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.
Here are the results for 2012!
The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award
2012 MASTER LIST
After -- Amy Efaw - Speak, 2010
Beastly -- Alex Flinn - HarperTeen, 2008
Before I Die -- Jenny Downham - David Fickling, 2009 *
Carter Finally Gets It -- Brent Crawford - Hyperion, 2010
Columbine -- Dave Cullen - Twelve, 2010
The Compound -- S.A. Bodeen - Square Fish, 2009
Flash Burnout -- L.K. Madigan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
Ghosts of War -- Ryan Smithson - Harpercollins, 2010
Going Bovine -- Libba Bray - Random House, 2010 *
How to Build a House -- Dana Reinhardt - Wendy Lamb, 2009
If I Stay -- Gayle Forman - Speak, 2010
The Looking Glass Wars -- Frank Beddor - Speak, 2007 *
Love is the Higher Law -- David Levithan - Knopf, 2010 *
The Maze Runner -- James Dashner - Delacorte, 2010
Mexican White Boy -- Matt de la Pena - Delacorte, 2010
Reality Check -- Peter Abrahams - HarperTeen, 2010
Shiver -- Maggie Stiefvater - Scholastic, 2010
Story of a Girl -- Sara Zarr - Little, Brown, 2008
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines -- Nic Sheff - Atheneum, 2008
Why I Fight -- J. Adams Oaks - Atheneum, 2010
Wish You Were Dead -- Todd Strasser - EgmontUSA, 2010
World War Z -- Max Brooks - Three Rivers, 2007(Starred titles chosen by Student Readers)