I forgot to post this yesterday as I'm in newsletter hell. So before I forget, here are the first, second, and third place winners of the first Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award as announced at Anderson's Young Adult Literature Conference:

1st place - A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
2nd place - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
3rd place - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The women who announced it (her name escapes me at the moment) noted that A Child Called "It" won in every high school. I thought it was a great list (especially since the award is in its first year), and must admit I'm a little surprised that Dave Pelzer's book won. I know our students love A Child Called "It," but if I had to place a bet I probably would have put my money on Cut or Stuck in Neutral.

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