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Vermont Golden Dome and GMBA

The Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (VGD for short) and GMBA (Green Mountain Book Award) are awarded each spring by Vermont students who read from books on the lists and vote for their favorite. Below are the lists for 2020- 2021  By clicking on the images below you can also go to our catalog to see the books' covers, read a brief description about them, and see if a copy is available for checkout.  All of the books will be on display in the library for the entire school year.
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The 2019 - 2020 winner is:
​ Small Spaces 
by Katherine Arden

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VT Golden Dome 2020 - 2021:
For grades 7 - 8.  You need to read at least 5 of the books listed below to be able to vote for your favorite in April 2021.  Students who vote will qualify to go to the VT Golden Dome Book Awards ceremony, where they will be able to meet the author of the winning book.  Use our handy checklist  or a "punch card" to keep track of which ones you have read and how much you liked them.

To see a Presentation of the book covers and trailers, click here.

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
The Last Human by Lee Bacon
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
New Kid by Jerry Craft

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan
       Gemeinhart
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs

Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christina McKay
       Heidicker
The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat  by Johnny Marciano &
         E. Chenowith
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by
 Kwame Mbalia
The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
White Bird by R.J. Palacio
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
The Oddmire: Changeling by William Ritter
We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey

To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan &
        Meg Wolitzer

Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse
        Tyson
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
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The 2019 - 2020 GMBA winner is: 
The Poet X
by
Elizabeth Acevedo

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​GMBA Book List 2020 - 2021:
For grades 9 - 12.  The voting system has changed! You can now rate each book as soon as you finish it. Read as many or as few from the List as you like and rate the book on a scale from 1 - 10, pick an emoji if you want, and submit. It's that easy, so.... Start voting now  then follow on Instagram (link is on the voting form).

Click here to see a presentation of the book covers and trailers. 

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Internment by Samira Ahmed
XL by Scott Brown
The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea & Yana Bogatch
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
Dig by A.S. King
The Downstairs Girs by Stacey Lee
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
The Universal Laws of Marco by Carmen Rodrigues
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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