Isinglass Teen Read Award
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What is the Isinglass Teen Read Award? "The Isinglass Teen Read Award was begun in 2001 by the Barrington Public Library and the Barrington Middle School in order to promote teen reading, the participation of teens in the creation of their own reading list, and to honor those authors whose works speak to youth. The award is now open to all New Hampshire students in grades 7-8. Voting is done annually in April." - YALS
2020 Isinglass Award Winner
REFUGEE
by Alan Gratz
Amazon Summary: "JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .
ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .
MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .
All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end."
ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .
MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .
All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end."
2021 Isinglass Award Nominees
(We have some of these book titles available.)
A Curse so Dark and Lonely
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This was Our Pact
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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
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On Thin Ice
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Internment
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The Silence Between Us
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Genesis Begins Again
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Good Enough
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Dragon Pearl
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The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
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2020 Isinglass Award Nominees
(We have all of these titles available at the library.)
The 57 Bus
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Spinning
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Saints and Misfits
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Pashmina
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Brave
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Gunslinger Girl
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Refugee
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
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Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
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Long Way Down
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