Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award

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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.
• Check out the following 2006 nominees !

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Gospel According to LarryJanet Tashjian

• 17-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who
  wants to make a difference in the world, tries to
  maintain his secret identity as the author of a
  web site that is receiving national attention.

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My Sisters KeeperJodi Picoult

• Conceived in vitro, 13-year-old Anna has
  decided to sue her parents to stop them from
  using her as "spare parts" for her older sister,
  Kate, who suffers from leukemia.

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Odd Thomas Dean Koontz

• Odd sees and converses with ghosts, a secret
  he has kept from everyone but his girlfriend and
  the local police chief, whom he occasionally
  helps solve terrible crimes.

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First Part LastAngela Johnson

• A 16-year-old tells the story of how he became a
  single dad "The author skillfully relates the
  hope in the midst of pain."
• Winner
• 2004 Coretta Scott King Award (Writing Category)
• 2004 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in
  Young Adult Literature

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Eyre AffairJasper Fforde

• Great Britain circa 1985 time travel is
  routine, cloning is reality, and literature is
  taken very seriously an imaginary world where
  time and reality bend in the most convincing way.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier

• Tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose
  life is transformed by her brief encounter with
  genius ... even as she herself is immortalized in
  canvas and oil.

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StargirlJerry Spinelli

• In this story about the perils of popularity,
  the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of
  first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl
  changes Mica High School forever.

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You Remind Me of You A Poetry Memoir
Eireann Corrigan

• Autobiographical account of a young woman's
  battle with eating disorders that put her in and
  out of hospitals over a span of four years and
  her parents fighting for the right to commit her.

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King of the Mild Frontier An Ill-Advised
AutobiographyChris Crutcher

• Author of popular sports-themed novels for
  young adults says that some of the nutty, cruel
  and unusual stuff in his books really happened.

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The Truth About ForeverSarah Dessen

• Following her father's death, Macy plans to
  work at the library and wait for her brainy
  boyfriend to return from camp, but goes to work
  at a catering business, making new friends and
  facing her grief.

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Battle of JerichoSharon Mills Draper

• A high school junior and his cousin suffer
  the ramifications of joining what seems to be a
  "reputable" school club.

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Children of Willesden Lane Kindertransport A
Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival Mona
Golabek, Lee Cohen

• A poignant story of tragedy and triumph in a
  time of war. Famed concert pianist shares this
  inspirational true story.

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Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-TimeMark Haddon

• Despite his fear of people, Christopher, a
  mathematically-gifted, autistic 15-year-old boy,
  investigates the murder of a neighbor's dog and
  uncovers secret information about his mother.

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Sweetblood Peter Hautman

• After a lifetime of being a model student,
  16-year-old Lucy is suddenly in trouble at
  school, at home, with the "proto-vampires" she
  has met online, and with her uncontrolled
  diabetes.

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Mother, Come HomePaul Hornschemeier

• Graphic novel tale of a father and son
  struggling, by varying degrees of escapism and
  fantasy, to come to terms with the death of the
  family's mother.

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Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini

• Poignant tale of two motherless boys growing
  up in Kabul, a city teetering on the brink of
  destruction at the dawn of the Soviet invasion.

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Earth, My Butt Other Big Round ThingsCarolyn
Mackler

• An endearing heroine who speaks to everyone
  who struggles with family expectations -- and
  reminds that the most impressive achievement is
  to be true to yourself.

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The Usual Rules Joyce Maynard

• 13-year-old Wendy reveals Sept. 11th in a
  family's slow realization that Wendy's mother has
  died, and their struggle to go on.

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Mortal EnginesPhilip Reeve

• In the future, when cities move about and
  consume smaller towns, a 15-year-old is pushed
  out of London by the man he most admires and must
  seek answers in the perilous Out-Country.

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Stiff the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

• A well-researched, lively dissection of
  offbeat ways that the dead have served the
  living treats medical and ethical issues.

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Rainbow BoysAlex Sanchez

• Three high school seniors, a jock with a
  girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted
  gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate,
  struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first
  sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.

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Inside OutTerry Trueman

• A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is
  caught up in the events surrounding an attempted
  robbery by two other teens who eventually hold
  him hostage.