A set of new titles is posted each Thursday.

To begin, go to the Sync page register and you will either get a text or email each Thursday to remind you that you have 2 free books to download. Anyone over 13 can download books - students, teachers or parents.

YALSA 2017 Book Awards

At the January ALA mid-winter meeting, the yearly book awards were announced.  The ones that teens would be interested in are the Printz Award and the Alex Awards.

The Printz Award and Honor awards are given to books which exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature.

The Alex Awards are given to 10 books that were originally written for an adult audience that would have appeal to young adults age 12 - 18 years old.

To read about all of the 2017 Book Awards given out check out the lists here.