Summer Reading

This year’s Summer Reading books are listed below.  A summary of the Summer Reading Books is HERE.

Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (Young Adult Edition)
Ibi Zoboi’s Pride
Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang’s In Real Life
Terry Trueman’s Stuck in Neutral
Matt de la Peña’s Mexican Whiteboy

If you would like to receive a summer reading book before the end of this school year to keep, please fill out this survey if you are a current JTHS student and fill out this survey if you are an 8th grader. Your book will be delivered to your English classroom before the end of this school year. The survey will close on 5/12/23 to ensure book delivery, but if you are interested in a book after the survey deadline you can pick one up at the main office at Joliet Central and Joliet West throughout the summer.

We are creating advertisements for Instagram and the digital signage TVs around the school. You can participate by submitting a photo of you, a group of your friends, or members of your athletic team or school club reading/posing with these books. Submit photos to kschlismann@jths.org to appear in our advertisements. Remember to ask permission from the individuals in the photo before sharing. 

We encourage students to keep reading throughout the summer. When you finish your summer reading book, please consider checking out Joliet Public Library Summer Reading Challenge Information.

Contact Sean Hackney