Georgia
Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
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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.
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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.
Supporting Organizations
The Georgia Peach Award will be administered
by the Georgia Library Media Association, Georgia Library Association, Georgia Public Library Service, and
the Georgia
Association of Educators.
Guidelines
Click here to download guidelines document.
Winners for the 2009-2010 Georgia Peach Book Award
Winner: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Honor Book Winners:
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| City of Bones by Cassandra Clare |
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher |
2010-2011 Peach Award Nominees
- After by Amy Efaw
- Bonechiller by Graham McNamee
- Brutal by Michael Harmon
- Burn by Suzanne Phillips
- Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Dream Factory by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler
- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
- Hold Still by Nina LaCour
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- If I Stay: a Novel by Gayle Forman
- Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
- King of the Screwups by K.L.
- Going Muchaco: a Novel by LouAnne Johnson
- North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
- The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
- Skinned by Robin Wasserman
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Year We Disappeared: a Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin & John Busby
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Past Peach Nominees
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 Vacation Reading Program.
Past Winners 2004-2010:
Click here to view past winners.
Promote the Peach
All the materials needed to participate in the Georgia
Peach Award can be found on this site and may be freely printed and
distributed.
2010-2011 Presentation (Powerpoint)
2010-2011 Nominees (Powerpoint)
Annotated Booklist (Word)
Promotional Ideas (PDF)
Book Nomination Form (Word)
Poster with Guidelines (Publisher)
Book Covers Poster (PDF)
Table Tents (Publisher)
Spine Labels (Word)
Spine Stickers: Winners (Word) & Nominees (Word)
READING
COMMITTEE 2010-2011
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Suzanne Gordon, Chairperson
Suzanne_Gordon@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Lanier High School
918 Buford Highway
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
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Elaine Black, Vice-Chairperson
eblack@georgialibraries.org
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30345
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Brijin Boddy
bboddy@cvrls.net
Chattahoochee Valley Libraries
Columbus Public Library
3000 Macon Road
Columbus, GA 31906
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Carol Malcolm cmalcolm@riversidemilitary.com
Riverside Military Academy
2001 Riverside Drive
Gainesville, GA 30533 |
Cawood Cornelius
ccornelius@gcbe.org
Sonoraville High School
7340 Fairmount Hwy SE
Calhoun, Georgia 30701 |
Heather Salters
hsalters@gmail.com
Dekalb County Public Library
Decatur Branch
Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA 30032
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Vanessa Cowie
cowiev@forsythpl.org
Forsyth County Public Library
585 Dahlonega Road
Cumming, GA 30040 |
Dr. Kathi Vanderbilt
Kathi.Vanderbilt@cobbk12.org
Allatoona High School
3300 Dallas Acworth Highway
Acworth, GA 30101
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Mary K. Donovan
mary_kay donovan@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Mill Creek High School
4400 Braselton Hwy.
Hoschton, GA 30548
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Andrea Waldrip
awaldrip@jackson. k12.ga.us
Jackson County Schools
74 Olde Wick Trail
Hoschton, Ga 30548
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Neely Hudson
Neely.Hudson@greene.k12.ga.us
Greene County High School
1002 S. Main Street
Greensboro, GA 30642
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Tracy Walker
twalker@chestateelibrary.org
Dawson County Library
342 Allen Street
Dawsonville, GA 30534
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Kathleen Lyons Kathleen.Lyons@cobbk12.org
Osborne High School
2451 Favor Road
Marietta, GA 30060 |
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