Join us for a community-wide BTHS Summer Reading Challenge Bingo.

Sponsored by the BTHS Library, the PA, and Mr. Newman!

Students, staff, and parents are invited to read at least three books in special categories this summer.  At the end of the summer, winners in each group will be selected by raffle for Brooklyn Tech merch!  

Sign up to participate to get your online bingo board submission form. Then read three books in adjacent squares (vertically, horizontally, diagonally, or in an L shape). 

• The challenge starts on June 19th and goes until Labor Day, September 7th.

• Books included should be started and completed in this timeframe.

• One book can only count for one category, even though it may fit in many!  And each book can only be used in one bingo submission.  

• Any YA or adult books qualify. 

• You may submit up to three completed bingo boards online for our drawing for Brooklyn Tech merch by September 7th. Each board must represent three unique books.

• This is an initiative to encourage reading and community.  Please interpret the rules the best you can with that aim in mind!

  

  Examples of completed boards : 

  Each line represents three unique books in three categories, or read all 9 for a bonus submission:

  

  
  

  Center square:  BTHS Summer Reading 2026 linked to the Brooklyn Public Library  or another format of the same list is here: Brooklyn Tech Summer Reading assignment and list (see p2 of Summer Reading pdf).

  
  

  Access to Books: Students and staff, we invite you to check out ebooks and audiobooks through Brooklyn Tech’s eLibrary app Sora. Incoming 9th graders should have access when DOE updates their school in the system mid-summer.

  
  

  Check out our amazing collection on Sora and see the Summer Reading list for each grade level:

  •  9th Grade Summer Reading List on Sora

  • 10th Grade Summer Reading List on Sora

  • 11th Grade Summer Reading List on Sora

  • 12th Grade Summer Reading List on Sora

  
  

  New to Sora (DOE users only)?

  • Use the Sora Overdrive app. Look for the green button and use your DOE login credentials.  

  • View this tutorial to set preferences to see YA and adult books, add libraries, and more! 

  
  

  Additionally, as a New Yorker, you can get all library cards from all three public library systems, and enjoy your freedom to read print books, ebooks, and audiobooks.  

  • Brooklyn Public Libraries

  • NY Public Libraries

  • Queens Public Libraries

  
  

  Questions, comments?  

  Please contact your BTHS Librarians, Ms. Drusin, Ms. Ferguson, and Ms. Kaplan at library@bths.edu. Be aware that communication during the summer will be limited.

  
  

  Follow us on Instagram @brooklyntechlibrary!