Honor Books

Stolen by Lucy Christopher (Oh yeah!)

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by AS King

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

Nothing by Janne Teller (Yes!!!!! Thought this one might win!)

 

Winner

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi  (Oh my yes!!!!!!)

Finalists

Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Angel

They Called Themselves the KKK by Bartoletti

Spies of Mississippi by Bowers

The Dark Game by Janeczko

Every Bone Tells a Story by Rubalcaba

 

Winner

Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel

Lasting contribution to young adult literature.

Sir Terry Pratchett

Aw…  Man that is just a divine choice…

Audio book award for children and young adults.

Honor Audio Books

Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman  (Very nice)

Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Hurrah!)

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (maybe I’ll listen to this one instead of reading it…)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Green and Levithan  (a good year for this title!)

Winner

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (now that surprised me!  How very lovely!)

Honors African-American authors and illustrators.

Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith – writer of four volumes about the history of the Coretta Scott King Award

 

John Steptoe Award for New Talent

Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon for Zora and Me

Sonia Lynn Sadler for Seeds of Change

 

Illustration Awards

Honor Book

Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow by Steptoe

Winner

Bryan Collier for Dave the Potter – HURRAH! That is so awesome!!!

 

Author Awards

Honor Books

Walter Dean Myers for Lockdown

Jewell Parker Rhodes for Ninth Ward

G. Neri for Yummy  – Hurrah!

Winner

Rita Williams-Garcia for One Crazy Summer – definitely not a surprise and very well-deserved

So looking forward to this new award! 

Honor Books

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Green and Levithan -  YES!!

Love Drugged by James Klise

Freaks and Revelations by Davida Willis Hurwin

The Boy in the Dress by David Wallliams  – Very nice.

 

Winner

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (gotta get my hands on this one!)

Artistic expression of the disability experience.

Best Children’s

The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon -   Lovely! 

 

Best Middle School

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick

 

Best Teen

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John (definitely moving to the top of my must-read pile!)

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal for teens, ages 12-18.

The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To

Breaking Night by Murray

Girl in Translation by Kwok

The House of Tomorrow by Bognanni

The Lock Artist by Hamilton

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Bender

The Radleys by Haig

The Reapers are the Angels by Bell

Room by Donoghue

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Grant