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=The Eliot Rosewater Award A.K.A. "The Rosie"=



= = =**Rosie Challenge**= We'll have a pizza party for any Laker who read all 20 Rosies before the end of the vote in April!

The Eliot Rosewater Award or "Rosie" is an award given anually to a book voted on by high school students in Indiana. Every year a list of books is nominated by Indiana high school students, teachers, and media specialists. Voting is done by giving a nominated book 0-5 stars.
 * What is it?**

Teachers and media specialists can nominate a book, but only Indiana high students can vote. The only people eligible to vote are Indiana students in grades nine through twelve.
 * Who does it?**

Once a list of nominees is released, students may vote on it until May 1 of the award year. Ballots are tuned in to your school's designated sponsor (usually the media specialist) during the school year.
 * When is it?**

If you are in a high school in Indiana, talk to your school's media specialist about participating.
 * Where?**

This is an award voted on by teens, for teens. Why not let your voice be heard?
 * Why do it?**

During the school year, high school students in participating schools can read a nominated book and turn in a ballot. On the ballot, a student gives the book zero to five stars. That's it. No reports, no quizzes, no tests. Just check a box. The voting happens mid-April. Ask your library teacher for more details.
 * How do I vote?**.


 * Last year's Rosie Winner:**
 * And the winner 2010-11 is…. //Hunger Games//! Your winning title for the 2010-2011 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award is //Hunger Games// with a total of 774 votes, 3569 points! Your two Honor Books are //Thirteen Reasons Why// with 2374 points and //Wake// with 2045 points!**


 * The Rosie list for 2011-2012**
 * ==Title== || ==Author== ||
 * Beastly || Flinn, Alex ||
 * Far From You || Schroeder, Lisa ||
 * Fat Cat || Brande, Robin ||
 * Fly Girl || Smith, Sherri ||
 * Ghosts of War || Smithson, Ryan ||
 * Going Too Far || Echols, Jennifer ||
 * Hate List || Brown, Jennifer ||
 * If I Stay || Forman, Gayle ||
 * Juvie Three || Korman,Gordan ||
 * The Knife of Never Letting Go || Ness, Patrick ||
 * Last Night I Sang to the Monster || Saenz, Benjamin ||
 * Little Brother || Doctorow, Cory ||
 * Marcelo In the Real World || Storck, Francisco ||
 * Maze Runner || Dashner, James ||
 * My Most Excellent Year || Kluger, Steve ||
 * North of Beautiful || Headley, Justina Chen ||
 * Perfect Chemistry || Ekeles, Simone ||
 * Radiant Darkness || Whitman, Emily ||
 * Reality Check || Abrahams, Peter ||
 * Right Behind You || Giles, Gail ||
 * The Rock and the River || Magoon, Keekla ||
 * Sister Wife || Hrdlitschka, Shelley ||
 * Three Little Words || Rhodes-Courter, Ashley ||
 * Twenty Boy Summer || Ockler, Sarah ||

Stop by the library media center to check out your Rosie today.