Dorothy's List and GMBA

The Dorothy 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 2019- 2020  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 2018 - 2019 winner is:  Refugee by Alan Gratz   The 2nd place book was Chester and Gus by Cammie McGovern, who will be coming to Vermont to meet students and talk about her book.
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Dorothy's List 2019 - 2020:

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 2019.  Students who vote will qualify to go to the Dorothy's List 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.

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster 
     by Jonathan Auxier
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty
Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
Back From the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction 
     by Nancy Castaldo
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Journey of the Pale Bear by Susan Fletcher
Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner
Missing Mike by Shari Green
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Spooked: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the
     Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America 
     by Gail Jarrow
Deep Water by Watt Key
Out in Left Field by Ellen Klages
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
The House That Lou Built by Mae Respicio
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Front Desk by Kelly Yang

     The 2018 - 2019 GMBA winner is: 
           The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. 

GMBA Book List 2019 - 2020:

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.

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier
Camp Valor by Scott McEwen & Hof Williams
Puddin' by Julie Murphy
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe 
     by Norton Preston
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia
     Nwaubani
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 
     by Elizabeth Partridge
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
Pride by Ibi Zoboi