Thumbs Up 2009 Teen Vote
Want to have a voice in picking this year’s Thumbs Up! Award?
“The Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence in, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Young Adult Literature. A committee, consisting of Young Adult and Teen Librarians, meets several times during the year to determine the winner. Winners are selected from books published in the U.S. during the previous year.
Beginning in 2001, the Thumbs Up! Committee has included a teen vote. Teens that are 12 to 18 years old are asked to help select the 2009 Thumbs Up! winner. The list of titles has been narrowed to twenty.”
So, now’s your chance. The list has been narrowed down to the top 20 and now you have until May 30 to read as many of the following books as you want, then submit your vote for the best book of 2008. Ballots are available at your local KDL branch, or simply send an email with your top choice to jbernstein@kdl.org.
Here are your choices: (click here for an interactive list)
Anderson, Laurie Halse – Chains
Bodeen, S.A. – The Compound
Brothers, Megan – Debbie Harry Sings in French
Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games
Connor, Leslie – Waiting for Normal
De La Pena, Matt – Mexican WhiteBoy
Doctorow, Cory – Little Brother
Gaiman, Neil – The Graveyard Book
Galante, Cecilia – The Patron Saint of Butterflies
George, Jessica Day – Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Goldman, Stephen – Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath
Green, John – Paper Towns
Harmon, Michael – The Last Exit to Normal
Katcher, Brian – Playing with Matches
Krovatin, Christopher – Venemous
Lockhart, E. – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landeau Banks
Scott, Elizabeth – Living Dead Girl
Scott, Elizabeth – Stealing Heaven
Stratton, Allan – Chandra’s War
Zarr, Sarah – Sweethearts
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