We are excited to announce our It List nominees for 2021-2022! We can’t wait for you to read these amazing books.  Congratulations to all the authors! 
Click here for links to the annotated lists, book covers, shareable promotional graphics and more!
Tome Society It List 2021-2022 (High School) 

1. Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean
2. Lovely War by Julie Berry
3. When We Were Lost by Kevin Wignall
4. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite 
5. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
6. American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
7. Ignite the Sun by Hanna C. Howard 
8. Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz 
9. Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lai
10. Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin
11. 10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon
12. Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross
13. The Truth App by Jack Heath
14. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
15. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie 
16. Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
17. The Silence of Bones by June Hur 
18. Twin Daggers by MarcyKate Connolly
19. Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi
20. Between the Lines by Nikki Grimes 

Junior Tome It List 2021-2022 (Middle School) 

1. Ali Cross by James Patterson
2. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 
3. Wink by Rob Harrell
4. Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
5. The Unteachables by Gordon Korman 
6. Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
7. 96 Miles by J.L. Esplin
8. Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
9. Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
10. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu 

Club Tome It List 2021-2022 (Elementary School) 

1. We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
2. City Spies by James Ponti
3. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf 
4. Cape by Kate Hannigan
5. Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix
6. Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
7. Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
8. Stella by McCall Hoyle* 
9. Very Rich by Polly Horvath*
10. Seekers of the Wild Realm by Alexandra Ott* 

We are so excited to announce that Club Tome is expanding! 2nd grade students may now join Club Tome! The It List has expanded to 10 books, however only 7 books will be tested on the Reading Bowl exams.  Books 8-10 may be used for any competitions by any students grades 2-5, but will not be tested in Reading Bowl.  (Books 8-10: Stella by McCall Hoyle, Very Rich by Polly Horvath, and Seekers of the Wild Realm by Alexandra Ott).
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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the new It List! 

Friday, December 4 - Fall Competition Submission Deadline
Advisers will submit all competition entries from their chapter at one time on the submission form on the Adviser web page. The competition submission form is only available on the password protected page to paid chapters. ​

This form is to be completed only once by the Tome Society Chapter Adviser. Make sure you have ALL your Fall Competition Entry files reading and named correctly before  attempting to complete submission of form.  You may preview the form on the Adviser web page to see the correct file name for each entry. Entries are due by Friday, December 4 at 6:00 pm. 

Use the links below for the discussion guides for the August Books of the Month.  
Discussion guides for September - May are available on the Advisers Only page.  Advisers will receive the 2020-2021 password upon receipt of chapter dues. 
Not a registered chapter? Click here to register for the 2020-2021 school year. 

Tome Society (High School) 
Allies
Every Stolen Breath

Junior Tome (Middle School) 
Blood Mountain

Club Tome (Elementary)
Caterpillar Summer

Please see below for more information regarding TomeCon cancelation details:

1. Competitions & Awards - student and chapter winners for competitions will be announced online on the website via video or a published list. We hope to have these published by the end of the month. We will email when the results are posted. Trophies, medals, and certificates will be mailed to schools with winners. The Tome Team will be packing many of these items up this weekend to begin the shipping process. 
2. In-Person Competitions - Reading Bowl Championship rounds and Book Talk competition that were to take place at TomeCon are canceled. Additional information regarding official winners for Reading Bowl will come from Ashley by the end of next week. We encourage schools with Book Talk competitors to allow these students to present their speeches to an audience at your school to celebrate all of their hard work preparing. 
3. Virtual Conference - due to many schools closing next week and beyond, we will not be pursuing a live virtual conference. However, we have reached out to the presenters we had scheduled for the in-person event, and many have agreed to send a short video interview. We will compile these videos online on the website for your to share with your school. We hope to have these available by the end of the month. We will email when they are posted. 
4. It List Book Set Giveaway - we will still be drawing one elementary, one middle, and one high school name from the registrations to award a full set of the corresponding grade level 20-21 It List books to. These winners will be emailed directly, as well as announced on the website. We hope to have this information published by the end of next week. We hope to have these books shipped to winners by the end of the month. Thank you to the Clipper Petroleum Foundation for the grant to make this possible. 
5. Other items - registered individuals/schools will receive a package containing your official TomeCon 2020 buttons, It List bookmarks, and any t-shirts ordered.  The Tome Team will be packing many of these items up this weekend to begin the shipping process.  We hope to have these shipped by the end of the month. 
6. Refunds - we will be issuing refunds via check to schools or PayPal to individuals who paid by card, less a shipping and processing fee. We have not determined the exact amount of this fee, but are working to determine the appropriate amount and will let you know as soon as possible. We hope to have refunds issued by the end of the month. 
7. Individual refund as donation - If you purchased your ticket personally as an individual via our online JotForm (does not apply to schools) and wish to have your TomeCon ticket refund donated to the Tome Society nonprofit as a tax-deductible donation, please let us know ASAP by emailing tometeam@tomesociety.org. 

