Blast off to Camp Read S’more! From June 5 – July 29, explore great stories and earn prizes for reading! Track the time you spend reading, reading aloud, or having someone read to you, including audiobooks. Go to your library, show your progress, and choose your prize!

Complete reading and activity challenges to earn tickets for a chance to win exciting prize bundles. Get reading recommendations from our staff or read anything you want! A grand prize might be yours too!

By 1981, clusters of patients with similar symptoms appeared in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Queer communities banded together across the country and turned their pain and anger into direct action advocacy. Here are memoirs and histories that describe the AIDS crisis. Their stories are full of pain, anger, and loss that eventually turn into hope. These firsthand accounts from survivors, partners, activists, caregivers, medical professionals, and community leaders show the power of organizing and working together to affect positive change in the face of adversity and loss.