2021 “Rosie” Nominees are out
Each year the Indiana Library Federation holds the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, also known as the Rosie Awards. Voted on by Indiana high school students in grades nine through 12, the “Rosie” was created to encourage independent reading among high school students. All Indiana high school students and homeschoolers are eligible to rate each book they’ve read.
Of this year’s 25 nominated titles, the Brown County Public Library has 19 in our collection! Use our book list to reserve print titles or download eBooks and eAudiobooks — all you need is your library card!
2020-2021 Eliot Rosewater
High School Book Award Nominees
- Attucks! : Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city by Hoose, Phillip M.
- Autoboyography by Lauren, Christina (eBook)
- Batman: Nightwalker by Lu, Marie
- Berserker by Laybourne, Emmy
- Broken Beautiful Hearts by Garcia, Kami (eBook and eAudio)
- The Cruel Prince by Black, Holly ( also eBook and eAudio)
- Dread Nation: Rise up by Ireland, Justina (also eAudio)
- Dreamland Burning by Latham, Jennifer
- Dry by Shusterman, Neal (also eBook, eAudio, and book on CD)
- Eliza and Her Monsters by Zappia, Francesca (ebook)
- Far from the Tree by Benway, Robin (also eBook)
- Hey, Kiddo by Krosoczka, Jarrett (eAudio)
- How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Uwiringiyimana, Sandra (eAudio)
- In Her Skin: A novel by Savage, Kim (eBook)
- Internment by Ahmed, Samira (eBook)
- Lies You Never Told Me by Donaldson, Jennifer (eBook)
- The Poet X by Acevedo, Elizabeth (also eBook and eAudio)
- The Upside of Unrequited by Albertali, Becky (also eBook and eAudio)
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Mafi, Tahereh (eAudio)
Voting ends May 7th. Click below to see the complete list of nominated titles and to vote for your favorites.