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, books written for teenagers or adult readers).
** Rising 10th-12th graders, your English class for fall is in the Long Term schedule you received at the end of May. Rising 9th, you'll be getting your schedule and advisor from Laura M. at the end of June. **
Choose your English teacher's name from the "Required Reading" dropdown menu to see the assigned book, or book options, for your class. Teachers will expect students to be able to discuss and/or write about the assigned book in class at the start of school. This year, students should also submit a Reading Response form for each of their two additional, free-choice books (yes, this is new for High School). All reading & responses should be completed by August 14, the first day of school.
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/
All assigned books are also available at local public libraries, bookstores, or in Sora, Paideia's digital book collection.
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
Read the New York Times and Enter the Summer Reading Contest.
With a Paideia School New York Times account, you'll have access to all the news you can read! You'll be able to activate your account starting on June 3, 2024. Go to the Paideia NY Times tab on this guide for activation instructions.
Every Friday beginning on June 7, there will be a new a post asking the same question: “What got your attention in The Times this week?” You can enter with a written response OR a 90-second video response. Winning responses will be posted on the contest website.
One past Paideia contest winner is now a profesional TV news reporter, in Denver, CO and Dallas, TX!
Everything you need to know about the New York Times Summer Reading Contest is in this article:
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
