Adult Summer Reading

How to participate (参加):

Starting Saturday July1 sign at the Circulation Desk and receive a Summer Reading T-shirt! Enter a raffle ticket (彩票) for each book you read for a chance to win a weekly prize.

Read any book of your chance. The more you read, the greater your chance to win a prize! Entries must be received by Tuesday, August 22 at 9pm.

Notes: Send us a photo of yourself wearing your Summer Reading T-shit to framinghams ummerreading@ gmail. com for a chance to win a grand prize.

What you can win:

Weekly prizes will be drawn on the following days

July10- Gift card for a dozen donuts donated (捐赠) by Cael Bagel

July 17- $5 gift card donated by Mad Willes

July 24- $5 gift card donated by Mad Willes

July31- $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library

August7 $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library

August14- $25 gift card donated by Zaftig Delicatessen

Grand prize

880 gift card to Barnes&Noble or a Kindle Paper white donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library

The Finale Concert

Wednesday. August 23 at 7pm Costin Room, Main Library

The grand prize winners will be drawn, followed by a concert by The Love Dogs. Enjoy ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry’s Natick.

For more information: Call 508-532-5570 x4351 or visit www. framinghamlibrary.org

There are four novels for you.

This book takes you through waves of emotion as you start to understand the main character, a 9-year-old boy Bruno. The story taking place during the Holocaust (大屠杀), we witness the horror from the boy’s viewpoint. You will be shocked by some of the surprising aspects of the book as the boy makes friends with a Jewish boy named Shmuel in the concentration camp (集中营). They meet up on their side of the fence each day.

The story is about a young girl named Liesel who has to live with foster parents (养父母) during World War II. On the way to her new home, her brother dies, setting the sad tone for the story. There is hope, however, when Liesel discovers her love for reading and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing attacks with a Jewish man hidden in her basement.

This is probably the most touching book that makes you cry, as it records the experiences of teens who are dying of cancer and living their last days in love. The real tragedy is the love between the main characters, who know that they’re certain to die.

It’s one of the saddest stories of abuse (虐待) in recent decades. A Child Called “It” is based on the true story of Dave Pelzer, a boy from California who suffered at the hands of his cruel mother. The tears will come from both sadness and the inspiration tied to Dave’s fight for survival in an environment where he is considered useless.

Calling all book lovers! Support your reading habit without paying a cent or even taking a trip to the library.

The Library of Congress

If you’re looking for classics online, the Library of Congress has got you covered. With more than 60 classic books available, this is the perfect website if you have a specific classic you’re looking to read. It also includes children’s classics like Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella.

Project Gutenberg

Founded in 1971, Project Gutenberg is the oldest eBook collection online. While the website asks for donations (捐赠), no fees are required for reading the free online books they offer. There are more than 56,000 eBooks to choose from, and they are Kindle-compatible and easy to download.

BookBub

If you’re a book lover who's always looking for something new to read, BookBub is a site you need in your life. To access this site and its thousands of available eBooks you need to create an account (账户), but it’s totally free. Once you’ve created an account, the site asks you to pick your favorite genres so that it can provide the best reading recommendations (推荐). If you want to learn more about BookBub, click here.

BookRix

BookRix allows readers to download free ebooks onto their iPads? tablets? eReaders, and smartphones. The site offers books from self-published authors as well as books that are part of the public domain. The homepage group books into different types including fiction, fantasy, romance, thrillers, so you can easily find a new book to read.