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Tumblebooks resources

Grade 7-12 Ebook database

Link to SIS Database Passwords

This site is an ALL ages audio book database. Choose your age range at the top.

Link to SIS Database Passwords

Online School Reading Poll

What are you reading during online school?

E-Books: 6 votes (46.15%)

Online NEWS: 1 votes (7.69%)

Magazines: 0 votes (0%)

Print books: 6 votes (46.15%)

Total Votes: 13

Online TEEN News

Teen Vogue
The young person’s guide to conquering (and saving) the world. Teen Vogue covers the latest in celebrity news, politics, fashion, beauty, wellness, lifestyle, and entertainment.
PBS: News Hour for teens
Their mission is to help middle and high school students understand world events and national issues and answer the question, “Why should I care about the news?”
Science News for Students
Science News for students is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate science news to learners, parents and educators. Science News is published by the Society for Science & the Public.
CNN 10
CNN 10 is an on-demand digital news show ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. A 10 minute news video each and every day!
Teen Tribune: Smithsonian
Read daily news in a variety of reading levels.

Daily News Links

Online FREE audiobooks

Librivox: Audiobooks
Public domain audiobooks read by volunteers.
Internet Archive: Audio Books & Poetry
Listen to free audio books and poetry recordings!
Loyal Books: Free Audiobooks
Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads!
Digital Books.co: E-Books & Audiobooks
Search by genre, author, title. Lots of free books to choose from.

Newspapers Online: Subscriptions

Open access on campus

Open access on campus
To access from home or use the APP, create an account HERE

Password HERE

SORA by Overdrive

Search for: Pearl River Delta
Choose: Shekou International School
Login: SIS username (beginning of email)

Download the app HERE. Get help HERE

Netflix and Books

These books are also shows on Netflix! Read the book, then watch the show.

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9780553213133
Publication Date: 1982-04-01
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9781595141712
Publication Date: 2007-10-18
High school student Clay Jensen receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket; Brett Helquist (Illustrator); Michael Kupperman (Illustrator)
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9780061757099
Publication Date: 2009-03-17
Are you made fainthearted by death? Does fire unnerve you? Is a villain something that might crop up in future nightmares of yours? Are you thrilled by nefarious plots? Is cold porridge upsetting to you? Vicious threats? Hooks? Uncomfortable clothing?It is likely that your answers will reveal A Series of Unfortunate Events to be ill-suited for your personal use.

Before you see the movie

Middle School

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: FIC LEN
ISBN: 9780312367541
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with time travel.

The Darkest Minds (Bonus Content) by Alexandra Bracken
ISBN: 9781368022453
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She survived and emerged with frightening abilities she cannot control.

High School

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Call Number: FIC CLI
ISBN: 030788743X
Publication Date: 2011-08-16
In the year 2044, Wade Watts, like the rest of humanity, chooses to escape reality and spends his waking hours in the limitless, utopian virtual world of the OASIS, but when Wade stumbles upon the first of the fiendish puzzles set up by OASIS creator James Halliday he finds he must compete with thousands of others--including those willing to commit murder--in order to claim a prize of massive fortune.

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
ISBN: 9780345803788
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.

A note from Mrs. Elliott...

Some of you might not have access to a library wherever you are in the world. You will find some online reading options here. Do you want a book added to SORA? Send me a suggestion via email.
Looking for a book suggestion? Email me to ask!
lelliott@sis.org.cn

Online School Reading Poll

Will you visit a library during online school?

Yes: 2 votes (25%)

No: 6 votes (75%)

Total Votes: 8

New on SORA!

The tyrant's tomb: The trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9781368001441
It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors.
Posted by John David Anderson
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9780062338228
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever.When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes.
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Call Number: SORA
ISBN: 9780316310406
Publication Date: 2019-11-19
After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie.When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, who she loves despite his betrayal.