What you see below are the results of me typing as fast as I can while listening to the online broadcast of the ALA award announcements.

Please excuse the typos and the missing titles in places.  I did my best!  At times the slides didn’t ever catch up with the books being announced, so I had no idea how to spell names and titles.  Technology!

Best Surprise of the Year:  The Invention of Hugo Cabret winning

Another Great Moment:  Repossessed by AM Jenkins winning a Printz Honor.  It is one of the Cybil’s finalists for science fiction/fantasy for teens.  Hurrah!

Biggest Disappointment:  Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was overlooked for even a Printz honor.  Truly a devastating choice, though it did win the National Book Award.

And am I confused or did the Batchelder Award go to a graphic novel, Brave Story?  It is published by Viz, a Manga publisher.  If so, how wonderful is that?!  A must-have for my reading list.