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
Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire by Geri Halliwell-Horner
Available to order through interlibrary loan.
Rosie Frost returns for a new term at Heverbridge School, on Bloodstone Island, where she is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. Rosie discovers the Imperium Palace on the north side of the island, leading her to question if it is a place of scientific genius or deadly menace.
Emma’s Pick of the Month
Sight by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Available to order through interlibrary loan.
Fifteen-year-old Dylan uses her psychic abilities to help police solve crimes against children, but keeps her extracurricular activities secret from her friends at school.
Hadleigh’s Pick of the Month
Invincible: Compendium One by Robert Kirkman
Available to order through interlibrary loan or as an E-Comic on the Hoopla app.
Collects the first 47 issues of the comic series, following teenager Mark Grayson as he develops superpowers and the subsequent fallout when he discovers the shocking truth about his superhero father, Omni-Man.
Maureen’s Pick of the Month
Everything is Poison by Joy McCullough
Available in print at our library. (NEW YA MCC)
Carmela Tofana, the daughter of a real-life poisoner, Giulia Tofana, discovers the dark secrets and dangerous remedies hidden within her mother’s apothecary in 17th-century Rome.