The Lincoln Award Program is a statewide program designed to encourage HS students to read.
Each year Illinois librarians and HS students put together a list of 20 nominees. (This list can include both adult and young adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels.)
The book that gets the most student votes statewide is declared that year's winner!
Read! Then, once you finish a nominee, please fill out this quick check-in form so we can add that title to your tally.
You only need to read FOUR of the nominated titles between now and mid-March in order to vote.
The REAL PRIZE, of course, is the pleasure you derive from reading, BUT reading more than four books also earns you bonus prizes, including gift cards to local businesses!
First Runner-up: Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Second Runner-up: Devils Within by S.F. Henson
Runners-up: *another* 3-way tie (!?) between They Called Us Enemy, Slay, and Hey, Kiddo
*** NEW THIS YEAR: Click each title below to see where and how you can access e-book & audiobook versions of each book! ***
by Maggie Stiefvater
edited by Ibi Zoboi
by Adib Khorram
by S.F. Henson
by Courtney C. Stevens
by Neal Shusterman
by Sungju Lee
by Deb Caletti
by Mindy McGinnis
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
by Samira Ahmed
by Allison Britz
by Colson Whitehead
by Randy Ribay
by Todd Strasser
by Brittany Morris
by George Takei w/Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
by Maureen Johnson
by Tahereh Mafi
by Bryan Bliss