New Washington Middle High School Mustangs
New Washington Middle-High School participates annually with other high schools in the state to vote for the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award. Students who choose to participate read at least one book from the list of nominees and cast their votes in the spring. All books are labeled with a gold nominee label at the bottom of the spine — current nominees also have a pink rose label. Click here to vote!
Click here to vote!Eliot Rosewater is a recurring fictional character in Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, including God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Vonnegut is a famous Hoosier author who grew up in Indianapolis. This award was named to honor him and all Indiana writers. The award is often referred to as the “Rosie Award” or “Rosie.”
2015-2016 Eliot Rosewater Nominees
45 Pounds (More or Less) by K.A. Barson
5th Wave, The by Rick Yancey
Avery Shaw Experiment, The by Kelly Oram
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Forget Me Not by Carolee Dean
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Good Braider, The by Terry Farish
I Am the Weapon (Previously Boy Nobody) by Allen Zadoff
If We Survive by Andrew Klavan
Name of the Star, The by Maureen Johnson
Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat by Mike Ritland
Nazi Hunters, The: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Hicks
Pretty Girl 13 by Liz Coley
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott
Six Months Later by Natalie Richards
Swagger by Carl Deuker
Testing, The by Joelle Charbonneau
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Waiting Carol by Lynch Williams
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Young Hoosier Book Award Information
The purpose of the Young Hoosier Book Award Program is to stimulate recreational reading among elementary and middle school/junior high school children and to encourage cooperation between administrators, school media specialists, teachers, public libraries, and the community in providing reading experiences for Indiana school children. Although NWMHS does not currently participate in voting at this level, look for these books in the media center with a red or blue YHBA label at the bottom of the spine!
2015-2016 Intermediate Nominees
Africa is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger
Almost Super by Marion Jensen
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman
By the Grace of Todd by Louise Galveston
Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton by Meghan McCarthy
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty
Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde
Gone Fishing: A Novel by Tamera Will Wissinger
The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
How Do You Burp in Space? And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know by Susan E. Goodman
Odette’s Secrets by Maryann Macdonald
The Pet War by Allan Woodrow
Rutherford B., Who Was He? : Poems About Our Presidents by Marilyn Singer
The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
The Show Must Go On! by Kate Klise
Wild Born by Brandon Mull
2015-2016 Middle Grades Nominees
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
The Fellowship for Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson
The Girl From Felony Bay by J.E Thompson
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, The Blue Death and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson
The Heartbreak Messenger by Alexander Vance
Hidden Summer by Gin Phillips
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Infestation by Timothy J. Bradley
Jinx by Sage Blackwood
The Living by Matt De La Pena
The Lost Kingdom by Matthew J. Kirby
Odette’s Secrets by Maryann Macdonald
The Right Fight by Chris Lynch
Sasquatch in the Paint by Kareem Abdul -Jabbar
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
A Summer of Sundays by Lindsay Eland
Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington
The Time Fetch by Amy Herrick
Twerp by Mark Goldblatt
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia