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January 17, 2008

Become a Flume Reader!

The Flume Award Committee met recently and discussed the Flume 2009 nominations.  We culled the list and now we need folks to read the remaining titles and share their thoughts about the books and whether they think they would be worthy finalists.  We aim to provide a range of reading levels as well as a variety of genres for teens in grades 9-12  We are interested in whether you think the book is well-written, whether it will appeal to this age group, how the book compares to other titles nominated, etc.  In April, the committee will select the final 13 titles based on everyone's input.

To facilitate on-line sharing in the next few months, Sara Zoe Patterson has created a wiki for discussion of the titles.  It's easy to use, and we hope people will add their thoughts as they read nominated books. (You do not need to sign in or join the wiki.)  On the homepage of the wiki, you will find the list of nominated titles.  Just click on one of the titles, and when you get to the next page, click "Edit this page."  Then in the page that comes up, type your comments and please add your name and date.  After you have finished, click "Save."  All of these instructions can also be found on the wiki homepage.  Visit http://flume.wikispaces.com/ and begin discussing the Flume titles today!

May 10, 2007

Isinglass Teen Read Award

The Winner of the Isinglass Teen Read Award for 7th & 8th Graders is "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer with 277 votes! There were 1561 votes cast this year from 28 communities. Very impresive. Look for the list of 2008 nominations to be announced at a presentation at the NHLA Conference on May 17th.

Other vote getters included:
Uglies 221
So B. It 141
Raven's Gate 140
Elsewhere 107
Red Kayak 81
Airborn 70
Last Dog on Earth 62
Surviving Antarctica 55
Daniel Hal Human and the Good Nazi 53
Lucas 49
Dragon and Thief 47
Things Left Unsaid 45
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo 44
The Skin I'm In 41
Dirt Eaters 32
Private Peaceful 30
Truesight 25
Ask Me No Questions 22
Snow-walker 19

May 07, 2007

2007 Flume Award Winner

The winner of the 2007 Flume Award winner has been announced, and it is Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.  Twilight garnered 129 votes out of the total 531 votes cast.  The other titles earned the following votes:

The Truth about Forever  -- 82
Velocity -- 53
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment -- 41
A Great and Terrible Beauty-- 38
Haunted -- 37
Tithe -- 35
The Burn Journals -- 29
Powder Monkey -- 24
Looking for Alaska -- 23
I am the Messenger -- 19
The Geography Club -- 15
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp -- 8

Thank you to all of you who promoted the Flume Award titles and accepted and submitted votes from students.  Check the Flume Award website in a couple of weeks for the new 2008 list!  http://www.nashualibrary.org/YALS/Flume.htm