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[Note: Book titles in blue indicate a title which is currently in our library collection.]
Alex Awards:
In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
~awarded annually to ten books written for adults but which have special appeal to young adults, ages 12-18
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners:
Picture Book Winner: The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Honor Books: Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness Into Light by Tim Tingle
Kohala Kuamo'o: Nae'ole's Race to Save a King by Kekauleleana'ole Kawai'ae'a
Mohala Mai 'O Hau = How We Became Hau'ula by Robert Lono 'Ikuwa
I See Me by Margaret Manuel
Middle Grade Winners: Free Throw by Jacqueline Guest
Triple Threat by Jacqueline Guest
Honor Books: Jordan Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL by Melanie Florence
Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-Gikinoo'amaageng by Anton Treuer, et al
Young Adult Winner: Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School by Adam Fortunate Eagle
Honor Book: Native Defenders of the Environment by Victor Schilling
~awarded every two years to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians, Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native Hawaiians that authentically convey the past and present experience.
Batchelder Award Winner: Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak
Honor Book: The Lily Pond by Annika Thor
~awarded annually for the most outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States
Belpré Author Award Winner: Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Honor Books: Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha by Xavier Garza
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle
~awarded annually to an author for an outstanding book celebrating the Latino/a cultural experience
Belpré Illustrator Award Winner: Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh
Honor Books: The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha R. Vamos
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina by Monica Brown
~awarded annually to an illustrator for an outstanding book illustrating the Latino/a cultural experience
Caldecott Medal Winner: A Ball for Daisy written & illustratred by Chris Raschka
Honor Books: Blackout by John Rocco
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell
~awarded annually to an artist for the most distinguished American picture book
Geisel Award Winner: Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider
Honor Books: I Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
See Me Run by Paul Meisel
~awarded annually to the most distinguished American book for beginning readers
King Author Award Winner: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African American by Kadir Nelson
Honor Books: The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield
Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack
~awarded annually to an author for the most distinguished literary expression of the black experience
King Illustrator Award Winner: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans
Honor Book: Heart & Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
~awarded annually to an author for the most distinguished artistic expression of the black experience
Morris Award Winner: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Finalists: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
~awarded to a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature
National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2011 Winner: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Finalists: Chime by Franny Billingsley
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
~awarded annually by the National Book Foundation to an author for the best ficiton for young adults
Newbery Medal Winner: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Honor Books: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
~awarded annually to an author for the most distinguished book for children
Printz Award Winner: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
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
~awarded to an author for a book exemplifying literary excellence in young adult literature
Schneider Middle School Award Winners: Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
~awarded annually to an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
Schneider Teen Award Winner: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
~awarded annually to an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
[Note: There was not a book deemed approriate to receive the Schneider Children's Award this year.]
Siebert Medal Winner: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet
Honor Books: Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor by Larry Dane Brimner
Drawing From Memory by Allen Say
The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer
~awarded annually to an author of the most distinguished informational book in English
Stonewall Award Winner: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright
Honor Books: a + e 4ever by Ilike Merey
Money Boy by Paul Yee
Pink by Lili Wilkinson
with or without you by Brian Farrey
~award annual to English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered experience
Texas Bluebonnet 2012 Award Winner: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
~selected annually by Texas school students in grades 3-6
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin
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 the 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
~awarded annually to honor the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a publishing year (Nov 1-Oct 31)
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