Literacy

 

A good book has no ending.  ~R.D. Cumming

 

Students check out the 2009 Abraham Lincoln nominated books.  Read 4 out of the 22 and be eligible to vote in February for the 2009 award!

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates

The Bonemender by Holly Bennett                         Catch by Will Leitch

Crank by Ellen Hopkins                                             Dairy Queen: A Novel by Catherine Murdock

The Girls by Lori Lansens                                        Hawksong by Amelia Atwater Rhodes

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak         It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Jennifer Government by Max Barry                      The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Looking for Alaska by John Green                         A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Peeps: A Novel by Scott Westerfield                  Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte

Sold by Patricia McCormick                                     Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

Taken by Chris Jordan                                             The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson

The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima         What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles

For summaries go to 2009 Abe books.

Abraham Lincoln Nominated books

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