Summer of Sora
Summer of Sora is the DPS summer reading program to encourage students to enjoy our digital library of over 46,000 eBooks and audiobooks all summer long.
June 5th - August 11th
Login and check out eBooks and audiobooks. Starting June 5th, ten winners each week will receive a new book! Four grand prize winners will receive a Kindle e-reader and more books!
Prizes will be delivered to the student in the Fall of 2023.
Questions? Contact the Library Help Desk at libraryhelpdesk@dpsk12.org.
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The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities
A cave monster . . . an abandoned demon . . . a ghost who wants to erase history . . . a killer commandant . . . These are just some of the challenges confronting the young heroes in this highly entertaining anthology.
All but one of the heroes previously starred in a popular book from Rick Riordan Presents. You'll be reunited with Aru Shah, Zane Obispo, Min the fox spirit, Sal and Gabi, Gum Baby, Nizhoni Begay, Paola Santiago, Sikander Aziz, and Riley Oh. Who is the new hero? Read Rick Riordan's short story to find out!
Simon Sort of Says
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
Be a Maker
How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few seemingly straightforward questions engage young readers in a discussion about the many things we make--and the ways we can make a difference in the world.
Ghostlight
Rebecca Strand and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell--or were they pushed?--remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn't actually believe in ghosts until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand. The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead", malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But the Order has disappeard, and Viker's ghost is growing ever stronger. Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls.
Mia Mayhem and the Cat Burglar
Mia brings her cat, Chaos Macarooney, to PITS Day, and must keep the peace between Chaos and Hugo Fast's cat, Mr. Whiskers, before total chaos breaks out.
PAWS: Mindy Makes Some Space
Best friends Gabby, Priya, and Mindy's dog business PAWS is booming, but between her mom starting to date and a new classmate wanting to join PAWS, Mindy's having a hard time sharing her feeling with her friends.
Ride On
Victoria has always loved horses. But riding in competitions is high stakes, high stress, and shockingly expensive. And even though Victoria's best friend Taylor loves competing, Victoria has lost her taste for it. After a heartbreaking fight with Taylor, Victoria needs a new start--at a new stables. A place where she doesn't have to worry about anything other than riding. No competition, no drama, no friends. Just horses. Edgewood Stables seems ideal. There are plenty of horses to ride, and Victoria is perfectly happy giving the other riders the cold shoulder. But can she truly be happy with no friends?
Sir Ladybug and the Queen Bee
Sir Ladybug--the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice--is on a new quest! He and his herald, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, will have to be extra-clever to outwit the mean Queen Bee.
Eb & Flow
Ebony and De'Kari (aka Flow) do not get along. How could they when their cafeteria scuffle ended with De'Kari's ruined shoes, Ebony on the ground, and both of them with ten days of at-home suspension? Now Eb and Flow have two weeks to think about and explain their behavior--to their families, to each other, and ultimately to themselves.
10-Minute Science Projects
Looking for science-themed makerspace projects that won't take too long? Look no more! From bots and goo to lava and cells, these 10-minute STEM projects will have kids making in no time!
Maker Comics: Build a Robot!
Uses a story in graphic-novel format about a toaster preparing to take over the world to provide step-by-step instructions for how to build a robot that can move on its own, sound an alarm, and use a sensor to report to the outside world.
Packing for Mars for Kids
What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space?
Astrid and Apollo and the Family Fun Fair Day
Astrid, Apollo, Eliana, and their parents are at the state fair and enjoying a scavenger hunt based on the five senses, but none of them can figure out what it is that little Eliana wants.
Katie Woo: Best Season Ever
Pedro says winter is the best. JoJo thinks summer is number one. For Katie Woo, spring is tops! So who is right? Which is the best season ever?
Sadiq and Hooyo's Drum
Sadiq cannot wait to show his family heirloom drum, called a durbaan, to his friends at school, especially Gabi, who is deaf, but when a mishap occurs with Hooyo's durbaan, Sadiq must explain it to her and make things right.
Plesiosaurs
What was the plesiosaur? -- The lives of plesiosaurs -- Fossils and extinction -- Get to know the plesiosaur.
Mega-Predators of the Past
It is time for T. rex and his dinosaur cousins to step aside and let other mega-predators like the terror bird and the giant ripper lizard take the spotlight! Travel back to prehistoric times and meet some of the most impressive creatures to ever roam the Earth.
You'll be amazed at the size and the fierceness of these lesser-known predators, many of them ancient ancestors of animals that we still see today.
