Congratulations to the 2012-13 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Winner and Honor Books

Winner:  Divergent  by Veronica Roth

Honor Books: 
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

 

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2013-2014 Nominee list

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NoveList for each book.

Title

Author

Online Resources

Ashfall

Mullin, Mike
@Mike_Mullin

Interview
Ashfall Website
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Boy21

Matthew Quick

@MatthewQuick21

Matthew Quick’s blog

NoveList

  

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip

Sonnenblick, Jordan
@JSonnenblick

Jordan Sonneblick’s Website

NoveList

  

Disenchantments, The

LaCour, Nina
@nina_lacour

Nina LaCour’s Website
NoveList

  

Erebos

Poznanski, Ursula

@ursulapoznanski

Author bio

Book Trailer on (YouTube)
NoveList

  

Every Day

Levithan, David

David Levithan’s Website

NoveList

  

Fault in Our Stars (The)

Green, John

@realjohngreen

John Green’s Website

NoveList

  

Girl of Fire and Thorns, The

Carson, Rae

@raecarson

Rae Carson’s Website
NoveList

  

Good Braider (The)

Farish, Terry

Terry Farish’s Website

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Grave Mercy

LaFevers, R. L.

@RLLaFevers

Robin LaFever’s Website
NoveList

  

Hunt, The

Fukuda, Andrew Xia

@AndrewFukuda

Book Trailer
Fukuda’s Website

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I Hunt Killers

Lyga, Barry

@barrylyga

Barry Lyga.com
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Language of Flowers, The

Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
@VDiffenbaugh

Random HouseNoveList Book Discussion Guide | NoveList

  

Leverage

Cohen, Joshua

Leverage/Josh Cohen
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My Book of Life by Angel

Leavitt, Martine

 

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My Life Next Door

Fitzpatrick, Huntley

@HuntleyFitz

Huntley Fitzpatrick’s Wesbite
NoveList

  

Never Fall Down

McCormick, Patricia

@McCormickWrites

Patricia McCormick
NoveList

  

Pink

Wilkinson, Lili

@twitofalili

Lili Wilkinson

NoveList

  

Raven Boys

Stiefvater, Maggie

@mstiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater
NoveList

  

UnWholly

Shusterman, Neal

@NealShusterman

Neal Shusterman
Unwholly Trailer
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This list is used in the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl for the high school competition in the and will be promoted in public libraries as part of the Summer Reading Program.
 

 

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Purpose

The purpose of the Georgia Peach Award is to highlight and promote the best current young adult literature for Georgia high school age students, to encourage young adults to read and to promote the development of cooperative school and public library services for young adults. Teens vote for their favorite books out of the year's top 20 nominees at their high schools and local public libraries.

Goals

  • To encourage Georgia young adults in grades 9-12 to recognize and read quality literature appropriate to their needs, interests, and reading levels.
  • To honor outstanding works in young adult literature.
  • To recognize authors in the field of young adult literature.
  • To develop cooperative school and public library services to teens.