The North Carolina Young Adult Book Award was started in 2008 to encourage reading at the middle and high school levels by involving students in the process of selecting and voting on the best books for their age group.  Studies consistently show that reading for pleasure begins to wane as children reach middle school age and the goal of this award is to get these kids interested in reading good, current books that appeal to their age level.   Each year, the committee selects ten books for middle school readers and ten books for high school readers to make up their two NC YA Book Award lists.  Every book on the list is current fiction or nonfiction having been published within three years of award year.  The titles are chosen from nominations submitted by students and media coordinators across the state. Throughout the school year, students are encouraged to read from the lists and think critically about what they read.  Then, in March, they vote for their favorite book.  After tallying the student votes a winner is announced in April and the new book lists are published.  

 

         
Timeline for NC YA Book Award:
September to March – Students read books from the middle and high school lists
November – NC YA Book Award committee presents a session at the NCSLMA annual conference introducing the books on the current years list.
March – Students vote for their favorite book
Students nominate titles for next year’s list
Media coordinators tally votes and nominations and send them to the committee
April – The winner of the NC YA Book Award is announced
The new list of books is published.

Booklist for 2011-2012

Website with resources

2010-2011 Winners:
Middle School:
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
High School:
Playing With Matches by Brian Katcher

        
We have the 2009-2010 winners!!
The winner of the 2009-2010 Middle School Book Award is…
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Winner of the 2009-2010 High School Book Award is…
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
          

And the 2008-2009 winners are...
High School Winner:  Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Middle School Winner: Zane's Trace by Allan Wolf with 176 votes

Committee Chair:  Brita Mann, bricmann@gmail.com

Committee members:
– Middle School: Brita Mann, Sheila Allen, Jennifer LaGarde
- High School: Sheila Allen, April Dawkins, Robin Jordan

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