Tales of the Prehistoric World
Who needs Jurassic World when the truth is this exciting? Prepare yourself for jaw-dropping discoveries, scandalous stories, and dinosaurs so weird you won't believe they're real! The tales in this dinosaur book are all completely true and many are included in a kids' book for the first time. Readers will come face-to-face with incredible prehistoric beasts including the Australian dinosaurs that fossilized into gemstones, the prehistoric shark with a circular saw in its mouth, and the relative of T. rex that was found frozen at the top of a mountain in Antarctica...
Pilar Ramirez and the Curse of San Zenon
Nic Blake and the Remarkables
All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of . . . to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed.
Grace Needs Space
Grace's excitement to accompany her . . . mom on a delivery to Titan quickly turns to frustration when her mom is too preoccupied with her mission to spend time with Grace, yet when their ship stops working on their return home it is up to Grace to save the day.
Smaller Sister
Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her dinner. Finally, Lucy discovers that her sister is not just growing up: Olivia is struggling with an eating disorder. While her family is focused on her sister's recovery, Lucy is left alone...and just like her big sister, she begins to shrink. But with time, work, and a dose of self-love, both sisters begin to heal and let themselves grow.
Rabbit Chase
Aimee, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimee zones out, distracting themselves from the bullying and isolation they've experienced since expressing their non-binary identity. When Aimee accidentally wanders off, they are transported to an alternate dimension populated by traditional Anishinaabe figures in a story inspired by "Alice in Wonderland." To gain the way back home, Aimee is called on to help Trickster by hunting down dark water spirits with guidance from Paayehnsag. On their journey, Aimee faces off with the land-grabbing Queen and her robotic guards and fights the dark water spirits against increasingly stacked odds.
Yuck, You Suck!
This . . . poetry collection presents animals that suck--quite literally! From the mosquito to the elephant to the lamprey, discover how and why these animals sip, slurp, and suck.
Fart Quest: The Troll's Toe Cheese
Fart, Pan, Moxie, and TickTock are facing their scariest challenge yet--an angry mom! The Great and Powerful Kevin has promised Pan, who lost her mother when she was a baby, that she could see her mom one last time. But instead, she sees a distorted spirit of her mother, transformed into an evil creature bent on revenge against those who caused her death. Meanwhile, some new information comes to light, and Fart and friends head out on a rescue mission. Deep within the goblin caves, they search for evidence of their long lost masters, facing goblins, fire rats, floor fiends, and a troll with some seriously disgusting toenails along the way.
Party Animals: a Cranky Chicken Book 2
Hungry, hangry chicken -- Chicken and Worm stuff -- Unsurprising party -- Stuff and nonsense -- Best beach buds. A curmudgeonly chicken and a cheerful worm explore what it means to be best friends while sharing three adventures.
La Mala Pipa
HabÃa una vez una pipa muy mala.
¿Cuán mala? Mira, mira...
Esta es la historia de una pipa muy mala:
Miente sobre tonterÃas,
se cuela CONSTANTEMENTE,
nunca se lava las manos...
ni los pies,
y hace muchas otras cosas malas.
Pero ¿qué pasa cuando una mala pipa quiere dejar de serlo? ¿Podrá cambiar sus maaaaaaaaalas maneras?
El Club de Cómics de Supergatito Perspectivas
¡Peque Pedrito, Moni, Aleta y ventiún revoltosos renacuajos están de vuelta con otra aventura creativa!
Amari y el Gran Juego
Después de salvar el mundo, Amari Peters pensaba que tendrÃa un verano tranquilo, pero entre el plan antimagos del nuevo y temible director de la escuela, la encarnizada rivalidad entre los agentes júnior y la maldición de su hermano Quinton, Amari no da abasto. Asà que cuando la misteriosa Liga de Magos le ofrece la oportunidad de convertirse en la nueva lÃder de todos los magos del mundo, su respuesta es no. ¡Ya tiene bastantes preocupaciones!
Warriors: A Shadow in Riverclan
Yo-Kai Watch, Volume 20
Pokémon Adventures XY, Volume 5
In Kalos, X prepares for a rematch against Blue, a senior Pokedex holder. Meanwhile, the scheming Lysandre and Team Flare are up to no good at the mysterious Pokemon Village. Plus, a Mega Evolution occurs, the powerful Sundial is uncovered, and the Order Pokemon appears. What other new dangers await X, Y, and their friends?
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
ebook I audiobook
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures.
Drew Leclair Crushes the Case
When a thief breaks into the P.E. lockers, leaving behind cryptic ransom notes, Drew Leclair, who is determined to stay out of trouble, investigates while dealing with her friends' obsession with the upcoming Wonderland dance.
