Welcome to the home of the Paideia High School summer reading program. All rising 9th-12th graders should read a minimum of THREE books over the summer, including one specific title assigned by your fall term English teacher, plus any two free choices. Free choice books may be chosen from among the lists in this website, or any other fiction or non-fiction, poetry, or graphic novel that is reasonable for your age and reading level (ie, not Magic Tree House or Captain Underpants!)
Choose your English teacher's name from the "Required Reading" dropdown menu to see the assigned book, or book options, for your class. Seminar and themes students might be assigned reading by those class teachers. Go ahead and count that reading toward your free-choice reading if you want.
While families are not required to use our dedicated online bookstore, all books assigned by high school teachers will be made available for purchase at https://bnck-12.com/
If you need help deciding on a book, or have any other questions, email us (Anna Watkins, JH & HS LIbrarian, and Jim Veal, English Department Chair) at library@paideiaschool.org.
Happy Reading!!
Paideia Library Ebooks 24/7, All Summer Long
Whether you’re stuck at home or it’s after library hours, you can still get great books from our e-book & audiobook collection with the Sora app -- a huge 24/7 "even when the library is closed" selection for summer reading. You'll never run out of good books again!
Already a Sora user? Login to the app!
New to Sora? Get instructions here!
More Free Books!
Put your tax dollars to work -- use your local public library! You'll be able to borrow books, DVDs and audiobooks on CD, PLUS you'll have access to thousands more ebooks, audiobooks, movies and music through the public libraries' digital collection services (Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, etc).
Fulton County Public Library (Atlanta)
Dekalb County Public Library (DCPL)
Gwinnett County Public Library
Pines (Henry, Clayton, Newton & Rockdale)
Non-profit online projects are great places to find high quality ebooks of classic novels and other Public Domain works (published before 1924), and volunteer-created audiobooks, totally free.
Project Gutenberg - free downloadable Public Domain ebooks in English and other languages
The Internet Archive - downloadable Public Domain texts, plus additional ebooks, sound recordings & video that can be checked out and read online.
LibriVox - free audio recordings of Public Domain works
Rather buy?
Please shop a local independent bookstore! Here are a few in our area:
Brave + Kind Bookshop - Decatur
Charis Books & More - Agnes Scott, Decatur
Eagle Eye Book Shop - Decatur, near Emory
Little Shop of Stories - Decatur Square
Tall Tales Book Shop - Toco Hills
Virginia Highland Books - Virginia Highland, Atlanta
Read Shop by The Merchant - Vinings Jubilee
Medu Bookstore - Greenbriar Mall, Atlanta
