Isinglass Award Winner Announced!

The Isinglass Award is a state wide award for 7 & 8 graders. Each year a list of 20 books is selected by a committee, from suggestions by teens, and kids have a year to read the books on the list to get ready to vote in May. This year's winner is Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. I was thrilled to hear the winner because this was my favorite book on the list. Here is a description of the book:

Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to
deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece. Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities, DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heartwarming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis.