The VSBA award list is unique. The list below consists of the 25 nominees for this school year. The award will be presented to the book that has the most student votes. Students who read at least three books from the list below can submit their vote to Ms. Chandler by April 1, 2013. Remember, every school that submits votes is entered into a drawing to win a set of next year's nominated books!

• Watersmeet, Ellen Jensen Abbott
• Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi
• They Called Themselves the KKK, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Hush, Eishes Chayil
• Matched, Ally Condie
• We were here, Matt de la Pena
• Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly
• The War to End All Wars: World War I, Russell Freedman
• I am Number Four, Petticus Lore
• Jane, April Lindner
• Notes from a Dog, Gary Paulsen
• Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood, Jame Richards
• Map of the Known World, Lisa Ann Sandell
• Bruiser, Neal Shusterman
• After Ever After, Jordan Sonneblick
• Somebody Everybody Listens To, Suzanne Supplee
• Lips Touch: Three Times, Laini Taylor
• The Mockingbirds, Daisy Whitney
• The Curse of the Wendigo, Rick Yancey