The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award
VOTE FOR THE 2010 ABE WINNER FEB. 10-24. USE THE ONLINE BALLOT POSTED BELOW UNDER "VOTING" . YOUR LIBRARY MUST BE A REGISTERED PARTICIPANT IN ORDER FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO VOTE!!!
2010 Annotated Master List with Websites (PDF * Word)
2010 Master List with Age/Reading Levels
2010 Semifinal List of Nominees
Battle of the Books Wiki
2010 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
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”
JOHN ROBISON
John recently wrote an article for the Random House educational magazine RHI. Entitled “Disability or Difference” it offers solid advice for parents, teachers and librarians so they may better understand (Asperger’s Syndrome) and engage students. You can read the piece via the link below:
http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/pdf3/Robison.pdf
ALANE FERGUSON
“I'd be happy to Skype at no charge to any school who might be interested in discussing how this book (“The Christopher Killer”) came to be (my best friend was murdered by a serial killer) and what's next for the series.” Contact Alane
for a Skype discussion via her website, www.alaneferguson.com.
NED VIZZINI SCHOOL VISITS
Author Ned Vizzini, whose novel "It's Kind of a Funny Story" is on the 2009 Abe Award Master List, is available to visit schools and libraries to talk about the book. He also has a new speaking program called "Angstpiration" on using events in your life to inspire writing, designed for student audiences. Information is available at www.creativewell.com/vizzini.html.
Abraham Lincoln Award Winners
- 2009 Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- 2008 Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- Abe's Double Deuces -- a listing of students who read all 22 titles on the
2008 Abe Award Master List
- 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 2011
Nominations—2011
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/current Caudill contender
- 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 2010 award will be accepted from April 1 - October 15, 2009.
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 (below) 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.
Student Ballot
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
Abe Logo Bookmark
2010 Small Abe Logo Bookmark
2010 Master List Bookmark
Abraham Lincoln Image
2010 Abraham Lincoln Brochure Cover Image
Abraham Lincoln Image (Small)
2010 Student Reading Certificate
2010 Abe's Double Deuces Certificate
Items compliments of Norma Applegate, PALS:
 Abe Readalikes
If You Like This Author ...
Norma's Website Labels
Norma's Book Labels
Abe Award Spine Labels & Cover Seals
Round cover seals (black Abe portrait on a gold foil background) may be purchased at the conference store during the annual ISLMA conference or ordered from Kay Maynard, P.O. Box 598, Canton, IL 61520. Checks should be payable to ISLMA. The seals are 50c for a strip of 5.
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
Abe 2010 Logo Labels Master Sheet * (Word Format)
Timeframe
Nomination period for 2011 Master List - April 1 - October 15, 2009
Student reading period for 2010 Award - March, 2009 - February 24, 2010
Official Vote Reporting Form due - February 24, 2010
Announcement of 2010 winner - February, 2010
Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominees—2010
An Abundance of Katherines -- John Green
Aftershock -- Kelly Easton
Avalon High -- Meg Cabot
The Book Thief -- Markus Zusak
Christopher Killer -- Alane Ferguson
City of Bones -- Cassandra Clare
Does My Head Look Big in This? -- Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Good Guy -- Dean Koontz
Gym Candy -- Carl Deuker
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray -- Chris Wooding
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You -- Ally Carter
Inexcusable -- Chris Lynch
Leaving Paradise -- Simone Elkeles
Life As We Knew It -- Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier -- Ishmael Beah
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's Syndrome -- John Elder Robison
The Luxe -- Anna Godbersen
Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Picoult
Pride of Baghdad -- Brian Vaughan
Rooftop -- Paul Volponi
Rules of Survival -- Nancy Werlin
Wicked Lovely -- Melissa Marr
(Bold print = titles chosen by Student Reader Panel)
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, Waubonsie Valley High School
(Registration form)
The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
Illinois High School Students’ Choice Award
Registration for the 2009-2010 Award Year
I would like to register my school/public library for the 2009-2010 Abraham Lincoln Award Program. Enclosed is $10.00 (checks made out to ISLMA).
Name:______________________________________________________
Position:____________________________________________________
School or Public Library Name:__________________________________
Street Address:________________________________________________
City:______________________________ IL Zip:___________________
Phone Number:_______________________________________________
Fax Number:_________________________________________________
Email Address:_______________________________________________
Library System Name:_________________________________________
All ALIHSBA participant resources will be available on the ISLMA website at www.islma.org.
Send completed form and payment to:
Abraham Lincoln Award
C/O ISLMA
P.O. Box 598
Canton, IL 61520
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