Thank you again for your support and patience as we work through this unprecedented situation. If you have additional questions that were not addressed in this message, please email us. 
Thank you! 
​The Tome Team

We are excited to announce our It List nominees for 2020-2021! We can’t wait for you to read these great books! Congratulations to all the authors!
 
Tome Society It List 2020-2021 (High School)

1. Allies, Alan Gratz
2. Every Stolen Breath, Kimberly Gabriel
3. From Twinkle With Love, Sandhya Menon
4. House of Salt and Sorrow, Erin A. Craig
5. Last of Her Name, Jessica Khoury
6. Mike, Andrew Norriss
7. No Place Like Here, Christina June
8. Sea Witch, Sarah Henning
9. Sky Without Stars, Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
10. Skyjacked, Paul Griffin
11. Skyward, Brandon Sanderson
12. Spin, Lamar Giles
13. The Bone Houses, Emily Lloyd Jones
14. The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys
15. The Memory Thief, Lauren Mansy
16. The Silence Between Us, Alison Gervais
17. The Traitor Prince, CJ Redwine
18. Tiger Queen, Annie Sullivan
19. We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal
20. We Were Beautiful, Heather Hepler

 
 
Junior Tome It List 2020-2021 (Middle School)

1. Blood Mountain, James Preller
2. Each Tiny Spark, Pablo Cartaya
3. Fire & Heist, Sarah Beth Durst
4. Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster, Jonathan Auxier
5. The Door to the Lost, Jaleigh Johnson
6. The Memory Keeper, Jennifer Camiccia
7. The Revenge of Magic, James Riley
8. The Season of Styx Malone, Kekla Magoon
9. The Storm Runner, JC Cervantes
10. Words on Fire, Jennifer Nielsen

 
Club Tome It List 2020-2021 (Elementary School, grades 3-5)

1. Caterpillar Summer, Gillian McDunn
2. Forever Neverland, Susan Adrian
3. Song for a Whale, Lynne Kelly
4. Spark, Sarah Beth Durst
5. The Problem Children, Natalie Lloyd
6. The Storm Keeper’s Island, Catherine Doyle
7. The Strangers, Margaret Peterson Haddix

Have you been missing the Tome Society emails? We've recently been alerted that some email servers, including Outlook, have updated their security settings which causes our emails to get blocked. Our email provider is working on a solution!
In the meantime, click the links to read our email updates from the past couple weeks! 

Weekly Update (2/4/2020)
Spring Competition Deadline THIS WEEK
TomeCon Regular Registration Now Open

Does your Black Friday shopping list include books? It should! We've rounded up some deals on books for Black Friday weekend shopping! 

Amazon
Up to 70% off books
Use smile.amazon.com and select Tome Student Literacy Society to benefit Tome at no extra cost to you! 

Barnes & Noble 
Use code BLKFRI for 10% off your order

Books-A-Million 
$5 off $25 purchase

Half Price Books (several It List titles available!)
Use code BOOKIT25 for 25% off your order 

Better World Books (several It List titles available!)
Use code HOLIDAY19 for $5 off $20+ or $10 off $35+

Bonfire
Tome Society Swag Store
New designs launching Friday at sale prices! 

What great book deals did you find? Let us know in the comments!