1.23.2012

2012 AWARD WINNERS!

The American Library Association (ALA) -- which sponsors a load of book awards, including the famous Newbery Award -- just announced the 2012 winners today.

Here are the winners for the awards aimed at young and old teen readers like you . . .




NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
          Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
NEWBERY HONOR BOOKS 
          Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
          Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin




MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD for excellence in literature written for young adults
          Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOKS
          Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
          The Returning by Christine Hinwood
          Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
          The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater




YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery 
by Steve Sheinkin
YALSA NONFICTION AWARD FINALISTS
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science 
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine and the Lawless Years of Prohibition 
by Karen Blumenthal
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires 
Along the Way) by Sue Macy
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin




ALEX AWARDS for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
by Brooke Hauser
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo

Posted by Gina Mitgang

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