Article Date
January 3, 2025
TEEN SPRING READING CHALLENGE
Calling all high school students at Dorchester, Keith Summey North Charleston, and Otranto libraries! Join the Pages of Prevention Reading Challenge from February 3 - April 30 for a chance to win amazing prizes! Earn points by participating in healthy activities or reading books from our specially curated list. Each level you complete gives you a chance to win a prize! Prizes will be drawn at the end of April. Register on Beanstack using code "pages" or track your progress on paper!
Earn a point for each Healthy Habit you complete!
- Attend a Charleston Center program at the library
- Read for 20 minutes from the designated reading list
- Talk to an adult about substance misuse
- Go for a 20-minute walk outside
- Participate in a library event
- Make a journal entry
- Read with a friend
OFFICIAL READING LIST
- Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
- We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction by Nic Sheff
- Suburban Junky: From Honor Roll to Heroin Addict by Jude Hassan
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction by David Sheff
- What’s the Big Deal About Addictions? Answers and Help for Teens by James J. Crist
- Beneath a Meth Moon by Jaqueline Woodson
- Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
- Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
- You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow
- Dreamland (YA edition): The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
- Sunny Side Up: Sunny Book 1 by Jennifer L. Holm
- Again Again by E. Lockhart
- The Art of Losing by Lizzy Mason
- The Mindfulness Journal for Teens: Prompts and Practices to Help You Stay Cool, Calm, and Present by Jennie Marie Battistin, MA, LMPT
- How I Feel and Stuff: Daily Mood Tracker for Teens by Mindful Magic Journals
- Happy Confident Me: Daily JOURNAL by Annabel Rosemhead and Nadim Saad