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Diane Mankowski
Glenbard South High School
Abe Lincoln High School Book Award Chair
&
Patricia Schwartz
Aurora Public Library
2014 Abe Reading Committee
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Amy leaves her friends and
boyfriend to join her parents as
a passenger on the spaceship
Godspeed where she is
cryogenically frozen, expecting
to wake up in 300 years on a
new planet.
But, what happens when she is
awoken 50 years early when her
cryo chamber is unplugged by
someone who wants to kill her?
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*An EMP strikes and
wipes out every
electronic device in
America. Now Alex
and her new
makeshift family
must find out who
they trust.
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Cinder is a gifted mechanic who
is also a cyborg. She is caught
between duty and freedom,
loyalty and betrayal. She must
uncover secrets about her past
in order to protect her world’s
future.
What will Cinder do?
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*Karou, a teenage art
student, is about to be
caught up in a brutal
otherwordly war.
*She isn’t quite sure who
she is but she does know
that she is in love with
Akiva.
*This brings up problems
from the past. How is she
supposed to handle all of
this?
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*On a chosen day of every year,
all sixteen year olds must
select the faction to which they
will devote the rest of their
lives. For Beatrice, the decision
is between staying with her
family and being who she really
is; she can’t have both. So she
makes a choice that surprises
everyone, including herself.
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* There’s never any warning about where it
will be or who it will be. A has made
peace with that, even established
guidelines by which to live: Never get too
attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not
interfere.
* It’s all fine until the morning that A
wakes up in the body of Justin and meets
Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that
moment, the rules by which A has been
living no longer apply. Because finally A
has found someone he wants to be with—
day in, day out, day after day
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* Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life: a
grandfather that never came home from
the Vietnam War, a father who never got
over it, or a mother who keeps pretending
their dysfunctional family is fine. And he
didn't ask to be the target of relentless
bullying.
* But Lucky has a secret--one that helps
him. In his dreams, Lucky escapes to the
war-ridden jungles of Laos--the prison his
grandfather couldn't escape--where Lucky
can be a real man, an adventurer, and a
hero. But how long can Lucky keep hiding
in his dreams before reality forces its way
inside?
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*Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid
cancer at Hazel, a teen, was prepared
to die until a medical miracle shrunk
the tumors.
*Tethered to an oxygen tank and
unsure how long her medical miracle
might last, she meets Augustus. Being
with Augustus is both an unexpected
destination and a long-needed
journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine
how sickness and health, life and
death, will define her and the legacy
that everyone leaves behind.
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* The Challenge: Piper has one month
to get the rock band Dumb a paying
gig.
The Deal: If she does it, Piper will
become the band's manager and get
her share of the profits.
The Catch: How can Piper possibly
manage one egomaniacal pretty boy,
one talentless piece of eye candy,
one crush, one silent rocker, and one
angry girl?
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* Five months ago, Valerie’s boyfriend
opened fire on their school cafeteria.
Though she was shot trying to stop him,
she was implicated in the shootings
because of the list she helped create. A
list of people and things she and Nick
hated. The list he used to pick his
targets.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is
forced to confront her guilt as she returns
to school to complete her senior year.
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*
* Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything
could go back to normal. But ever since
her dad died, she’s been isolating
herself from her boyfriend, her best
friends—everyone who wants to
support her. And when her mom
decides to adopt a baby, it feels like
she’s somehow trying to replace a lost
family member with a new one.
Mandy Kalinowski understands what it’s
like to grow up unwanted—to be raised
by a mother who never intended to
have a child. So when Mandy becomes
pregnant, one thing she’s sure of is
that she wants a better life for her
baby. It’s harder to be sure of herself.
Will she ever find someone to care for
her, too?
As their worlds change around them,
Jill and Mandy must learn to both let
go and hold on, and that nothing is as
easy—or as difficult—as it seems.
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* What if the world's worst serial
killer...was your dad? Jasper "Jazz" Dent
is a likable teenager. A charmer, one
might say.
* But he's also the son of the world's most
infamous serial killer. Jazz has witnessed
crime scenes the way cops wish they
could—from the criminal's point of view.
* In an effort to clear his name, Jazz joins
the police in a hunt for a new serial
killer. But Jazz has a secret—could he be
more like his father than anyone knows?
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*The western United States has
turned into a republic that is
constantly at war.
*Two teens from different social
statuses in life never thought
their paths would cross, until
one of them becomes the
prime suspect of the other
one’s brother’s murder.
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* Marcelo hears music no one else
can. No one can identify his
“disorder” so he is labeled with a
developmental disorder because
he doesn’t relate to others. His
father forces him to work in his
law firm’s mail room in order to
experience “the real world. ”
Marcelo learns about competition
and jealousy, anger and desire,
and realizes that “the real
world” isn’t as good as people
think.
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*
A fierce competition is
underway: a duel between two
young magicians, Celia and
Marco.
*
Unbeknownst to them both, this
is a game in which only one can
be left standing.
*
Despite the high stakes, Celia
and Marco soon tumble headfirst
into love, setting off a domino
effect of dangerous
consequences, and leaving the
lives of everyone hanging in the
balance.
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* Everyone expected Gabi to be
pregnant before she graduated
high school. Teen pregnancy ran in
her family. But she was smart and
had her own plans for her future,
yet she wondered would people
think differently of her if she did
become pregnant. To find out, she
faked her own pregnancy and this
is her story.
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*When Private Matt duff
wakes up after an accident
while fighting in the war in
Iraq, he sees he has a Purple
Heart, but doesn’t feel he
deservest it. The only
memory he has is seeing a
small Iraqi boy shot, ahd he
feels to blame.
*Will he be able to remember
what really happen? Does he
deserve the award?
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*Willy Wonka meets Steve Jobs in the
year 2044. When the premiere video
game creator dies in a virtual reality
future, he leaves behind a hidden
“Easter egg” in his gaming world. The
first one to find and master all parts
of this challenge inherits the $5
billion fortune and control of his
empire. Will Wade, a loner who
studies the 1980s pop culture to gain
an advantage, beat the corporations
to the finish line?
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*Room is told through the
point of view of a 5-year-old
boy, Jack. His 19-year-old
mother was kidnapped at 12
and held captive for 7 years,
during which she had Jack.
You see the world through
Jack’s small eyes and hope
as you read that they will
escape unharmed.
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*The City of Ravka is
being split by the
evil darkness within
the shadows. Who
will save the town
from madness?
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* I, Felton am Stupid Fast. Seriously. Then,
during sophomore year, I got tall and huge
and so fast the gym teachers in their tight
shorts fell all over themselves.
* During summer, three things happened all
at once. First, the pee-smelling jocks in
my grade got me to work out for football.
Second, on my paper route the most
beautiful girl I have ever seen moved in.
Third, my mom, who never drinks, had
some wine, slept in her car, then took my
TV and put it in her room and decided she
wouldn’t get out of bed.
* Welcome to my life.
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* Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls
frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors
in a deadly contest to see who can be the
skinniest. But what comes after size zero
and size double-zero? When Cassie
succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels
she is being haunted by her friend’s
restless spirit.
In her most emotionally wrenching,
lyrically written book since the multipleaward-winning Speak, Laurie Halse
Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the
powerful vortex of anorexia, and her
painful path toward recovery.