Summertime! It's time to relax and READ! Remember, just like your body needs exercise, so does your mind! Read to prevent the "summer slide." This year reading is more important than ever, to keep your skills up. You can use your FHS student id and password to borrow ebooks from the FHS Library. If you prefer listening, FHS just received over 30 new audio books, all dealing with LGBTQ theme. Don't forget about the Queens Public Library. Sign up for the 2020 Imagine Your Story Summer Reading Challenge, it's for all ages. Below are some tips for reading challenges. Challenge your friends on Instagram and have some fun!

Download the SORA APP, look for New York City Department of Education, and sign in with your DOE user name and email. You now have access to many exciting books.

Exciting new titles: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, available both as an audiobook and an ebook. Trial by Fire by Norah McClintock.

Download SYNC AUDIOBOOKS and listen to a book this summer.

For directions on how to download audiobooks, click here.

Read a historical fiction book and a nonfiction book about the same time period. Compare the two versions. All the pairings below come from the blog Teen Services Underground. Follow it for more reading suggestions. For directions on how to borrow and read ebooks from the Queens Library on the Libby App, click here.

Listen to one of the new digital audiobooks, part of the exciting new collection of LGBTQ+ Grant. Find the digital audiobooks under category "audiobooks" on our Destiny homepage.

Use your Department of Education user name and password to log in. If you don't know your password and user name, look it up on the DOE self-service webpage.

Read Squared is a digital platform that will keep track of the number of minutes you read each day. Challenge yourself and increase the number of minutes read over the summer.

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