​eBooks
Access our eBook collections using the links below. Students may log in to Destiny Discover using their Student ID# (both username and password), and log into MackinVIA with their unique BISD login info (username and password).
witches by Jason Galvan
Featured Book Trailers
LINKED by Jason Galvan
Refugee by Alan Gratz NEW by Jason Galvan
Seasonal Reading Lists
Ban List by Jason Galvan
Never Forget by Jason Galvan
Teentober by Jason Galvan
Hispanic Heritage Month by Jason Galvan
Autumn eBooks by Jason Galvan
Holiday Reads by Jason Galvan
Winter Reads!!!! by Jason Galvan
Virtual Reading Rooms
Click on the books, posters, videos, and other objects to view more content in the rooms below!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jason Galvan
Dinosuars! by Jason Galvan
Scary Stories by Jason Galvan
ghosts by Jason Galvan
Dork diaries by Jason Galvan
Jenny Han books by Jason Galvan
Raina Telgemeier by Jason Galvan
Historical Fiction by Jason Galvan
graphic novels by Jason Galvan
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FANTASY by Jason Galvan
Video Tutorials
If you need help using MackinVIA or Follett, or you're not sure how to use Google Classroom, you're in luck! Check out our Video Tutorials webpage for videos that will provide you with step-by-step instructions. Click the link below!
Library Procedures
The Vela MS Library is a great place to find the resources and information you need to help with your classes. It's also a great place to find amazing books to read! Don't forget, we also have lots of other exciting things happening like our Makerspace, Readers' Theater, Battle of the Books, and much, much more! 
However, students need to make sure to follow the rules and learn about our policies. Please see the slideshow below (Library Orientation) for more information.
Library Orientation

Explore the depths of your imagination

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one.” 
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

​New Arrivals!

The Vela MS Library is proud to maintain a meticulously selected and up-to-date collection.  Check out some of our latest acquisitions via Destiny Discover!

Databases

BISD has provided access to countless resources through database subscriptions. Follow the link above to learn more!

Laura bush grant

Vela Middle School has been awarded a grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries.  Check out some of the exciting new selections available!
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” 
― Maya Angelou

OUR GOAL

We are striving to instill a love of reading within each of our students.
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First Let's

Discover
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” 
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

Now let's

Explore
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” 
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

IT'S UP TO US to

Enjoy
“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.” 
― Jane Austen