Abe Lincoln Teen Choice Book Award 2021: Home

WHAT IS THE ABE LINCOLN AWARD?

The Abe Lincoln Award is given each year to the author whose book receives the most votes from high school students in Illinois. It is awarded by the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE).

HOW CAN I VOTE?

Read a minimum of 3 nominated books prior to voting in March 2021.

Copies of each book are available in the Library at the Abe Lincoln Award display. Look for the books with the Abe Lincoln sticker on the spine.

Ballots for voting will be sent to all students via email in March.

The Winner of the 2020 Abe Lincoln Teen Choice Book Award is:

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

Love the Lincolns? Join Book Club!

We read the Abe Award nominees together. We also recommend books to each other, review books, meet authors, and more...

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Every Tuesday 3:30pm

Ask Ms. Greener to be added to the Book Club Canvas

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Ibi Zoboi, ed. 

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Devils Within by S.F. Henson

Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens 

Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman

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Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Heroine by Miny McGinnis

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Internment by Samira Ahmed

Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz

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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Price of Duty by Todd Strasser 

Slay by Brittney Morris

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker 

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

We'll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss