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Help the Library with books!

You can help all year with our Honor with Books program.

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Help West Ranch Library Purchase Books all year by joining the Target School Program!
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Its super-easy to help West Ranch Library. All you have to do is use your Target ® Visa ® Credit Card or Target Credit Card. The West Ranch Library will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target. This is a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education Program. It’s easy. Visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate West Ranch High School Library . So if you are shopping at Target, please consider using your Target ® Visa ® Credit Card or Target Credit Card Thank you for those already supporting our library and helping to make our school a better place.

 

 

 

Library Information

West Ranch Library adheres to the National Standards for Information Literacy in every project and collaboration offered in the library. Click here to view the standards. The National Standards for Information Literacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library Mission:

West Ranch High School is committed to challenging and motivating each student to achieve excellence and become a responsible and valuable member of society. Through relationships, rigor and relevance, West Ranch High School promotes integrity, distinction and vision.

 
Reading and Literature

________________________________Summer Reading Lists

Summer Reading 2010

Teen Read Week 2010 will be celebrated Oct. 17-23! This year's theme is Read Beyond Reality @ your library, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it. Check out the list and do some reading this summer so you are ready to vote in August. Registrar and win big at the YALSA (Young Adult Library Service Association) website!

Summer Required Reading: AP, Honors Classes & English Novel List

Student Book Reviews:

Library Science Students read one book a month as part of their responisblities and write a review:

Student Book Reviews

________________Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Check the American Library Association's recommendations and nominate your own for 2010 at the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) website.

 

______________________________What Should I read next?

Enter a book you like and What Should I read next will analyse their database of real readers' favorite books (over 20,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has put together lots of great Young Adult book lists

Internet Public Library. You can choose from bestsellers, numerous booklists, classics or teen suggestions. I like that they include a picture of the book cover.