The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice 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.

Click here for a summary of each book.  Please be sure to stop by the school library to check out these books!

Students can sign up to participate in the voting with Mrs. Susina in the library.  Students need to read 5 books in order to be eligible to vote at the end of February.  Those who do participate will be invited to a "Breakfast with Abe," where the winner will be announced and you will get a preview of next year's list!

Here are the nominees for 2013!

2013 ABE AWARD MASTER LIST

Anna & the French Kiss Stephanie Perkins Speak 2010
Bruiser  Neal Shusterman HarperCollins 2010
The Chosen One Carol Lynch Williams St. Martin 2009
Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare Margaret K. McElderry 2010
Dark Song Gail Giles Little, Brown 2010
Finnikin of the Rock Melina Marchetta Candlewick 2010
The Help Kathryn Stockett Berkley 2009
Impossible Nancy Werlin Speak 2008
Impulse Ellen Hopkins Simon Pulse 2007
Leviathan Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse 2009
Little Brother Cory Doctorow Tor 2008
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace Alexander G. Smith Farrar Straus Giroux 2009
Matched Ally Condie Speak 2010
The Monstrumologist Rick Yancey Simon & Schuster 2009
North of Beautiful Justina Chen Headley Little, Brown 2009
Paranormalcy Kiersten White Harper 2010
Rikers High Paul Volponi Speak 2010
Ship Breaker  Paolo Bacigalupi Little, Brown 2010
The Sky is Everywhere Jandy Nelson Speak 2010
Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher Razorbill 2007
War  Sebastian Junger Twelve 2010
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green & David Levithan Speak

2010

 

Red titles = chosen by the Student Reader Panel