Kids & Teens

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Summer Reading

This summer, READ FIVE and return to school in the fall ready to learn!

Register for Summer Reading today!

Learning Support Services & Resources

Books for Kids

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The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics
Susan Hood
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy Cover Image
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy
Kekla Magoon
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves Cover Image
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves
Vivian Kirkfield
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What Is Nintendo?
Gina Shaw
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The Beak Book
Robin Page
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A Shot in the Arm!
Don Brown

Books for Teens

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry Cover Image
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Joya Goffney
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Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley
The Girls I’ve Been Cover Image
The Girls I’ve Been
Tess Sharpe
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
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Rule of Wolves
Leigh Bardugo
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Yolk
Mary H.K. Choi

Staff Picks

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Amy Main (Oakland)

Summer Romances

To kick off summer vacation, try these summer-themed, queer romantic reads for teens.
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Independence Day Reads for Kids and Teens

What's blue and white and read all over? Books, of course! Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has a wide selection of print and digital titles to commemorate the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776.