Students may check out up to 4 books at a time. 

• Books are due every 3 weeks.
• Magazines are due every week.

Overdue email notices are sent out once a book is past a week overdue. 

Overdue books

Fines are not charged for overdue books, however, we appreciate the books returned in a timely manner. If you need to keep a book for longer than the 2 weeks, please recheck it. You may recheck a book up to 2 times, for a total of 6 weeks. Then, it needs to be returned so the next person may read the book. If the book has not been returned or renewed for 30 days, it becomes a lost book. 

Lost books

If a book is lost or damaged, the student will need to pay a replacement fee. It is the student's responsibility to talk with the librarian to find out the price for replacing the book. The fee may be paid in full, or in payments paid in full within 6 weeks. 

The replacement fee may be paid in cash or check made out to Austin Academy. This money goes into a book fund where replacement books and new books are purchased. 

Found books

If you find a library book that was already paid for, you will receive a refund minus a $2.00 restocking and processing fee. If you paid your lost book fee with a check, your refund will come back as a check from our front office. Note that this process may take up to 2 - 3 weeks. 

The AAE library is open in the mornings from 8:15 - 8:45 on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 

The library is open most afternoons until 4:15. If you need to use the library, please talk to the librarian so that we can set up an appointment. 

Students may come into the library to check out/check in books in-between classes. Most teachers also have library passes, if you need to come during a class. 

Austin Academy’s library is serious about series. Students can read from beginning to end in over 875 series.  From fantasy, sci-fi, humor and adventure to mystery, historical fiction, realistic fiction and romance, there is a series that fits everyone’s reading pleasure. Finding a good series to read is one way to really get hooked on reading!

Austin students love to read and love to recommend their favorite books to each other. A great way that students are reconnecting to great books is through Austin's eBook collection that will be rapidly growing in the next few months. Whether it's a Kindle, Nook, iPad, phone or computer, students can check out eBooks for the library's Destiny Discover and read them on their electronic devices.  

To access our e-book collection:

• Download the “Destiny Reads” app from the App Store or Google Play.
• Location: Texas
• School: Austin Academy for Excellence, Garland, TX
• Login with your GISD username and password

• Robin Brande: Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature and Fat Cat
• Susan Campbell Bartoletti: Hitler Youth and The Boy Who Dared
• Suzanne Collins: Underland Chronicles and Hunger Games Series
• Caroline Cooney: Janie Series, Code Orange, Enter Three Witches, If The Witness Lied 
• Kiera Cass:  The Selection Series
• Margaret Peterson Haddix: Shadow Children Series, The Missing Series, Double Identity
• Gordon Korman: Pop, Juvie Three, Schooled, Born To Rock, Griffin Bing and His Team Series
• Wendy Mass: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Every Soul A Star, 11 Birthdays, The Candymakers, Pi in the Sky, Leap Day, Rapunzel:  the One With All the Hair
• Lisa McMann:  The Unwanted series
• R.J. Palacio:  Wonder
• Veronica Roth:  Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant
• Jordan Sonnenblick:  Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, After Ever After, Curveball, Notes from Midnight Driver, Zin and the Art of Faking It
• Neal Shusterman:  Unwind, Antsy Does Time, Bruiser, Unwholly, Full Tilt, Ducklying Ugly, Darkness Creeping, Ship Out of Luck
• Gary Schmidt:  The Wednesday Wars, Trouble, Okay for Now, What Came From the Stars
• Wendelin Van Draanen:  The Running Dream, Flipped, Runaway, The Sammy Keyes Series
• Scott Westerfeld:  The Uglies Series, The Leviathan Series, The Midnighters Series