Isinglass
The Isinglass Award promotes teen reading by inviting teens to help select great literature.
Each year, 7th and 8th graders across NH nominate their favorite books and vote on the top 10 in April.
2025 Selection
By A. S. King
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
by Deke Moulton
Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie to watch and whether or not it’s morally acceptable to eat people. Well, not so much eat
. . . just drink a little blood. They’re vampires, hiding in plain sight with their eclectic yet loving family.
By Adiba Jaigirdar
Competing on a televised baking competition in the hope of bringing much-needed attention to her parents' beloved donut shop, Shireen Malik finds things heating up when her fellow contestants include her ex-girlfriend and her new crush, as well as a saboteur.
by Steve Shenkin
Told in tandem, these gripping true stories follow Rudolph, who escaped Auschwitz, becoming the first survivors to expose Nazi concentration camps to the world, and Gerta, his high school friend who began to cave under pressure from German Nazis in Hungary.
by Charles Waters
In Rye, Virginia, an eighth- grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye's mascot should stay or change. Now six middle schoolers get involved in the contentious issue.
by Elizabeth Wein
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
by Aiden Thomas
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
by Jarrett Krosoczka
When Jarrett was in high school, he was a counselor at a camp for ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried. But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times.
by S. Jae-Jones
Forbidden from practicing magic and burdened by her responsibilities, Jin Zhara's life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes involved with the Guardians of Dawn, a group dedicated to fighting a demonic plague that is corrupting magicians.