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FINAL DAY TO VOTE FOR THE GEORGIA PEACH BOOK AWARD!!!

Please remember that today is the last day to vote for the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers.  Voting is done online only at http://www.georgiapeachaward.org/teens-vote-your-favorite-peach-book-voting-ends-midnight-friday-march-15

The voting page will shut down at midnight tonight, so be sure to encourage all of your readers to go online.  The winner and two honor books will be revealed at the Kennesaw State University Literature Conference Thursday, March 21st.

GA Peach Book Award for Teen Readers….correction!

Apparently, in my haste to announce the new GA Peach nominees, I left one book off the list.  Please add I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga to the list.  The corrected list is below.  I apologize for any confusion.  The list is also now posted at www.georgiapeachaward.org (where you can also apply to be a Peach committee member).  Happy reading to you all!!

The 2013-14 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers list is:

 

Ashfall  by Mike Mullin

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Erebos  by Ursula Poznanski

Every Day  by David Levithan

The Fault In Our Stars  by John Green

The Girl of Fire and Thorns  by Rae Carson

The Good Braider  by Terry Farish

Grave Mercy  by R. L. LaFevers

The Hunt  by  Andrew Xia Fukuda

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

The Language of Flowers  by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Leverage  by Joshua Cohen

My Book of Life by Angel  by Martine Leavitt

My Life Next Door  by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Never Fall Down  by Patricia McCormick

Pink  by Lili Wilkinson

Raven Boys  by Maggie Stiefvater

UnWholly  by Neal Shusterman

Mary K. Donovan

Media Specialist, Mill Creek High School

2012-13 Chair, GA Peach Book Award for Teen Readers

Mary_Kay_Donovan@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

www.mchsmedia.com

Nominees for the 2013-14 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers are…

The 20 Nominees for the 2013-14 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers (Grades 9 – 12) have been selected! 

Drumroll please . . .

The 2013-14 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers list is:

Ashfall  by Mike Mullin

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Erebos  by Ursula Poznanski

Every Day  by David Levithan

The Fault In Our Stars  by John Green

The Girl of Fire and Thorns  by Rae Carson

The Good Braider  by Terry Farish

Grave Mercy  by R. L. LaFevers

The Hunt  by  Andrew Xia Fukuda

The Language of Flowers  by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Leverage  by Joshua Cohen

My Book of Life by Angel  by Martine Leavitt

My Life Next Door  by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Never Fall Down  by Patricia McCormick

Pink  by Lili Wilkinson

Raven Boys  by Maggie Stiefvater

UnWholly  by Neal Shusterman

 

Please remember that voting for the 2012-13 Georgia Peach Book Award continues online through March 15. The winner and 2 honor books will be announced in March at the Kennesaw State University’s Annual Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults (I will post here the following day).

http://www.georgiapeachaward.org/teens-vote-your-favorite-peach-book-voting-ends-midnight-friday-march-15

Also, if you are interested in serving on the Georgia Peach Book Award committee, the online application is now available at

http://www.georgiapeachaward.org/reading-committee

Have a great weekend!

Mary K. Donovan

Media Specialist

Mill Creek High School

 

Reminder–GA Peach Book Award voting ends tomorrow at midnight

Just a reminder to encourage your students to vote for their favorite Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers books by midnight tomorrow (March 15th).  If you collected paper ballots, be sure to enter those by the 3/15 midnight deadline as well.  Only votes submitted online will count.  Thanks for your participation.  The winner and honor books will be announced at the Kennesaw State University Conference on March 28th.  I will also post the winners here. 

Happy Reading!!

Vote here:  http://georgiapeachaward.org/2011-2012-vote-voting-ends-midnight-march-15-2012

Georgia Peach Book Award nominees for 2012-2013 announced!

Good morning,

The 20 Nominees for the 2012-2013 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers (Grades 9 – 12) have been selected!


Drumroll please . . . . . .

Title Author
Anna and the French Kiss Perkins, Stephanie
Between Shades of Gray Sepetys, Ruta
Divergent Roth, Veronica
False Princess, The O’Neal, Ellis
Glow Ryan, Amy Kathleen
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (The) Skloot, Rebecca
Jump Carbone, Elisa
Mockingbirds (The) Whitney, Daisy
Name of the Star Johnson, Maureen
Notes From The Blender Cook, Trish & Halpin, Brendan
Now is the Time for Running Williams, Michael
Please Ignore Vera Dietz King, A.S.
Ready Player One Cline, Ernest
Running Dream (The) Van Draanen, Wendelin
Sky Is Everywhere (The) Nelson, Jandy
Stick Smith, Andrew
Stupid Fast Herbach, Geoff
This Girl is Different Johnson, J J
What Can’t Wait Perez, Ashley Hope
What Comes After Watkins, Steve

Please remember that voting for the 2011-2012 Georgia Peach Book Award continues online through March 15.  The winner and 2 honor books will be announced on Wednesday, March 28 at the Kennesaw State University’s Annual Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults (I will post here the following day).

http://georgiapeachaward.org/2011-2012-vote-voting-ends-midnight-march-15-2012

And another big thank you to all who applied to serve on the committee–we are going through the applications now and will be making decisions in the next few weeks. 

Have a great weekend!

Mary K. Donovan

Media Specialist

Mill Creek High School

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