2026 Summer Reading Program

June 22nd – August 28th

Checkout any materials (books, comics, DVDs, etc.) from your local Bridgeport Public Library branch.  Fill out review slips for books, movies, and library programs to be entered in each prize drawing throughout the summer.  There will be 4 prize drawings, plus a final grand prize drawing!  You can only register and participate at one library branch.  Please note, you will receive one entry slip per checkout, not per item.

Plus, earn additional entry slips for the the grand prize drawing by completing a Teen Bingo Sheet.  For each “bingo” you complete, you will receive an entry slip.  Please note, entry slips from bingo sheets are only for the grand prize and will not go towards any other prize drawings.

That’s it!  It’s that simple!

Need book suggestions, try the summer reading book list from Bridgeport’s Central High School.

Central High School Summer Reading List

Click on book title for availability and book summary.

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield

African Town by Irene Latham & Charles Waters
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (Graphic Novel)
Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi

Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science by Bridget Heos

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Color Me In by Natasha Diaz
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Fresh Ink: An Anthology of Short Stories edited by Lamar Giles
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle (Graphic Novel)

Hey Kiddo and Sunshine by Jarett Krosoczka (Graphic Novels)
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Rose Brock
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

My Hero Academia series by Kohei Horikoshi (Manga/Graphic Novel)

Naruto series by Masashi Kishimoto (Manga/Graphic Novel)

Native Son by Richard Wright
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Slay by Brittney Morris

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kuar
Swing by Kwame Alexander