There’s a new list of the books for the UWF 2026 Reading Program 2026

There’s a new list of the books for the UWF 2026 Reading Program 2026!!
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Let Mary Chafey know if you’d like me to purchase a certain book for our cart!

Here are five of the fourteen purchased from the 2026 list! These 5 are on the cart now! Check the list at the link above to see all the books on the Reading Program.
1. The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
2. The Women by Kristin Hannah
3. Finding Me by Viola Davis
4. Queerfully and Wonderfully Made – a guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens
5. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant’s Daughter’s Story by Sen. Mazie Hirono

The current lists are in the orange binder. Feel free to borrow any books that you’d like to read; just return them to the cart in a timely manner, so others can enjoy reading too! Our El Camino District Program Resources Chair, Carolyn Bircher, prepared wonderful PDF lists of the books on the 2021-2026 lists, including the number of copies at local libraries, and as e-books! Please click on the following link for the 2021-2026 PDF lists: (https://elcaminorealumw.org/educate/reading-program/#2024-reading-program) The following list from national, has all the books 2021-2026 available for purchase. bookshop.com   (https://bookshop.org/shop/uwfaith) Books for 2026 only with cover photos: (https://bookshop.org/lists/2026-reading-program-books) Contact Mary Chafey if you have questions or need help finding the books. The Reading Program will give you a certificate in Oct. 2026, if you’ve read at least one book out of each of five sections, and Response magazine, also available on the book cart. Children’s and youth books count too! If you’d like to recommend a book you read in the program or would like to see on the cart, please let me know! Books from 2021-2025 will carry over to 2026, so if you didn’t quite finish this year, list it for next year!! Keep track on the form which is on the cart. Send to Mary Chafey, or email. ”