Dorothy's List and GMBA

The Canfield Fisher Book Award (D.L. or "Dorothy's List" 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 2017- 2018.  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.

The 2017 - 2018 winner is:  Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz.  The top 10 books from the list were: 1. Projekt 1065  2. Wild Robot  3. Wish 
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon  5. Ghost 
6. The Seventh Wish  7. Soar  8. The Inn Between  9. The Bitter Side of Sweet  10.When Friendship Followed Me Home

Get a head-start on next year's list by reading some of these books over the summer! 
Dorothy's List 2018 - 2019:

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 2018.  Students who vote will qualify to go to the Canfield Fisher Book Awards ceremony, where they will be able to meet the author of the winning book.  Use our handy checklist  or a "punchcard" 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.
(coming soon)

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by
        Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
The Wonderling by Mira Bartok
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Halfway Normal by Barbara Dee
Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Refugee by Alan Gratz
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for
   Mischievous Kids & Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Hotel by Kimberly Willis Holt
All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Falcon Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson
Restart by Gordon Korman
Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes by Mary E.
      Lambert
Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence
Chester and Gus by Cammie McGovern
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Train I Ride by Paul Mosier
First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
Patina by Jason Reynolds
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found 
        by Martin W. Sandler
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonnenblick
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

     The 2017 - 2018 GMBA winner is: 
           Scythe by Neal Schusterman. 
Second place: If I Was Your Girl
Third place: The Sun is Also a Star

GMBA Book List 2018 - 2019:

For grades 9 - 12.  You need to read at least 3 of the books listed below to able to vote for your favorite in May 2018.   Use our handy checklist on the display to keep track of which ones you have read and how much you liked them.

Solo by Kwame Alexander
City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Bull by David Elliott
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
Defy the Stars by Claudia Grey
Devils Within by S. F. Henson
Grendel's Guide to Love and War by A. E. Kaplan
Bang by Barry Lyga
Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined by Danielle
         Younge-Ullman