Gateway Award Books
Read at least 3 of the Gateway Award books listed below to be eligible to vote for your favorite.
After reading the books, click on the links to take the quizzes. Be sure to enter your first and last name.
When you have taken at least 3 of the quizzes below and passed with an 80%, you will receive an invitation to a special voting event in March!
The Sky Is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson
When Lennie’s sister dies, she isn’t sure how to grieve. Lennie feels she is being pulled in two different directions, requiring her to make decisions she isn’t sure of. Is finding solace with her dead sister’s boyfriend wrong?
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Split – Swati Avasthi
Jace has spent years saving his mother from another beating; he provokes his dad to hit him instead. At sixteen, Jace finally strikes back and gets kicked out of the house. Who will protect his mother now?
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Sea – Heidi Kling
Sienna doesn’t want her birthday gift—a plane ticket for a two-week mission trip in Indonesia. Still grieving her mother’s death in a plane crash, Sienna doesn’t want to fly ever again. Reluctantly, she agrees; upon arrival, she is instantly drawn to a mysterious young man.
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Sorta Like a Rock Star – Matthew Quick
Amber and her mother live on Hello Yellow, the school bus her mother drives, since her last boyfriend kicked them out. Even though they are struggling, Amber is the rock star of hope and refuses to be pessimistic. But when tragedy strikes, Amber’s optimism is tested.
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Matched – Ally Condie
Cassia has always trusted the perfect society to make good choices for her. After her matching ceremony, where her best friend Xander is revealed as her match, something happens that makes Cassia begin to question everything.
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Revolution – Jennifer Donnelly
Andi’s world seems to be falling apart after the loss of her little brother. Then, Andi discovers the diary of Alex, a nanny who lived in Paris during the French Revolution. Soon, Andi becomes obsessed with the mystery surrounding Alex.
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Five Flavors of Dumb – Antony John
Piper wasn’t around when the band decided on the name Dumb. She’s now stuck with the name and has only one month to find them a paying gig. This would be a lot easier if she could hear the music. Being deaf isn’t her only obstacle.
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Blank Confession – Pete Hautman
Shayne Blank walks into a police station to confess to a murder. When asked who he killed, he doesn’t answer. After several more questions, Shayne tills his story, from the beginning.
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A Dog’s Purpose – Bruce Cameron
What if your dog felt he had a purpose and spent his days, trying to find it? A Dog’s Purpose explores this possibility with Bailey, a dog searching for his own destiny.
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Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver
On the way home from a party, Samantha tries to convince her best friends that at the moment of death, life’s greatest hits flash before your eyes. Seconds later, Samantha learns she was wrong.
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Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour - Morgan Matson
Amy’s father is dead, her brother is in rehab, and her mother is living across the country. Now, Amy is being forced to travel cross-country with some guy she barely knows.
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Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi
In a post-apocalyptic world Nailer, a scavenger, finds a beached ship worth enough to help him escape his cruel life. While scavenging the ship, he finds a dead girl and just as he’s about cut off her fingers to steal her rings, the girl’s eyes blink.
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Rules of Attraction – Susan Elkeles
In an attempt to break Carlos’ ties with a Mexican gang, his family decides he should leave Mexico and move to Colorado to live with his brother. Unfortunately, hiding from a Mexican drug gang isn’t easy.
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Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Mayberry
Benny’s memories of the First Night include his mother’s screams and being shoved into his brother’s arms while the monster, who had been his father, rages against the barricaded door. Years later, Benny is forced to take a job that makes him face these memories.
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Chasing Brooklyn – Lisa Schroeder
Brooklyn lost her boyfriend Lucca in a car accident; Gabe, the driver in the accident, commits suicide. Brooklyn now finds herself drawn to Lucca’s brother and her dreams haunted by Gabe.
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