Finalists:
The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
Go by Chip Kidd
Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler
Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone
The President Has Been Shot by James L. Swanson
WINNER
The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
Month: January 2014
William C. Morris Award
Debut author award for teens:
Finalists
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
WINNER
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
William C. Morris Award
Debut author award for teens:
Finalists
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
WINNER
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Lifetime award for adolescent literature:
Markus Zusak (Wonderful surprise!)
Coretta Scott King – Author Awards
Honor Books
March: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (YES!)
Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes (Hurrah!)
Winner
PS Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia (YES!)
Coretta Scott King Award – Illustrator
Illustrator Honor Book
Kadir Nelson for Nelson Mandela (Yes!)
Illustrator Winner
Bryan Collier for Knock Knock (Lovely!)
Coretta Scott King Award – New Talent
When the Beat Was Born by Theodore Taylor III
Written by Laban Carrick Hill
Coretta Scott King Awards – Virginia Hamilton Award
Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement to an African American author or illustrator for their body of work
Recipients:
Patricia and Frederick McKissack (How have they not won before!)
Stonewall Book Awards
GLBTQ award.
Honor Books
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (YES!!)
Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (Hurrah! Surprised it’s not the winner…)
Winner
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo (YES!!)
Waking Brain Cells 