APS does not assign required reading over summer break to students, however, we sincerely hope all parents and caregivers will support our efforts to keep students reading to help maintain their academic skills and prepare for school in the fall. While participation is optional for students in grades PreK-12, we strongly encourage maintaining literacy skills through reading or listening to texts during the summer months. We are confident that the recommended texts will bring delight and enrichment to our school community.

There is no wrong way to approach summer reading. It is okay for children and teens to read independently, to read aloud to a sibling or pet, or to be read to by a loved one (always a favorite). We encourage our students to listen to an audiobook or read something a little too easy or a little too hard. It doesn’t matter if it is fiction, nonfiction, a picture book, a chapter book, a graphic novel, or a magazine. Any approach that results in students engaging with a story is a success!

The summer reading program at APS is rooted in research that suggests summer reading should: 

• Promote a life-long love for reading informed by the power of student choice 

• Sharpen students’ reading and critical thinking skills 

• Promote students’ thinking about who they are as readers, as writers, as thinkers, and as speakers.

Suggested books can be found at Memorial Hall Library, the Andover Bookstore, digitally through SORA, or wherever books are sold.

Use Sora for eBooks & Audiobooks

All students can access ebook and audiobook titles on SORA with their Andover accounts. Access the SORA app using your Andover account login credentials or on the SORA website by logging into Classlink with your Andover account.

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The lists of suggested titles have been created with the support of the Andover Public Schools librarians, in collaboration with the Memorial Hall Children and Teen Librarians. Final approval has been granted by the PreK-5 Literacy Program Coordinator and the 6-12 English Language Arts Program Coordinator.