ALA Book Award Winners Announced

The American Library Association announced today the winners of many prestigious awards for children's and young adult literature, including the Printz and the Newbery Awards.  To see a complete list of all of the awards given out today check out the ALA website. 

Some of the winners that may be of special interest to teens are as follows:

Michael L. Printz Award (for excellence in literature written for young adults)
“Going Bovine” written by Libba Bray

Four Printz Honor Books also were named
“Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith” by Deborah Heiligman
“The Monstrumologist” by Rick Yancey
“Punkzilla” by Adam Rapp
“Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973” by John Barnes

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award
“Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith,” written by Deborah Heiligman

John Newbery Medal (for most outstanding contribution to children’s literature)
“When You Reach Me,” written by Rebecca Stead

Four Newbery Honor Books also were named

“Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” by Phillip Hoose
“The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly
“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin
“The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg” by Rodman Philbrick

Schneider Family Book Award (for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience)
“Anything but Typical” written by Nora Raleigh Baskin, is the winner for middle grades (ages 11-13).
 “Marcelo in the Real World” written by Francisco X. Stork, is the teen (ages 13-18) award winner.


William C. Morris Award (honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults)
“Flash Burnout” written by L.K. Madigan

Alex Awards (for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
“The Bride’s Farewell” by Meg Rosoff
“Everything Matters!” by Ron Currie, Jr.
“The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel
“The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir” by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
“The Magicians” by Lev Grossman
“My Abandonment” by Peter Rock
“Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel” by Gail Carriger
“Stitches: A Memoir” by David Small
“Tunneling to the Center of the Earth” by Kevin Wilson

Some of these titles may seem familiar to you if you've been taking advantage of two of the Hauppauge Public Library's volunteer opportunities recently (The Printz Award reading list and the Great Graphic Novels reading list.)  Although the Graphic Novel Project is over (thank you to all who participated), the Printz Award Project is still in action until March.

Just because we now know the winner of the 2010 Printz Award, doesn't mean the project is over.  Instead of predicting the winner from our list of nominees, you can just shift your focus to whether or not you agree with the choice for the Printz winner.  There are many good books on the list of nominees- do you think one of them deserved an award of excellence?  Did you read the official winner or one of the books of honor?  Was it worthy of a prestigious award?   Let us know. 

For every book you read and evaluate from our list of nominees, you will get four hours of community service.  If you haven't already taken advantage of this community service opportunity, you should!  See a librarian for complete details!