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.
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.
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 |
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 |
