Several teen book awards were recently announced:
The Michael L. Printz Award is given to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. This year's recipient is Libba Bray for her novel Going Bovine.

The Alex Awards Are Given to 10 adult books with teen appeal.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind:Creating Currents of Electricty and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
The Kids Are All Right:A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Soulless:An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger
Stiches:A Memoir by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson

The William C. Morris Award is for the best book by a first-time author writing for teens. This year's winner is L.K.Madigan for Flash Burnout.

The Finalists for the William C. Morris Award were:
Ash by Malinda Lo
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
Hold Still by Nina LaCour

The 2011 Nutmeg Award Nominees Have Been Announced!
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E.Lockhart
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
The Last Dragon by Silvana de Mari
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt