SBHS Library: Lincoln Award
All students are invited to participate in The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
The Abraham Lincoln Award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) and is designed to encourage high school students to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois' most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. In order to participate, the students will read at least four books from the list below and vote on their favorite book. Voting takes place in February. The books can be found in a special display in the fiction area of the library for easy access.
2010 Winner: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Abraham Lincoln Titles for 2011
(an annotated list with descriptions and author websites is on the ISLMA website)
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian -- Sherman Alexie
Artichoke’s Heart – Suzanne Supplee
Boot Camp -- Todd Strasser
Deadline -- Chris Crutcher
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks -- E. Lockhart
Elsewhere -- Gabrielle Zevin
Evermore: the Immortals -- Alyson Noel **
Graceling -- Kristin Cashore
Hold Tight – Harlan Coben **
House Rules: a Memoir -- Rachel Sontag
Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Jerk, California – Jonathan Friesen **
Just Listen -- Sarah Dessen
Paper Towns -- John Greene
Perfect Chemistry -- Simone Elkeles
Right Behind You -- Gale Giles
Rucker Park Setup -- Paul Volponi
Spanking Shakespeare -- Jake Wizner
Thousand Splendid Suns -- Khaled Hosseini
Twisted -- Laurie Halse Anderson **
Unwind – Neal Shusterman
Wake -- Lisa McMann
**chosen by student reader panel