What Is the ABE Award?

The Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award , i.e. the ABE AWARD, is given each year to an author whose book is voted Most Outstanding by participating Illinois high school students. The award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA).

How Can I Participate?

Read a minimum of 4 ABE-nominated books before voting in February 2012. Copies of each book are available at the LMC. For each book you read, fill out the ABE FORM and return it to the LMC. The bottom portion of the form will enter you in a drawing to receive great prizes; Read a Lincoln, Win a Lincoln! Check out the Abe Blog: a place to chat with friends about the fantastic, the best, "the most uber" books nominated for the 2012 Abraham Lincoln Award.

What Books Have Won in the Past?

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2011)
City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (2010)
Crank, by Ellen Hopkins (2009)
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (2008)
Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld (2007)
My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult (2006)
A Child Called "It", by Dave Pelzer (2005)