READING INCENTIVES

OMS Summer Reading Challenge

Read over the summer, and you will be treated to an ice cream party in August!
(popsicles & ice cream bars)

REQUIREMENTS:
1. Read 10 books.
2. Complete online challenge forms.
3. Return your reading log signed by a parent/guardian.

Pick up an OMS Summer Reading Packet in the OMS Media Center.

Cool Books to Read
This Summer!

 SC Junior Book Award
Nominees 2026-2027:

And Then, Boom!
by Lisa Fipps

Art Club
by Rashad Doucet

Between Two Brothers
by Crystal Allen

Boy 2.0
by Tracey Baptiste

Breaking Into Sunlight
by John Cochran

Bye Forever, I Guess
by Jodi Meadows

Exit Nowhere
by Juliana Brandt

A Game of Noctis
by Deva Fagan

The Girl Who Kept the Castle
by Ryan Graudin

Gut Reaction
by Kirby Lawson & Quinn Wyatt

It Came From the Trees
by Ally Russell

Mid-Air
by Alicia D. Williams

Not If You Break Up With Me First by G.F. Miller

Not Nothing
by Gayle Forman

The Other Side of Tomorrow
by Tina Cho

Popcorn
by Rob Harrell

Shark Teeth
by Sherri Winston

The Sherlock Society
by James Ponti

The Tenth Mistake of
Hank Hooperman
by Gennifer Choldenko

The Wrong Way Home
by Kate O’Shaughnessy

MORE Cool Books to Read This Summer!

Newbery Award Winners
of the Past 20 Years:

(2026) All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

(2025) The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

(2024) The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

(2023) Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

(2022) The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

(2021) When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

(2020) New Kid by Jerry Craft

(2019) Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

(2018) Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

(2017) The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

(2016) Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De la Peña

(2015) The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

(2014) Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

(2013) The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

(2012) Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

(2011) Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

(2010) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

(2009) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

(2008) Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz

(2007) The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

SPECIAL EVENTS

Flip Flop Book Swap in May!
Students with almost new or gently used books may participate in our “Flip Flop Book Swap” in May. Update your home library with “new to you” summer reads! This is a great way to recycle those book fair books you’ve already read. You may bring your trade-ins to the library through May 15th (up to 10 books). You will receive a ticket so you can return to the library the week of May 18-22 to select your "new-to-you" books. See Ms. Inman for more details.

Summer Learning Challenge
On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, the children’s librarian from the Lake Wylie branch of the York County Library will be speaking to 6th graders about their Summer Reading Program. Any books you read for the York County Summer Learning Challenge will also count toward the OMS Summer Reading Challenge. Just make sure you record the book on both logs.  

END OF YEAR DATES & REMINDERS

Student Checkout

May 14       
Last Day to Check Out Books

May 15       
Library Books & Fees Due

May 18-22  
Flip Flop Book Swap

May 20       
Public Library Guest (6th Gd)

NOTE:
1) Lost library books remain on students' records and follow them from school to school.
2) Students with missing books will not be allowed to checkout next school year until the book is returned, or the student pays for the lost or damaged book.
3) Students at the high school may be denied parking passes, library privileges, etc., until library issues are resolved.
4) If a student pays for a lost book and then finds the book, a refund can only be given during the same school year (the year the lost fee was paid). Refunds do not carry over from year to year.