In my absence, the ALA Youth Media Awards were announced. I know they have been posted everywhere else but I thought I'd play catch up and post them here too.
I'll start with the Michael L. Printz Award. And the winner is:
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
The honor mentions are:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the nations, Part II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nationby Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
On to the Newbery Award. And the winner is
>The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
The honor mentions are:
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Now for the Coretta Scott King Award. The winner is:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseballby Kadir Nelson
The honor mentions are:
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
Keeping the Night Watchby Hope Anita Smith
On to the Alex Award, given to 10 books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
Mudboundby Hillary Jordan
Over and Under by Todd Tucker
The Oxford Project by Stephen G Bloom
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Three Girls and their Brother by Theresa Rebeck
Finally, the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. And the winner is:
A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C Bunce
Great books, one and all. Which to read first?
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I just purchased Jellico Road yesterday, and am eager to get into it. I have read both The Graveyard Book and The disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and adored them both.
I too have read The Graveyard Book and The Disreputable History. Also Nation, which was not my favorite by Pratchett (and I'm a huge fan). City of Thieves was brilliant, I loved it (as did my father to whom I gifted it this year). I think I want to read A Curse as Dark as Gold next from this list...
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