Middle School Library
Welcome to the American Section Library!
Acceptable Use Policy:
This policy outlines the expectations of all students when using the technology resources provided by the school or in use for school projects, either in school or out of school, and when using personal technology resources while referencing any member or element of the American Section, the Lycée International and its partner schools.
Ebooks available!
Browse the Follett online collection:
- Go to www.destinydiscover.com
- In the location box, it says “Any Location.” Do not change.
- In the school box, enter “Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL,” and click "Go"!
- To log in, click on the “Log In” button at the top right of the screen. Username: guest, Password: follett
- Browse the collection and choose a book.
- Click on "Collection" and "View all" to choose from Young Adult fiction and non-fiction books.
Junior Library Guild
Free online digital access - go to the middle school stream
Loyal Books
Switch book type to ebooks on top of the page
GoodReads
Popular free ebooks for middle and high schoolers
Research tools:
Noodletools
Please click on the link above to access Noodle Tools. You must use your American Section email to do so. You may also access Noodle Tools by scrolling to the bottom of the GMail "waffle" grid once you are logged into your @americansection.org account.
Research guides:
Middle School Research Projects:
6ème - Civil War
4ème -Ancient Civilizations
5ème - Immigration
3ème - World War I
Read This Book ASAP
(American Section Awesome Podcast)
In 2023-2024, our Sixième Book Club podcasters (Fatima Coulibaly, James de Gandt Merran, Jack Diard, Aiden Frisch, Liam Frisch, and Gabriella Morgan) created podcasts about some of the amazing books available in our libraries.
Without giving too much away, the Sixièmes discuss what they enjoyed about their latest read, including details about their favorite characters and more. Listen and discover some amazing books our Middle School Libraries have on the shelves for you to read!
Discover their work below:
Read this Book ASAP 2023 - 2024
Members of the Sixième Book Club recently published the latest episode of our Read this Book ASAP podcast.
This episode features one of our favorite author's books, Becoming Muhammad Ali, by Kwame Alexander. Please click on the link to listen to their discussion and learn more!
Read this Book ASAP 2022-2023 - Final Episode
Our Sixème Book Club podcasters have completed their final podcast of the year. Click on the link below to listen to what they have to say about the book, Pie in the Sky by Rémy Lai. If you like what you hear, it could be a good book to read over the summer!
CLick here to HEAR the podcast
Michele Morgan, Librarian
Read this Book ASAP 2022-2023- Second Episode
Our Sixième Book Club podcasters have completed the second episode of the Read this Book ASAP (American Section Awesome Podcast).
Please click on the link below to listen about the book Ghost by Jason Reynolds.
Read this book ASAP 2022-2023- Third Episode
Our Sixième Book Club podcasters have been hard at work to complete their third episode of the Read this Book ASAP (American Section Awesome Podcast).
They discuss what they enjoyed about their latest read, The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, including details about their favorite characters and more. Listen and discover some of the amazing books our Middle School Libraries have on the shelves for you to read!
Read this Book ASAP 2022-2023 - First Episode
Book club participants Liam Sassonia Silvestri, Matteo Soupramaniane, Joshua Peypoux, and Armand Lefebvre's first Read this Book ASAP podcast is about Zizou Corder`s novel, Lion Boy.
Summer Reading:
We are excited to offer you the required and optional 2023 summer reading choices for History and English for incoming Middle School students. We are deeply committed to enriching language and culture in English, and we know from experience that reading is the most effective way to achieve these goals.
Rising Troisièmes
Required reading:
History: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
English: The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
Choose at least one free choice read: Troisième Summer Reading
Rising Quatrièmes
Required reading:
Lies my Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong (Young Readers's Edition) by James Loewen
English: Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation) by Laura Hillenbrand
Please be sure to read the young adult versions of these books.
Choose at least one free choice read: Quatrième SUMMER reading
Rising Cinquièmes
Required reading:
History: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
English: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Choose at least one free choice read: Cinquième SUMMER Reading
Rising Sixièmes
Required reading:
History: The Ugly One by Leanne Statland Ellis
English: I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day
Choose at least one free choice read: Sixieme SUMMER reading