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 Connecticut students in grade 6-8 have voted:
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin wins the 2009 Teen Teen Nutmeg Book Award.
2011 Teen Nutmeg Book Award Nominees are:
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Laundau-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
The 2010 Printz Award goes to Libba Bray for her novel Going Bovine.
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
The Printz Award is given for excellence in young adult literature.
The 2010 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Books Are:
Charles & Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 by John Barnes
Alex Awards 2010
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.
This year’s titles are:
1. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind:Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
2. The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff
3. Everything Matters! By Ron Currie Jr.
4. The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
5. The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch
6. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
7. My Abandonment by Peter Rock
8. Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger
9. Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
10. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
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2010 William C. Morris YA Debut Award
This year’s recipient is L.K. Madigan for the novel Flash Burnout.
 Telephoto lens. Zoom. In a shutter release millisecond, Blake's world turns upside down. The nameless woman with the snake tattoo is not just another assignment. 'That's my mom!' gasps Marissa. Saturated self-portrait: Blake, nice guy, class clown, always trying to gget a laugh, not sure where to focus. Contrast. Shannon, Blake's GF. Total. Babe. Marissa, just a friend and fellow photographer. Shannon loves him; Marissa needs him. How is he supposed to frame them both in one shot?
The Morris Award Finalists were:
Ash by Malinda Lo
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The Everafter by Amy Hunter
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
The YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner is:
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
The Finalists were:
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Tanya Lee Stone
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker
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Top Ten Books chosen by Teens
Teens were encouraged by the Young Adult Library Services Group (YALSA) to vote for their favorite young adult books during Teen Read Week from the official nomination list posted online at the Teens’ Top Ten site.
1. Paper Towns by John Green.
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins.
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
7. Wake by Lisa McMann.
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast.
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart.
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore.
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Web Links
Internet Public Library has a Teen Space with many useful links for reading, writing, health, sports, entertainment, etc.
Librarians' Index to the Internet is a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources.
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