Middleborough School Summer Reading
NMS and MHS students: find your school summer reading assignments by clicking on the links below.
Nichols Middle School Summer Reading Assignment
This year, Nichols Middle School students are encouraged to participate in the Library's Teen Summer Reading Challenge. Read and earn virtual tickets for a chance to win one of eight Grand Prizes!
Scroll down to check availability and place a hold on suggested titles.The Library has reopened! Find out about our limited services on our Reopening Guidelines page.
Our current library building hours are:
Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Curbside Pickup Service for Borrowing Books
If you'd like to borrow an item from the library and don't want to enter the building:
1. Go to our online catalog and search for your title. Our delivery service has resumed so most materials are available for borrowing.
You may also request an item by calling the Library at 508-946-2470 or emailing midlib@sailsinc.org.
2. Place a hold on a title using your library card. Don't have a card or lost yours? Sign up for a temporary card or visit us to purchase a replacement card for $1.00.
3. Once your item(s) are ready, you can contact the Library to schedule a pickup time or you may now schedule and adjust your own curbside appointments via the Library's curbside appointment portal. To login into the portal, you will use your library card and password for the SAILS catalog. You may only make an appointment once your materials are waiting to be picked up.
Pickup is by appointment only. View our current pickup hours.
4. Make sure to bring a library card or form of ID for the person who is borrowing the items.
5. Please follow these curbside pickup guidelines.
Borrowing Ebooks and Audiobooks
If you would like to read an ebook or listen to an audio book on your reading list, you can borrow ebooks and audiobooks for free using OverDrive or the Sora and Libby apps.
Search the OverDrive catalog for a title. You can also download the Sora or Libby App on your mobile device.
Find out more about how to use OverDrive and the Sora and Libby apps.
Grades 9-12 Summer Reading 2020
Summer Reading is optional for grades 9-12, but is required for all AP English courses.
Suggested Books
Click on the title to check for availability in the Library's online catalog.
You may see copies of the title in various formats: downloadable ebook and audio book, print, and book on CD. There may also be records for hardcover print, paperback, and large print.
Be sure to check the Format and Edition fields of each record so that you get what you want!
Grade 9
- Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (fiction)
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Water Dancer (historical fiction/magical realism)
- Edwardson, Debby Dahl. My Name Is Not Easy (historical fiction)
- Flanagan, John. The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice) (fantasy)
- Gibbons, Kaye. Ellen Foster (fiction)
- Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (fiction)
- Lewis, John. March, Book 1 (autobiographical graphic novel)
- Picoult, Jodi. Between the Lines (fantasy)
- Reynolds, Jason. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You (nonfiction)
- Rosnay, Tatiana de. Sarah’s Key (historical fiction)
- Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (fiction)
- Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life: A Memoir (memoir)
Grade 10
- Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (fiction)
- Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game (science fiction)
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Water Dancer (historical fiction/magical realism)
- Doctorow, Cory. For the Win (science fiction)
- Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See (historical fiction)
- Lockhart, E. We Were Liars (fiction)
- Long, Mark. The Silence of Our Friends (historical graphic novel)
- McBride, James. The Color of Water (biography)
- Perkins, Mitali. You Bring the Distant Near (fiction)
- Reynolds, Jason. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You (nonfiction)
- Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray (historical fiction)
- Yousafzai, Malala. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By the Taliban (autobiography)
Grade 11
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Water Dancer (historical fiction/magical realism)
- Foer, Jonathan. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (fiction)
- Lee, Harper. Go Set a Watchman (fiction)
- Nelson, Jandy. I'll Give You the Sun (fiction)
- Oates, Joyce Carol. We Were the Mulvaneys (fiction)
- Reynolds, Jason. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You (nonfiction)
- Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood (autobiographical graphic novel)
- Waldman, Amy. The Submission (fiction)
- Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir (memoir)
- Zoboi, Ibi. American Street (fiction)
Grade 12
Literature and Film CP and Honors
- Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (fiction)
- Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders (fiction)
- Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees (fiction)
- Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild (biography)
- Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (historical fiction)
- Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (nonfiction)
- Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father (memoir)
- Westover, Tara. Educated: A Memoir (memoir)
Literature and Psychology Honors
- Adams, Taylor. No Exit (fiction)
- Emmich, Val. Dear Evan Hansen (fiction)
- Genova, Lisa. Still Alice (fiction)
- Green, John. Turtles All the Way Down (fiction)
- Heller, Joseph. Catch-22 (historical fiction)
- Kaysen, Susanna. Girl, Interrupted (memoir)
- Lamb, Wally. The Hour I First Believed (fiction)
- Lamb, Wally. She's Come Undone (fiction)
- Lamb, Wally. This Much I Know Is True (fiction)
- Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye (fiction)
- Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club (fiction)
- Peterson, Tanya J. Leave of Absence (fiction)
- Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar (fiction)
- Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye (fiction)
- Vizzini, Ned. It's Kind of a Funny Story (fiction)
Sports Writing and Literature CP and Honors
- Asinoff, Eliot. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
- Ballard, Chris. One Shot at Forever : A Small Town, An Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
- Brown, Daniel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics
- Bruschi, Tedy. Never Give Up: My Stroke, My Recovery, and My Return to the NFL
- Feinstein, John. Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
- Gerelds, Todd. Woodlawn: One Hope. One Dream. One Way.
- Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
- Schaap, Jeremy. Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics