The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award
2011 MASTER LIST
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
(Bold print = titles chosen by Student Reader Panel)
2011 Annotated Master List with Websites (PDF * Word)
2011 Semifinal List of Nominees
Battle of the Books Wiki
2011 New Trier Abe blog
Mandy's 2010 Abe Blog - a student-created blog for the 2010 Master List from Downers Grove North H.S.
Marian Catholic H.S. Abe Wiki
LBSS Grant
Registration Brochure
2010 Abe Participant Survey
BONUS MATERIALS FROM OUR ABE AUTHORS
Here are links to a number of “extras” sent to us by our 2009 and 2010 Abe authors or their editors which they thought you might be able to use with your students.
PAUL VOLPONI
Discussion Guide for his novel “Hurricane Song”
Intro. &
Chapter 1 of Paul’s new novel “Response” (“inspired by a real-life NYC hate crime”)
“I have been donating my time to classes across the country by doing free phone-conferences (usually 20-minutes or so) with groups of students reading any of my novels. I answer questions about the work and encourage students in their own writings.” Contact Paul for a phone conference via his website, www.paulvolponibooks.com.
JOHN GREEN
Discussion Guide for his novel “Paper Towns”
NANCY WERLIN
Discussion Guide for her novel “Impossible”
Abraham Lincoln Award Winners
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2010 Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- 2009 Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- 2008 Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- 2007 Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- 2006 Jodi Picoult -- My Sister’s Keeper
- 2005 Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called “It”
The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
The Abraham Lincoln Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve 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 (ISLMA).The Abraham Lincoln Award is designed to encourage high school students to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books.
Official Nomination Form for 2012
Nominations—2012
Students, librarians, and educators from schools or public libraries that are registered participants in the ALIHSBA program may nominate books for the award. To be eligible for the list, books must meet the following criteria:
- First published within the past five years
- Currently in print in paperback
- Author living at time of selection for the Master List
- Fiction, non-fiction, or poetry
- May not be a textbook, a translation, or an anthology by more than one author
- May not be a previous Rebecca Caudill Award winner
- May not have appeared on a previous ALIHSBA Master List
- If part of a series, must be the first volume unless it can stand by itself without reading the previous titles in the series
Past Master Lists Compilation
Nomination forms for the 2012 award will be accepted from April 1 - October 15, 2010.
Registration/Participation
Any Illinois school serving students in grades nine through twelve may register and participate in the award program. If any local school chooses not to participate, public libraries may register to provide access for their students, as well as for home schooled students. Participating schools and libraries must:
- Submit registration form by November 15
- Provide a minimum of 12 of the 22 titles on the Master List
- Provide student voting forms
- Tally student voting forms and report the results by the deadline shown in the Timeline (below)
To register, complete the form below and send it with the $10.00 annual fee to the address provided.
Volunteering for Abe Committees
Adults interested in working on an Abe Award committee should complete and send the application from the link below. We are always looking for new people to serve on the Nominations Committee, Reader Panel, and in other capacities. Even if we can’t use you immediately in your preferred area, we will keep your application on file and work you in as soon as possible. Most of our Abe committee work is done via email, with the exception of the March selection meeting of the Abe Reader Panel, which is held on a Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., usually in the Bloomington/ Springfield/ Peoria area.
Adult Volunteer Application
PDF | Online Application
High school students interested in serving a one-year term as a Student Member of the Abe Award Reader Panel should complete and send the application from the link below. If more than one student from the same area of the state applies, preference will be given to seniors; younger students’ applications will be held in a waiting file for following years. Requirements and duties of the Student Readers are described on the application form.
Student Reader Panel Volunteer Online Application
Online Application
Voting
Voting is coordinated in the schools by the school library media specialist or teacher. If the school has no library media specialist or interested teacher, the library paraprofessional may coordinate the voting and submit results to ISLMA. In a public library, a librarian may collect votes for students who are not involved in the program at school or another library.
To be eligible to vote, a student must have read or listened to at least four books on the Master List. Each student will vote for his or her favorite book from the nominees. The official Vote Reporting Form must be submitted electronically via the ISLMA website by the deadline shown in the Timeline. Statewide results will be tallied and the winner will be announced at the DuKane Institute, by email, on ISLMANET-L, on the ISLMA website, and through the regional library systems.
Resources
The links below are to resources you may wish to use in promoting the Abe Award at your library. You may print and use these in any creative way that works for you!
PR/Motivational Ideas
Abraham Lincoln Bookmark
2011 Small Abe Logo Bookmark
2011 Master List Bookmark
Abraham Lincoln Image
2011 Large Abe Image
2011 Covers and Annotations (Emily Hahn from the Byron Public Library)
Abraham Lincoln Image (Small)
2011 Student Reading Certificate (Save As A Word document =>File=>Open for Editing; this will allow you to type on the certificate)
2011 Abe's Double Deuces Certificate
"Island of the Abes" program (Joliet West H.S.)
Abe Award Spine Labels
Master sheets for printing your own Abe spine labels are available at the links below. You can print these on Avery label stock, or simply print on plain paper, cut them apart, and tape them onto your Abe books.
Abe Spine Labels Master Sheet
2011 Abe Award Spine Labels (Emily Hahn from the Byron Public Library)
Timeframe
Nomination period for 2012 Master List - April 1 - October 15, 2010
Student reading period for 2011 Award - March, 2010 - February 23, 2011
Official Online Ballot due - February 23, 2011
Announcement of 2011 winner - February, 2011
Administration
The Abraham Lincoln Award is administered by the ISLMA High School Book Award Executive Committee (click name to send email):
Chairperson - Kathy Shannon, Thornwood H.S. (ret.)
Jane Lenser, Prairie Area Library System
Carolyn Roys, Lake Park High School
Gayl Smith, Gombert Elementary
Jennette Gonzalez, Ridgewood H.S.
Diane Mankowski, Glenbard South H.S.
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