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January 21, 2008
American Library Association Announces Literary Award Winners
On January 14, the American Library Association announced the top books for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, King, Newbery, Schneider Family and Printz awards.
The following is a list of all ALA Teen Awards for 2008:
John Newbery Medal (for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature):
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz, is the 2008 Newbery Medal winner.
Three Newbery Honor Books were named:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.
Michael L. Printz Award (for excellence in literature written for young adults):
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean is the 2008 Printz Award winner.
Four Printz Honor Books were named:
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill.
Coretta Scott King Book Award (recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults):
Elijah of Buxton written by Christopher Paul Curtis, is the King Author Book winner.
Two King Honor Books were selected:
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier
Schneider Family Book Award (for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences):
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby is the winner in the teen category.
Alex Awards (for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences):
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China by Matthew Polly
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
Essex County Volume 1: Tales from the Farm by Jeff Lemire
Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Night Birds by Thomas Maltman
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.
An annotated booklist will be available in TeenSpace soon.
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian
Posted by egoldberg at January 21, 2008 1:32 PM