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Abraham Lincoln Award – Trinity’s Abe Babes

The ABRAHAM LINCOLN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BOOK AWARD is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association. Each year 22 books are nominated by a group of Librarians and teen readers from throughout Illinois. Teens are invited to read these books and vote for their favorite. To be eligible to vote, teens must read at lest four different books from the list. Trinity girls who are eligible to vote are invited to a special breakfast in the Library in April.  The name of the winning book is revealed and the books nominated for the next year are presented for checkout.

2012 MASTER LIST

After  –  Amy Efaw   2010
Beastly –  Alex Flinn  2008
Before I Die  –  Jenny Downham    2009
Carter Finally Gets It  –  Brent Crawford  2010
Columbine –  Dave Cullen    2010
The Compound  –  S.A. Bodeen    2009
Flash Burnout  –  L.K. Madigan     2010
Ghosts of War  –  Ryan Smithson      2010
Going Bovine  –  Libba Bray    2010
How to Build a House  –  Dana Reinhardt     2009
If I Stay  –  Gayle Forman    2010
The Looking Glass Wars  –  Frank Beddor     2007
Love is the Higher Law  –  David Levithan  2010
The Maze Runner  –  James Dashner   2010
Mexican White Boy  –  Matt de la Pena     2010
Reality Check  –  Peter Abrahams      2010
Shiver  –  Maggie Stiefvater     2010
Story of a Girl  –  Sara Zarr      2008
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines  –  Nic Sheff    2008
Why I Fight  –  J. Adams Oaks     2010
Wish You Were Dead  –  Todd Strasser     2010
World War Z  –  Max Brooks    2007