Can you judge a book by its cover and synopsis? Evan and Hailey give their first impressions of 11 of the 20 nominees for the 2025 Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers’ Choice Award.

Links:

2025 Lincoln Award Master List
LMC's Lincoln Award Page

The Getaway by Lamar Giles
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby
Skyhunter by Marie Lu
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Numb to This by Kindra Neely
Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole
More than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood
Love in English by Maria E. Andreu

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