OLCHS students cast votes for Lincoln award

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Updated: March 6, 2012 8:04AM

Oak Lawn Community High School students are casting votes for their favorite books as part of the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, which is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating Illinois students in ninth through 12th grades.

The award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association and was designed to encourage high school students to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books.

Past winners include Suzanne Collins, author of “The Hunger Games;” Ellen Hopkins, author of “Crank;” Stephenie Meyer, author of “Twilight;” Scott Westerfeld, author of “Uglies;” Jodi Picoult, author of “My Sister’s Keeper;” and Dave Pelzer, author of “A Child Called It.”

In order to be eligible to vote, students must have read or listened to at least four books on the master list. Ballots are available in the Media Center and are due by Feb. 16. All voters will be invited to an after school pizza party sponsored by the Media Center.