First
Annual
Rhode
Island
Teen
Book Award
2001
BALLOT |
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The 20 books listed, published between
1998-2000, have been nominated by the RITBA committee based on literary
quality and their appeal to teens.
Rhode Island students are encouraged
to read at least 3 books on this list before casting their vote.
Students may choose only one book on the ballot. Please put
a check mark in the box beside the one book of your choice. Any ballot
with more than one book will be deemed invalid.Sorry,
adults are not allowed to vote.
Please mail (snail or electronic) the results of your school or library’s
ballot by Thursday, January
31st, 2002 to Marianne Mirando, 23 Ward Ave., Westerly,
RI 02891 or Mmirando@westerly.k12.ri.us.
The results will be tallied and posted shortly thereafter on the Rhode
Island Teen Book Award website at http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/ritba.html
and the new list of nominees for 2002-2003 will be posted in April 2002.Thank
you for participating!
FIRST
ANNUAL
RHODE ISLAND TEEN
BOOK AWARD
2001 BALLOT
Remember,
choose ONE BOOK ONLY from this page.Sorry,
adults are not allowed to vote.
Cast
your vote and then return this ballot to your librarian.
Recommended for
Middle School Students
q King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
qOur
Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
qSilent
to the Bone by E.L.Konigsburg
Recommended for All Students
qNight
Hoops by Carl Deuker
qStick
Figure: A Diary of my Former Self by Lori Gottlieb
qGathering
Blue by Lois Lowry
qMonster
by Walter Dean Myers
qA
Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
qStop
Pretending: What Happened when my Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
qGive
a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
qMemories
of Summer by Ruth White
qIf
you Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Recommended
for High School Students
qSpeak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
qDreamland
by Sarah Dessen
qThe
Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer by Gary Paulsen
qThe
Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
qBreaking
Rank by Kristen Randle
qHard
Love by Ellen Wittlinger