Spooky Sleuths: The Ghost Tree
When Asim moves to a new town, he must save his new teacher when an evil spirit from Guyanese folklore begins to wreak havoc.
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone
Mallory Moss knows the rules of middle school. The most important one? You have to fit in to survive. But then Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, and that rule doesn't seem to apply. Jennifer doesn't care about the laws of middle school . . . then Jennifer goes missing. Using clues from Jennifer's journals, Mallory goes searching. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run . . . and face the truth within herself.
Seen and Unseen
Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches-and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration-and the complexity of documenting it-through the work of these three photographers.
The Universe in You
A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin.
History Comics: The National Parks
Transporting readers back to 1872 to see how national parks began, this guide to the American wilderness in graphic novel format introduces the people who fought against corruption and self-interest to protect these spaces for future generations.
Cool Green
A portrait of some of the world's most incredible trees, seen through the eyes of a landscaper who loves them--and his granddaughter who is beginning to understand why.
Big Tree
Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees.
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear
A young conservationist overcomes the odds to return a sun bear to its natural habitat
Very Good Hats
Some people think hats are fancy things you can buy at a dressy store, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. In this book, acorns and raspberries are snug hats for your fingers, and an empty pudding cup is a good hat for a stuffed bear. Pajama pants make dangly hats, books can be dramatic hats, and bubbles make very fine hats as well (if temporary).
Remember
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem "Remember," illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and to remember the importance of their place in it.
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
Penelope Rex has one fear: Walter, the class goldfish. So when Mrs. Noodleman tells the kids that they'll be taking turns bringing Walter home, Penelope gets carried away by her anxious imagination. The weekend has a rocky start—from Walter ominously licking his lips to a sleepless night where the fish's bowl appears to move closer and closer to Penelope's bed. But then Walter goes missing! Penelope must face her fear to find him and realizes along the way that there's more to Walter than his chomping jaws.
The Girl in the Lake
Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water--it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools. And soon strange things start happening--the sound of footsteps overhead late at night. A flickering light in the attic window. And Celete's cousins start accusing her of pranking them when she's been no where near them!
Nightmare Island
Twelve year-old Serenity Noah has never told anyone about her recurring nightmares -- the haunting images of silver butterflies whose flapping wings drive away all sound, leaving only suffocating silence in their wake. Her parents already favor her "perfect" younger brother, Peace, and she doesn't want to be seen as the "problem" child.
Instead, Serenity's found a productive way to channel her fears: creating a horror movie as scary as her nightmares.
They Set the Fire
When the teddies head back into the dangerous world to seek the secrets of their creation, they discover that the founder of Furrington Industries, known as the Suit, is on trial, and while at the courthouse, they learn the true, incendiary reason the teddies were thrown away.
Air
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels. She has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone have started treating her differently: urging caution and trying to "help" and for an independently-minded girl who loves speed and big air tricks it is frustrating--so Emelyn and her best friends come up with a plan to change their minds.
Swim Team
Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help.
Shuri Symbiosis
The royal palace of Wakanda is one of, if not the most, secure facilities on this planet--or any other. So the anxiety Shuri feels when she's jolted out of sleep by the queen mother with the news that someone attempted to break into the palace--and succeeded--is significant. And as quickly as they broke in, they vanished. The search for this interloper, a mysterious 'symbiote' with superhuman speed and strength, will lead Shuri to the Jabari Lands, a remote, unforgiving part of the country she has never seen. And what she discovers will be more shocking than she could have imagined.
The Unforgettable Logan Foster and the Shadow of Doubt
Twelve-year-old orphan Logan and his superhero friends embark on an adventure to stop the evil supervillain Necros and find the true identity of Logan's birth mom.
Valentina Salazar is not a Monster Hunter
Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Valentina Salazar grew up as a monster protector until her father's loss, but when a video of a mythical egg appears, Valentina convinces her older brother and sister to help her find and save it--all while avoiding the monster hunters who want to destroy it.
The Storyteller
Ziggy's mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key--so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve the mystery of his family's origins.
Coming Up Cuban
Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed. In a tumultuous moment of history, we see the lasting effects of a revolution in Havana, the countryside, Miami, and New York. Their separate narratives build, overlap, and entwine to create one inspiring story--an adventure that spans towns, cities, nations, and worlds. Through these stories, we are reminded that regardless of any tumultuous times, we are all forever connected in our humanity.
In the Key of Us
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
Getting Started with Sora
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