Project Lit is a national, grassroots literacy movement committed to increasing access to high-quality, culturally relevant and sustaining books and to promoting a love of reading in schools and communities across America.
Project LIT is not just about books; it’s also about belonging. It’s about building a community of readers and writers. It’s about empowering our young people and providing our students with as many positive literacy experiences as possible through books that…
- allow all students to see themselves in the pages.
- communicate to all students that their voices and their stories matter—that they matter.
- encourage us to write stories of our own.
- spark important, necessary conversations.
- remind us that we’re not alone.
- inspire us to make a difference. inspire students to fall in love with reading again or for the first time.
EMPOWER our students as readers, writers and leaders
PROMOTE a love of reading in our schools and communities
NURTURE authentic reading identities by increasing access to high-quality books, building community and fostering a sense of belonging
CHAMPION young people and books that reflect their lived realities, communities and identities
ADVOCATE for literacy policies and practices that will build lifelong readers
SUPPORT AND INSPIRE one another as we improve our practice and pedagogy
READ, DISCUSS AND CELEBRATE books that make our students feel seen, heard, affirmed and valued
DEVELOP our cultural competence and EXPAND our thinking, regardless of individual starting point
AMPLIFY voices and stories of students and educators of color
REWRITE the narrative about which texts and authors are deemed worthy of academic study
PROVIDE students with as many positive literacy experiences as possible
Project Lit for High School
RESOURCES: Teachingbooks.net pairs resources (activities, book guides, lesson plans, etc.) with book titles that further reading enjoyment, contextual knowledge, and educational relevance. Click the book cover image to see resources.
CULTURAL RELEVANCE: Looking for titles featuring Latinx characters or other underrepresented groups? Look for the "Cultural Experience" tags in the Teachingbooks.net descriptions.
DIGITAL ACCESS: Library Services can assign titles via OverDrive/Sora quickly and easily. Students can take notes inside the platform, export them to Google Drive or retrieve them in Sora even after the check-out period expires. Learn more about TAKING AND USING NOTES in Sora.
Titles in the Project Lit program are approved for extracurricular after-school program reading.
Library Services can assign titles via OverDrive/Sora for 90 days quickly and easily. When students open the Overdrive/Sora app, the title will appear in their assignments at the top of the screen on "day one."
To request a title assignment, email libraries@nvusd.org.
 The 57 Bus |
 All Boys Aren't Blue |
 Allegedly |
 Anger is a Gift |
 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe |
 The Astonishing Color of After |
 Barely Missing Everything |
 Born a Crime |
 Children of Blood and Bone |
 Clap When You Land |
 Dragon Hoops |
 Dread Nation |
 Here to Stay |
 Hey, Kiddo |
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 Internment |
 Jackpot All Bets Are Off |
 Just Mercy |
 Let Me Hear a Rhyme |
 Like a Love Story |
 Love From A to Z |
 The Marrow Thieves |
 Monday's Not Coming |
 Monster |
 Not So Pure and Simple |
 Nyxia |
 Odd One Out |
 On the Come Up |
 Opposite of Always |
 Patron Saints of Nothing |
 The Poet X |
 Pride |
 The Prince and the Dressmaker |
 Sadie |
 Scythe |
 Shout |
 Slay |
 Speak (Graphic Novel) |
 Stamped |
 They Both Die at the End |
 Tradition |
 A Very Large Expanse of Sea |
 We Are Not From Here |
 When I was the Greatest |
 With the Fire on High |
