2009-2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Winners

Read at least 4 of the books on this Abe Lincoln Reader's Choice Award List, and you will be eligible to vote in the spring. Let us know your thoughts about the books on the list you have read here!

The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades 9-12 in Illinois. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois' most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. The award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association.

 

 

John Green. An Abundance Of Katherines. 2006. (YA Fiction Green.J)

Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.

Kelly Easton. Aftershock. 2006. (YA Fiction Easto.K)

In shock and unable to speak after witnessing his parents' death in a car crash in Idaho, seventeen-year-old Adam journeys across the country to his home in Rhode Island in an attempt to deal with the tragedy he knows will forever alter the only life he has ever known.

Meg Cabot. Avalon High. 2007. (YA Fiction Cabot.M 2007)

Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students, including herself, may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court.

*3rd Place Winner: Markus Zusak. The Book Thief. 2007. (YA Fiction Zusak.M)

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Alane Ferguson.The Christopher Killer : A Forensic Mystery. 2006. (YA Mystery Fergu.A)

On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.

*Winner: Cassandra Clare.City Of Bones. 2008. (YA Science Fiction Clare.C 2008)

Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

Randa Abdel-Fattah.Does My Head Look Big In This?. 2007. (YA Fiction Abdel.R)

Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.

Dean Koontz. The Good Guy. 2007. (Fiction Koont.D)

Timothy Carrier is sitting in a bar when the man next to him mistakes him for a killer-for-hireand hands him an envelope with $10,000 and a contract on a pretty young woman whose photograph and address accompany the money. Soon the killer arrives believing Tim is the one who wants to hire him.

Carl Deuker. Gym Candy. 2007. (YA Fiction Deuke.C)

Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.

Chris Wooding. The Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray. 2004. (YA Fiction Woodi.C)

In a world similar to Victorian London, Thaniel, a seventeen-year-old hunter od dealu, demonic creatures called the wych-kin, takes in a lost, possed girl, and becomes embroiled in a plot to unleash eveil on the world.

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