1	ABRAHAM LINCOLN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BOOK AWARD 2007 Presentation May 10, 2006 From the DuPage Library System
2	Acceleration by Graham McNamee Stuck working in the lost and found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
3	Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn After his village is pillaged, Takeo vows vengeance and, under the tutelage of Shigeru, discovers he also has the extraordinary skills his father had and uses them to begin his journey to the warlord Iida Sadamu's fortress.
4	All-American Girl by Meg Cabot Sophomore Samantha Madison stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.
5	The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
6	Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston A story of extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming odds as Ralston decides his only chance at life is to amputate his right arm after 5 days trapped in a canyon with no hope of rescue.
7	Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant A special horse named Hosanna changes the lives of two English brothers and those around them as they fight with King Richard I against Saladin's armies during the Third Crusades.
8	The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon Presents the true story of Brent Runyon, who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.
9	Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay Dexter has been trained by his cop father to go after the worst people on the planet, serial killers that the police can’t catch. Dexter’s secret is that he is a serial killer the cops can’t catch and he even works for the police.
10	Donorboy by Brendon Halpin When Rosalind’s two mommies die in a car accident her donor father wants to become her dad. They need to learn how to live together and to love each other in this humorous look at life after tragedy.
11	Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan In nineteenth-century Scotland, following the death of his mother during surgery, Robbie decides to take revenge on the surgeon who performed the operation, Dr. Robert Knox, and in the process, makes a gruesome discovery about the lengths the medical profession will go to advance its knowledge of anatomy.
12	godless by Pete Hautman When sixteen-year-old Jason Bock and his friends create their own religion to worship the town's water tower, what started out as a joke begins to take on a power of its own.
13	A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to enter another realm.
14	Guts by Gary Paulsen The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
15	High Heat by Carl Deuker When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
16	A Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
17	Jude by Kate Morgenroth Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.
18	Redemption by Julie Chibbaro Chronicles the arduous journey of a twelve-year-old English girl and her mother as they flee with other religious protesters to the New World in the early 1500's, and the heartbreak and hope they find when they arrive.
19	Shattering Glass by Gail Giles When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
20	Sickened by Julie Gregory What do you do when you feel fine but your mother insists you are very ill? She drags you to every doctor who will see you, puts you through every test she can and even suggests open heart surgery you don’t need. Who is it that is really sick?
21	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whomever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
22	Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
23	Who Am I Without Him? by Sharon G. Flake A collection of short stories about teenage girls and the issues they must deal with in their relationships with boys.
24	If you want this PowerPoint… Send an e-mail to croys@lphs.org Images and blurbs used with permission from Follett’s Title Peek.
25	Nominations for 2008 accepted at the ISLMA web site ISLMA.org 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
26	Participation is simple Fill out the form on the ISLMA.org website under the Grants and Awards link and send it along with $10 to address listed. Only official participant votes are tallied for the award. Students need to read 4 of these presented titles and tell you their favorites. How they report on them is up to you but you’ll need to provide them with the official student ballot from the website for the vote.
27	Timeframe Nomination period for 2008 Master List – April 1 - November 1, 2006 – jump online and tell us what you’d like to see on next year’s list Student reading period for 2007 Award – March, 2006 – February, 2007 Official Vote Reporting Form due - March 1, 2007 Announcement of 2007 winner – March, 2007
28	Abe Babes Chairperson - Kathy Shannon, retired from Thornwood High School Jane Lenser, Prairie Area Library System Carolyn Roys, Lake Park High School Gayl Smith, Waubonsie Valley High School
29	Presentation Carolyn Roys croys@lphs.org
30	ABRAHAM LINCOLN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BOOK AWARD 2007