Georgia
Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
Teens: Vote for your
favorites by Friday, March 13th, 2009.
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Purpose
The purpose of the Georgia Peach Award is to highlight and promote
the best current young adult literature for Georgia
high school age students, to encourage young adults
to read and to promote the development of cooperative
school and public library services for young adults. Teens vote for their favorite
books
out of the year's top 20 nominees at their high schools and local public
libraries.
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Goals
- To encourage
Georgia young adults in grades 9-12 to recognize and read quality
literature appropriate to their needs, interests, and reading levels.
- To honor outstanding
works in young adult literature.
- To recognize
authors in the field of young adult literature.
- To develop cooperative
school and public library services to teens.
Supporting Organizations
The Georgia Peach Award will be administered
by the Georgia Library Media Association, Georgia Library Association, Georgia Public Library Service, and
the Georgia
Association of Educators.
Guidelines
Click here to download guidelines document.
Winners for the 2007-2008 Georgia Peach Book Award
Winner: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Honor Book Winner:
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| I'd Tell You I Love You, But The I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter |
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld |
List of
Titles
This list is used
in the Georgia Helen
Ruffin Reading Bowl for the high school competition in the and
will be promoted in public libraries as part of the Vacation Reading Program.
Past Winners 2004-2007 :
Click here to view past winners.
Blog:
Click here to view 2007-2008 Peach Blog.
Downloads:
All the materials needed to participate in the Georgia
Peach Award can be found on this site and may be freely printed and
distributed.
2008-2009 Nominees (powerpoint)
Annotated Booklist (Word)
Promoting the
Peach (Word)
2008-2009 Voting Tally Sheet (Excel)
Book Nomination Form(Word)
Voting Ballot Forms (Word)
Poster with Guidelines (Publisher)
Table Tents (Publisher)
Spine Labels for winners & nominees (Word)
PINES
Georgia Library
Public Information Network for Electronic Services, or PINES, is
Georgia's public library automation and lending network for 249 libraries
in 127 counties. PINES is an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service, a
unit of the University System of Georgia. Fifty percent of Georgia's
population and 44 of Georgia's 58 public library systems rely on
the PINES network for their library service.
Any resident of
Georgia may obtain a free PINES card by visiting any PINES library.
In addition to browsing and checking out books on the shelves of
their local libraries, PINES allows library users to log on to http://pines.lib.ga.us, browse or search the
online catalog for books and other library materials and have their
selections delivered to their local library. Anyone with a PINES
card can access the PINES catalog by using computers at their local
library or by using a PIN number to log on from home.
READING
COMMITTEE 2008-2009
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Amy Golemme-Chair
Amy_Golemme@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Collins Hill High School
50 Taylor Road
Suwanee, GA 30024 |
Jesse DeMaria-Vice Chair
Jessica_demaria@yahoo.com
Atlanta Fulton Public Library System
Roswell Regional
115 Norcross Street
Roswell, GA 30075
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Carol Malcolm
cmalcolm@alltel.net
Riverside Military Academy
2001 Riverside Drive
Gainesville, GA 30533
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Marlan Brinkley
mbrinkley@gwinnettpl.org
Gwinnett County Public Library
Five Forks Branch
2780 Five Forks Trickum Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30044 |
Connie Hanes
madkatehere@yahoo.com
Gordon Central High School
335 Warrior Path NE
Calhoun, GA 30701
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Neely Hudson
Neely.Hudson@greene.k12.ga.us
Greene County High School
1002 S. Main Street
Greensboro, GA 30642
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Elaine Black
eblack@georgialibraries.org
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30345 |
Sarah McGhee
smcghee@chestateelibrary.org
Chestatee Regional Library System
342 Allen Street
Dawsonville, GA 30534
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Heather Salters
hsalters@gmail.com
Dekalb County Public Library
Decatur Branch Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA 30032
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Susan Hawk
hawk-s@mindspring.com
Dunwoody High School
5035 Vermack Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338 |
Kathy Pillatzki
pillatzk@mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us
Henry County Library System
1001 Florence McGarity Blvd
McDonough, GA 30252 |
Suzanne Gordon
Suzanne_Gordon@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Peachtree Ridge High School
1555 Old Peachtree Road
Suwanee, GA 30024
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