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Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominees - 2010
Presented by Committee Members:Aaron Coutu, Greenville Public LibraryLexi Henshel, North Kingstown Free LibraryBrandi Kenyon, South Kingstown Public LibraryMarianne Mirando, Westerly High School
RIEMA ConferenceNavigating the 21st Century Information LandscapeApril 24, 2009
What is the RI Teen Book Award?Promote quality literature for teens by highlighting well-written books of interest to middle and high school students. Allowing teens to select the winner from each year's list of nominees encourages them to read more and discuss the books with their friends and family at school, the local library, and at home.
How It Works
This year there were 38 members of the committee with librarians, teachers, reading specialists, and media specialists all representedThe committee is adjourned from September through March to compile the list of nominees based on the reading of suggested titles and discussions online and in meetingsAs you can imagine, there are some intense discussions.
And the Winner Is…Do you know which book won this year’s election?
The Alchemyst:The Secrets
of the Immortal
Nicholas Flamelby
Michael Scott
The Nominees
for 2010
Recommended for Middle
School Readers
Recommended for Middle School Students
Darksideby
Tom Becker
Presented by Brandi Kenyon
Recommended for Middle School Students
Keeping Cornerby
Kashmira Sheth
Recommended for Middle School Students
Schooledby
Gordon Korman
Presented by Brandi Kenyon
Recommended for Middle School Students
Waiting for Normalby
Leslie Connor
Recommended for All
Readers
Recommended for All Readers
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
by Mary E. Pearson
Presented by Lexi Henshel
Recommended for All Readers
The Disreputable History of
Frankie Landau-Banksby
E. Lockhart
Presented by Lexi Henshel
Recommended for All Readers
The Hunger Gamesby
Suzanne Collins
Presented by Aaron Coutu
Recommended for All Readers
The Patron Saint of Butterflies
by Cecilia Galante
Presented by Brandi Kenyon
Recommended for All Readers
Pemba’s Song:A Ghost Story
by Tonya C.Hegamin& Marilyn Nelson
Recommended for All Readers
Shiftby
Jennifer Bradbury
Presented by Aaron Coutu
Recommended for All Readers
Unwindby
Neal Shusterman
Presented by Marianne Mirando
Recommended for High School
Readers
Recommended for High School Students
Audrey, Wait!by
Robin Benway
Presented by Aaron Coutu
Recommended for High School Students
Bog Childby
Siobhan Dowd
Presented by Lexi Henshel
Recommended for High School Students
Child of Dandelionsby
Shenaaz Nanki
Presented by Brandi Kenyon
Recommended for High School Students
Freeze Frameby
Heidi Ayarbe
Recommended for High School Students
My Most Excellent Year:A Novel of Love,Mary Poppins,& Fenway Park
by Steve Kluger
Presented by Aaron Coutu
Recommended for High School Students
Newes from the Dead:Being a True Story of
Ann Green, Hanged for Infanticide at Oxford
Assizes in 1650, Restored to the World
and Died Again in 1665by
Mary Hooper
Recommended for High School Students
Paper Townsby
John Green
Presented by Marianne Mirando
Recommended for High School Students
Streams of Babelby
Carol Plum-Ucci
Presented by Marianne Mirando
Recommended for High School Students
Ten Cents a Danceby
Christine Fletcher
Presented by Lexi Henshel
Recommended for High School Students
Three Little Words:A Memoir
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Recommended for High School Students
Two Parties, One Tux,and a Very Short Film
about theGrapes of Wrath
by Steven Goldman
Presented by Marianne Mirando
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