FINALISTS

Steve Jobs by Karen Blumenthal

Moonbird by Phillip Hoose

Titanic by Deborah Hopkinson

We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

WINNER

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

Debut author award:

FINALISTS

Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby

Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo

After the Snow by SD Crockett

Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

WINNER

Seraphina!!!!!!

25 Year Anniversary of the Award! 

Significant and lasting contributions to YA Literature:

Tamora Pierce (BALLYHOO!!!  I completely agree!)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD goes to Demetria Tucker (librarian!)

 

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD – All are favorites of mine for the year!

HONOR BOOKS

Christopher Myers for H.O.R.S.E.

Daniel Minter for Ellen’s Broom

Kadir Nelson for I Have a Dream (YESSS! Though I thought it would win!)

WINNER

Brian Collier for I, Too Am America  (HOORAAAAAH! A wonderful pick!)

 

AUTHOR AWARD

HONOR BOOKS

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson (YEAH!!!)

No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

WINNER

Hand in Hand by Andrea Davis Pinkney

GLBTQ Award for English language books that deal with the GLBTQ Experience

HONOR BOOKS

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Gone, Gone, Gone by Hanna Moskowitz

October Morning by Leslea Newman

Sparks by SJ Adams

WINNER

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

BEST YOUNG CHILD BOOK

Back to Front and Upside Down by Claire Alexander

BEST MIDDLE GRADES BOOK

A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean

BEST TEEN BOOK

Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis

Ten books written for adults with appeal for young adults:

Caring is Creepy by David Zimmerman

Girl Child by Tupelo Hassman

Juvenile in Justice by Richard Ross

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

My Friend Dahmer

One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard

Pure by Julianna Baggott

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

I’ll be liveblogging the awards once again as they are announced.  Expect plenty of misspellings and oo’s and ah’s as I try to capture the winners.

Fingers stretched and ready, wrists rotated, elevator music on the ALA site.  I’m ready!