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About the Voice of Youth Award

The Voice of Youth Award (VOYA) is a special school-year reading program offered by the Youth Services Department of Skokie Public Library. Students in grades 3 through 8 are encouraged to read books of high quality, carefully selected by our Youth Services librarians for reading and interest level. Multiple copies of the VOYA books are available in the Youth Services Department for check out.

Students who read at least three of the books (and hopefully more) will be invited to vote for their favorite book. Students can vote at Skokie Public Library and at their school library. The winning title will be announced, and the author of that book will be invited to visit Skokie Public Library during the following school year. Schools that participate in the VOYA program will be eligible for that author to visit their school.

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Announcing the 2008-2009 Voice of Youth Award Winners!

Our eighth annual Voice of Youth Awards election took place during National Library Week in April 2009. The winners are:

	1st Place	The Doll People by Ann M. Martin
	2nd Place	The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
	3rd Place	Half Magic by Edward Eager
	Thank you to all of the schools and students who participated in the VOYA vote! For more information about the Voice of Youth Award and next year's VOYA vote, please call the Youth Services Department at 847.324.3149.

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Voice of Youth Award Booklists

Following are links to the titles and descriptions of books selected by our librarians for the VOYA program. Booklists are organized by school year and grade level. You can also browse the Library catalog to see which titles are available for checkout. An alphabetical Master List of all nominated titles from 2001 to the current school year is also available.

2009-2010  NEW!	2008-2009	2007-2008
3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse
2006-2007	2005-2006	2004-2005
3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse
2003-2004	2002-2003	2001-2002
3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse	3rd and 4th grade 5th and 6th grade 7th and 8th grade Catalog browse

Youth Services also has several copies of past Voice of Youth Award titles available in classroom sets for teacher checkout.