Vote for the best book of 2008

Michigan Thumbs Up! Book Awards 2009
Voting ballot is now available online!
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/tsdthumbsup

Now is your chance to vote for what you think is the best book published in 2008. Members of the Michigan Thumbs Up Book Award committee recently announced the top 20, and the list is awesome.

The Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence in, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Teen/Young Adult literature. Young Adult and Teen Librarians from all over Michigan determine the winner.

Since 2001, the Thumbs Up! Award selection process has also included a teen vote. Hundreds of teens voted for their favorite title out of the Top Twenty list; the 2008 teen vote winner was Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. The total vote winner in 2008 was Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature by Robyn Brande.

Read the following books and vote for your favorite!

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Playing With Matches by Brian Katcher

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott

Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena

Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

Paper Towns by John Green

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockheart

Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon

Waiting For Normal by Leslie Connor

Chanda’s Wars by Allan Stratton

Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante

Debbie Harry Sings In French by Meagan Brothers

Venomous By Chris Krovatin

Two Parties, One Tux and a Very Short Film About the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow