2011-2012 Nominees

Fat Cat Robin Brande	Hate List Jennifer Brown	After Amy Efaw	Morgue and Me John C. Ford	If I Stay Gayle Foreman
King of the Screwups K.L Going	Muchacho Louanne Johnson	Hold Still Nina LaCouer	Flash Burnout L.K. Madigan	Purple Heart Patricia McCormick
We were here Matt de la Pena	Shiver Maggie Steifvater	If I Grow Up Todd Strasser	The Chosen One Carol Lynch Williams	Food, Girls and Other Things I Can’t Have Allen Zadoff

About the Gateway Readers Award

Age Level

The winner of the annual Gateway Readers Award is selected by students in grades nine through twelve.

Vision

Because reading is the gateway to knowledge and lifelong learning, because the teen years are the gateway to adulthood, and because Missouri was the Gateway to the West, the Gateway Readers Award is for authors of books chosen by high school students in Missouri.

Who May Vote

Missouri students in grades nine through twelve are eligible to vote for their favorite book if they have read at least THREE of the titles on the current master list.

Voting

In March, students will vote for the book they liked best. Schools will design their own ballots and each student will get one vote.

My children are homeschooled, can they vote?

Yes, contact the librarian at your local school.

Gateway Awards Previous Winners

2010-2011

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games

2009-2010

Asher, Jay. 13 Reasons Why

2008-2009

Pfeffer, Susan Beth.  Life as We Knew It

2007-2008

Meyer, Stephanie.  Twilight

2006-2007

Hopkins, Ellen. Crank

2005-2006

Adult Division: 

Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code

Young Adult Division:

Paolini, Christopher.  Eragon

2004-2005

Sebold, Alice.  The Lovely Bones

2003-2004

Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

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