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Visit our 2025-26 Truman Nominees page to view this year's nominees.

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Welcome to the Summit Lakes Middle School Library Media Center.

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Research Links

Most of our databases can be accessed from school without a password. However, when logging in from home, all databases require a password. Click below for a list of passwords. You must be logged into your LSR7 Google Account to access this document. 

Database Passwords

Truman Award

The Truman Readers Award is a recommended reading list of fiction titles for grades 6-8, curated by the Missouri Association of School Librarians based on the input of students, staff, and librarians across the state of Missouri. Read four or more Truman Award nominees and vote for your favorite in March. Read 10 or more Truman Award Nominees (or 10+ with at least four Truman nominees and some Dogwood Award Nominees) by February and qualify for a field trip. 

Log your Truman books using this form.

Dogwood Readers Award

The Dogwood Titles are the top nonfiction books, K-12,  rated by Missouri librarians every year.

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