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Read for a Lifetime - Illinois Center for the Book
Brief Information:
Read for a Lifetime is a statewide reading program that targets high school students. This initiative promotes the enjoyment of reading by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary literature and rewards them for their efforts. By participating in the program, students develop a love of books and reading that will last a lifetime.
Program Information
Program Information
- Illinois high schools promote and encourage their students to read from the annual booklist of 25 titles, which represents a mixture of classic and contemporary literature.
- Certificates are given to each student who:
- Reads at least four titles from the posted booklist during the school year
- Reads all 25 books on the annual posted booklist.
- Reads at least four titles from the annual posted booklist all 4 years of high school.
- Reads all 25 books on the annual posted booklist all 4 years of high school.
- All certificates are signed by the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian.
Be sure to supply your school library (in Illinois) your completed challenge. The school library will then need to fill out the Final Reporting Form and submit it to the Illinois State Library ([email protected]).
Final Reporting Form
Final Reporting Form
2024-2025 Illinois Read for a Lifetime Book List
1 participant (24 books)
Overview
Read for a Lifetime - Illinois Center for the Book
Brief Information:
Read for a Lifetime is a statewide reading program that targets high school students. This initiative promotes the enjoyment of reading by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary literature and rewards them for their efforts. By participating in the program, students develop a love of books and reading that will last a lifetime.
Program Information
Program Information
- Illinois high schools promote and encourage their students to read from the annual booklist of 25 titles, which represents a mixture of classic and contemporary literature.
- Certificates are given to each student who:
- Reads at least four titles from the posted booklist during the school year
- Reads all 25 books on the annual posted booklist.
- Reads at least four titles from the annual posted booklist all 4 years of high school.
- Reads all 25 books on the annual posted booklist all 4 years of high school.
- All certificates are signed by the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian.
Be sure to supply your school library (in Illinois) your completed challenge. The school library will then need to fill out the Final Reporting Form and submit it to the Illinois State Library ([email protected]).
Final Reporting Form
Final Reporting Form
Challenge Books
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Dashka Slater
* ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
All Your Twisted Secrets
Diana Urban
* Must Read Book of the year—BookBub, Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more
Anatomy: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz
* INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
* REESE'S Young Adult BOOK CLUB PICK
* REESE'S Young Adult BOOK CLUB PICK
Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood
* Best Book of the Year— NPR, Kobo, and Amazon
Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross
* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
* Best YA Books of the Year—Amazon
* Best YA Books of the Year—Amazon
Four for the Road
K.J. Reilly
* Best YA Book and Best YA Book about Family— Kirkus
* ALA/YALSA Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults
* ALA/YALSA Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Furia
Yamile Saied Méndez
* REESE’s Hello Sunshine YA BOOK CLUB PICK
* Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal
* Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach
* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
* Longlisted for Carnegie Medal in Nonfiction
* Longlisted for Carnegie Medal in Nonfiction
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Talia Hibbert
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Huda F Are You?
Huda Fahmy
* American Library Association RISE— Feminist Book Project Pick