Lincoln Award
The Lincoln YA Awards list is available for 2023! Get to the library to check one out.
The Abe Lincoln Book Award is an annual award given to the author of the book voted most outstanding by students in grades nine through twelve in participating Illinois schools.
Rebecca Caudill Award
The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award is an annual award given to the author of the book voted most outstanding by students in grades four through eight in participating Illinois schools.
Cloud Library
The 3M Cloud Library app is available for Harrisburg District Library patrons to download e-books and e-audiobooks for free! All you need is your Harrisburg District Library card number and 4-digit PIN. The app is available for free download to iOS and Android devices. The Cloud Library has fiction and non-fiction for kids, teens, and adults.
https://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/
*Choose Illinois Heartland Library System when prompted to “Find Your Local Library.”
Hoopla
The Hoopla app is available for Harrisburg District Library patrons to download e-books, e-audiobooks, movies, TV shows, and music for free! All you need is your Harrisburg District Library card number and 4-digit PIN. The app is available for free download to iOS and Android devices. There are items available for all ages, with no wait times. Download the item immediately for easy access or stream online.
*Sign up with an email and password, choose your library, accept the terms and conditions, then enter your library card number and 4 digit PIN
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder
Search for books to find the AR Level and points value.
If the book is on this website, there is an AR test for it at your school!
Goodreads
Keep track of the books you’ve read and the books you want to read! See what your friends are reading and be a part of the world’s largest community of readers!
Fantastic Fiction
A great website where you can search for your favorite authors and easily see all of the books they have written. Plus, find all of your favorite series in order!
Emily’s Pick of the Month
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
Available at our library in print (NEW YA SPR #1 Enola Holmes) and as an audiobook on the Hoopla app.
When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers–all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother’s strange disappearance. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother?
Evan’s Pick of the Month
Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch
Available in print at our library. (YA WEL #2)
After a fight with her brother while in Ireland for a family wedding, Addie finds a guidebook that sparks an unplanned road trip with her brother and his friend, Rowan. The road trip becomes a way for Addie to confront her heartbreak, heal her fractured bond with her family, and maybe find some new romance along the way.
Emma’s Pick of the Month
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Available at our library in print (YA STO) as well as an eBook and audiobook on the Cloud Library app.
Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack.
Hadleigh’s Pick of the Month
Time After Time by Mikki Daughtry
Available to order through interlibrary loan or as an eBook on the Cloud Library app.
When Libby sees an old Victorian house for sale, she uses all her money to move in. Soon after moving, she discovers a journal written by a girl 100 years earlier, detailing her love for her personal maid. Libby notices the similarities between their story and her blossoming relationship with Tish, the girl who moved in and offered to help her fix up the house. It becomes clear that this may not be their first time in this house, or in this love. Is this their chance to get it right?
Maureen’s Pick of the Month
The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold
Available in print at our library. (YA BRA)
17-year-old Liz, surviving in an abandoned bookstore after a devastating climate storm, must team up with a mysterious outsider, Maeve, to survive another looming storm. As the girls grow closer and undeniable feelings spring up between them, they realize that they face greater threats than the impending Storm. And when Maeve’s secrets and Liz’s inner demons come back to haunt them both, they find themselves fighting for their lives as their world crumbles around them.