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Volunteer State Book Award
Co-chairs: Primary Committee Chair: Denise Tabscot, Metro Nashville Public Schools: [email protected] The Volunteer State Book Award is sponsored annually by the Tennessee Library Association and the Tennessee Association of School Librarians. Each year, children across Tennessee are asked to read books from a list of nominated titles. The Volunteer State Book Award has four divisions--Primary (Grades K-2), Intermediate (Grades 3-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and high school (Grades 9-12). In the spring, those students who have read or listened to at least three of the titles from the list are eligible to vote for their favorite titles. These votes are tabulated and sent to the state organization. The book with the most votes statewide wins the award. The author of the book receives a plaque and is invited to Tennessee to receive the award |
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2019-2020 VSBA Winners |
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Primary Division: The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors written by Drew Daywalt Harper Collins, 2017 |
Intermediate Division: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus written by Dusti Bowling Sterling Books, 2017 |
Middle School Division: Refugee written by Alan Gratz Scholastic, 2017 |
High School Division: The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas Blazer + Bray, 2017 |
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We would like to thank every librarian, student, and patron who participated in voting for the 2019-2020 Volunteer State Book Award. Because our schools and libraries were closed due the Covid-19 pandemic, participation rates were down from last year, but we still had a good number of libraries submit ballots. A special thanks goes to the chairs and members of the four selection committees for developing such wonderful lists for children and teens of Tennessee.
Nominees
The VSBA committee chairs decided that in order to keep our book lists contemporary it would be best to adjust our book nomination standards. In years past, the award-winning books for VSBA have been outdated. By the time the students encounter the nominated titles and choose their favorite, many of them have likely already encountered the books on the list.
Therefore, there is not a list of twenty (20) titles for this year, as one might expect. The list for the 2020-2021 school year has thirty (30) titles on it. The past two nomination cycles were combined into one list. Going forward, the goal of the committees will be to choose books from the calendar years in which the nominating cycle occurs. You can think of it like the Caldecott and Newbery awards. We hope this will help us introduce new, high-quality literature to students and make the VSBAs more prominent.
2020-2021 Volunteer State Book Award Nominee List 
2021-2022 VSBA Intermediate List
2021-2022 VSBA Middle School List
2021-2022 VSBA High School List
VSBA PowerPoints
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