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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
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).
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
