5 Habits of Good Readers
- GOOD READERS KEEP A BOOK ON HAND: You can't become a better reader if you don't have a book! Have a good book in your backpack at all times.
- GOOD READERS TALK ABOUT BOOKS: Tell your bestie, your classmates, your parent, or your teachers about books that you find interesting. You'll find they may start sharing their own good finds for you to check out or even try one of your recs! Keep those book conversations going.
- GOOD READERS READ CONSISTENTLY: Avoid reading slumps! Carve time in your busy schedule for daily reading, like before bed for example. If it's a part of your daily habits, you won't forget to do it.
- GOOD READERS READ FOR FUN: Don't waste time on books you don't like. The more you read, the better you'll find what genres of books you really enjoy. See Mrs. Alvarez for recommendations or go to whatshouldireadnext.com and enter some of your favorite titles to get read-alike suggestions!
- GOOD READERS PLAN AHEAD: You should always have your next book "on deck." Visit the library during your breaks and browse the shelves. Remember, you can have up to three books checked out. Check online book reviews, "Booktok" and "Bookstagram" can help you find what's popular with teen readers.
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
“If someone tells you you're crazy enough times, eventually it becomes true."
AR 5.1, 9 pts
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
“I can't believe I'm being so emo. I'm complaining to a girl who was brutally murdered at sixteen.”
AR 4.6, 12 pts
The Coldest Girl in ColdTown by Holly Black
“She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.”
AR 6.0, 18 pts
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
“And that is how someone who is unusally susceptible to nightmares, the Creeps, and the Willies talks himself into making one last trip to the abandoned, almost-certainly-haunted house where a dozen or more children met their untimely end.” AR 5.7, 13 pts
All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
"We get out of the car and he opens the trunk—there are things inside we need: shovels, a sharpened hatchet."
AR 4.7, 10 pts
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Earnshaw
"I would leave Dream Town and never return a thousand times just to be here with Jack, to touch his face, to feel his ice-cold lips on mine, to have a life with him in this town. To stand beside him as Pumpkin Queen."
AR 6.4, 9 pts
One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
"She is slumped against the wall like a discarded rag doll, her clothes streaked with dirt and her bronze curls hanging limply over her pale still face. All I can think is: 'We're too late.'"
AR 5.3, 14 pts
Creepy Urban Legends by Blake Hoena
"Hanako-san is a ghost. Her spirit is found in school bathrooms. Stories say she haunts the third stall..."
AR 3.2, 0.5 pts
Read Before You Watch 🎬🍿
A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson
AR 5.4, 16 pts
Everyone in Fairview knows the story.
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.
But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?
Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger (Goodreads).
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Montgomery Middle Library
Mrs. Alvarez, Teacher Librarian
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