Volunteer State Books

Volunteer State books encourage reading at Central High School by offering some of the best in young adult literature. Students and teachers read the books and then have a breakfast on the first Tuesday of every month to discuss the books.

A list of new books is released every year by the Tennessee Association of School Librarians. Students and teachers enjoy the books throughout the school year and vote for their favorite book in the spring.

Visit the official Volunteer State Book Awards site for more information.

The nominees for the 2007-08 Volunteer State Book Awards are: (links take you to a summary of the plot and readers' reviews at Amazon.com)

• 13 Little Blue Envelopes – Maureen Johnson
• A Room on Lorelei Street – Mary E. Pearson
• Autobiography of My Dead Brother – Walter Dean Myers
• Black and White – Paul Volponi - CHS 2nd place
• Copper Sun – Sharon Draper
• Dairy Queen – Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Day of Tears – Julius Lester
• Down the Rabbit Hole – Peter Abrahams
• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie – Jordan Sonnenblick
• Fade to Black – Alex Flinn
• Full Service – Will Weaver
• Funny Little Monkey – Andrew Auseon
• Invisible – Pete Hautman - CHS 3rd place
• Jude – Kate Morgenroth - CHS 3rd place
• Looking for Alaska – John Green - CHS 3rd place
• Peeps – Scott Westerfeld
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie – David Lubar
• So B. It: A Novel – Sarah Weeks
• Sonny’s House of Spies – George Ella Lyon
• Tell It To Naomi – Daniel Ehrenhaft
• The Perfect Shot – Elaine Marie Alphin
• The Race to Save the Lord God Bird – Phillip Hoose
• The Schwa Was Here – Neal Shusterman
• Twilight – Stephanie Meyer - CHS 1st place
• Under the Persimmon Tree – Suzanne Fisher Staples

The nominees for the 2008-09 Volunteer State Book Awards are: (links take you to a summary of the plot and readers' reviews at Amazon.com)

• All of the Above - Shelley Pearsall
• An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
• Ball Don't Lie - Matt De La Pena
• Behind the Curtain: an Echo Falls Mystery
• Born to Rock - Gordon Korman
• Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food - Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson
• Crossing the Wire - Will Hobbs
• Defining Dulcie - Paul Acampora
• Elsewhere - Gabriella Zevin
• Enthusiasm - Polly Shulman
• Hattie Big Sky - Kirby Larson
• Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City - Kristin Miller
• King Dork - Frank Portman
• Listening for Lions - Gloria Whelan
• Monkey Town: The Story of the Scopes Trial - Ronald Kidd
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
• Scrambled Eggs at Midnight - Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler
• Sold - Patricia McCormick
• Standing Against the Wind - Traci Jones
• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation - M.T. Anderson
• The House of the Red Fish - Graham Salisbury
• The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
• The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin
• What Happened to Cass McBride - Gail Giles
• What the Moon Saw - Laura Resau

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