January is an exciting time for teen literature readers as the Youth Media Awards are announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. This last Monday, at 7:45 am, the announcements began with an audience that filled a grand ball room. With the anticipation we see at the Oscars, winners are announced amid cheers and applause. Check the links below to find this year's winners:
Alex AwardsThe Alex Awards are given annually to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.
City of Thieves, by David Benioff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670018703)
The Dragons of Babel, by Michael Swanwick, a Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates (9780765319500)
Finding Nouf, by Zoë Ferraris published by Houghton Mifflin Company (9780618873883)
The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, published by Dial Press, a division of Random House (9780385337458)
Just After Sunset: Stories, by Stephen King, published by Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster (9781416584087)
Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (9781565125698)
Over and Under, by Todd Tucker, published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press (9780312379902)
The Oxford Project, by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein, published by Welcome Books (9781599620480)
Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins (9780061430220)
Three Girls and Their Brother, by Theresa Rebeck, published by Shaye Areheart Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House (9780307394149)
Margaret A. Edwards AwardThe Edwards Award honors an author and a specific work for lifetime contribution in writing books of enduring popularity with teenagers.
Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award for
Catalyst,
Fever 1793, and
Speak.
William C. Morris Award The Morris Award honors a book written for young adults by a first-time, previously unpublished author.
The winner of the 2009 Morris Award is
A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce, published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.
Odyssey Award This award honors the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States. Co-administered with ALSC.
Michael L. Printz AwardThis award honors excellence in literature written for young adults.
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson, published by Candlewick Press.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart, published by Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
Nation, by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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