AP Students Sample New Books at the Start of the School Year

Students in Mr. Lodle’s AP English class started the year with a book pass to discover a variety of new titles.  Popular choices included Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson, Dominicana by Angie Cruz, Circe by Madeline Miller, There There by Tommy Orange, The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson, and Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson.  All students left with lists of new books for pleasure reading, and several students left with new books in hand!

Belleville West Welcomes the Class of 2023

Yesterday, Belleville West freshmen attended their first day of class.  The English department wishes these new students four years of great classes, great friends, and great books!

Finish Your Summer with One (or More!) of these Favorite Books

With one week until the start of the new school year, you still have time for a little more pleasure reading this summer. Why not pick up one of these student favorites?

Keep Reading this Summer with New Abe Lincoln and RFL Books

Looking for some good books this summer? Check out the 2021-2022 Abraham Lincoln and the 2021-2022 Read for a Lifetime books. Then sign up to participate in the Abe Lincoln and RFL programs in the BW Library when school starts in August.

2021-2022 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BOOKS

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Brazen: Rebel Ladies who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer

The Companion by Katie Alender

The Dark Matter of Mona Starr by Laura Lee Gulledge

Dig by A.S. King

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

If I was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Not Your Princess by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy

Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

We are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

2021-2022 READ FOR A LIFETIME BOOKS

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

All Boys aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

The Assignment by Liza Weimer

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Clap when You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Everybody Looking by Candice Iloh

Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 by Claire Hartford

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Game Changer by Neal Shusterman

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

BW Junior Receives Harvard Book Award

Junior Will Weck recently received the 2020-2021 Harvard Prize Book for Belleville West High School.  The Harvard Prize Book program was established by Harvard alumni in 1910.  The Prize Book is awarded to an outstanding student in the junior class who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields.