Voting Open until June 1st
The Young Hoosier Book Award is a program that encourages students to read books for their own enjoyment. Every year Indiana teachers and librarians get together and read hundreds of books to find the best 20 books that students will enjoy reading on their interest level. The first category is for Kindergarten to Third Grade and is made up of picture books. The YHBA Intermediate for 4-6th graders.
To vote students need to read at least 12 of the picture books and 5 of the intermediate books and then click on the Voting Link.
These books will be available for curbside delivery by placing them on hold or through our online resource: Libby. Students may listen to audio books or have the books read to them. I have served on the Intermediate Committee a number of years so I can suggest my favorites for this year:
Restart by Gordon Korman
This was my very favorite book of the year!!! It has great humor and is thought provoking. A boy falls off his roof at home and then awakens from a coma with amnesia. He doesn’t even remember his family. When he returns back to school he realizes that everyone is afraid of him and that he was a jock/bully with a bad reputation. The mystery unfolds as to why he was on the roof and if he will decide to make changes in his new life.
Superstar by Mandy Davis
This book has great Indiana appeal. A young boy with high functioning autism has to move back to Indiana since his astronaut father was killed in a space accident. He has been home educated but must go to public school so his mother can return to work as a librarian. See how he adapts to all the changes in his life and contends with a mother who has great fears about his future.
Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City by Jody Kendall
A great story about a big family in a small city apartment who rescues and tries to raise a baby pig.
Chester and Gus by Cammie McGovern
Chester has failed to pass the canine service dog test and goes to live with a young boy with severe autism.
I hope you will enjoy some of the books for this year’s award and participate in voting!
