Teens from all over New Jersey choose the winners for the Garden State Teen Book Awards.
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(You may vote for a book in each category. It doesn’t matter what grade you are in.)
After you vote, tell us which book(s) you voted for in the Comment Box. Have you read any of them, or did you vote for the ones that sound interesting to you?
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I did the Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, my ALL time favorite! I just saw that and tapped it so quickly I almost dropped my computer!
Amal Unbound – Aisha Saeed
Aru Shah and the End of Time – Roshani Chokshi
Blended – Sharon M. Draper
New Kid – Jerry Craft
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl – Stacy McAnulty
The Night Diary – Veera Hiranandani
The Serpent’s Secret- Sayantani Dasgupta
I’ve read them all. 5 STAR BOOKS, ALL OF THEM (But I favor Aru Shah, The Serpent’s Secret, Blended, and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl)
All mine too! OMG! I picked the same ones….
I voted for on the come up.
Aru Shah and the end of time
New kid
other words for home
I really liked all of these books.
6-8 Sweep the story of a girl and her monster by Jonathan Auxier
I have never read this book but I want to read it because it
sounds really interesting and I think it will be a touching and
heartwarming story.
9-12 Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Absolutely LOVED this book! One of my favorite books that I
have read! So touching and strong! Beautifully written!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL THOSE WHO
HAVEN’T READ IT!
I voted for “New Kid” and “Harbor Me” for 6-8 because I loved them both!
I voted for “Darius the Great is Not Okay” and “Love, Hate, and Other Filters” for 9-12. I especially loved “Love, Hate, and Other Filters”.
Fiction Grades 6-8:
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
New Kid by Jerry Craft
I voted for “New Kid” in the 6-8 list. I really liked reading it.
Amal Unbound, Aru Shah and the End of Time, Blended, New Kid , The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, The Night Diary, The Serpent’s Secret are the MOST A-MAY-ZING books! Any of these will be great for the Garden State Teen Book Awards 6-8!
I voted for Harbor Me because I really enjoyed reading it and also because I feel that that message is needed right now for our generation to realize what power we have within us!
I chose the book “The Bridge Home” because I had never read any of the books that were avalible, but the one book that cought my eye was The Bridge Home. It looked like a book about adventure and risks.
I vote for New Kid by Jerry Craft. It was a book I believe I read a long time ago, and frankly can’t quite remeber a lot of details, but I foggily remeber enjoying it if it is the book I’m think about.
I did the serpent scepter and i read that in 6th grade and i still like that book . When i read i had images in my head about what is going on and i wrote post it notes i really enjoy reading that book
I voted for New Kid by Jerry Craft because I read that book before going into 6th Grade and I think it gave me a pretty good look of what 6th Grade might be like and I think it is good for students who have just moved to a new school.
I picked the books The Night Diary, Other Words For Home, and The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle.
I read The Night Diary and The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, and I am still reading Other Words for Home (Booked Online book!). The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle was really great because the author wrote as if she was Mason Buttle, so I could understand it better. I didn’t pick any others because it’s not good to judge a book by its cover.
I voted for New Kid by Jerry Craft because I have read it before and it was amazing!
I voted for Darius the Great beause I remember reading and enjoying that book last summer. I also voted for What if it’s Us because I want to read that book.
I voted New Kid by Jerry Craft. It is my favorite book
I voted New Kid by Jerry Craft.
I voted on Darius the Great is not okay. This book is a really interesting book, and I have already read it. Darius thinks he is not good in America or Iran. It is all about his journey.
The Bridge Home
I voted for “Serpent’s Secrets” because I think it is an interesting book. Maybe one day I’ll read it.
New Kid – Jerry Craft
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl – Stacy McAnulty
Grades 6th-8th: I voted for New Kid because I really enjoyed reading the book this year.
Grades 9-12: I voted for Stepsister and On the Come Up because they both seemed like interesting books.
I voted for blended and the night diary in 6 to 8 because I really liked those two books. In the other category, I voted for Monday isnt coming.
I am reading Miscalculations of Lightning Girl next and I can’t wait!
Aru Shah and the end of time. It sounded interesting.