The American Library Association announced today the winners of several book awards including the Printz Award winner, Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley, given for a book with the highest literary merit in young adult literature, and the 10 winners of the Alex Award*, given to books that have strong appeal for teenagers despite being written for an adult audience. Find additional award winners and honor books in the LA Times or stop by the library to check out some of these titles.
*Alex Award winners: Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin, In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard, The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan, The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston, The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
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