2009 Award-Winning Teen Books
National Book Award: Young People's Literature
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Each November the National Book Foundation honors an outstanding book in each of the following categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature.
2009 Winner
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
2009 Finalists
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Stitches by David Small
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
Newbery Medal
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The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2009 Winner
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
2009 Honors
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
Michael L. Printz Award
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The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
2009 Winner
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
2009 Honors
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Coretta Scott King Award
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Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream of a pluralistic society.
The award is designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
2009 Author Award Winner
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2009 Author Award Honors
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford
Pura Belpré Award
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The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate.
2009 Author Award Winner
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
2009 Author Award Honors
Just In Case illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales
Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos written by Lucía González, illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Margaret A. Edwards Award
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The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.
2009 Winner
Laurie Halse Anderson for Catalyst, Fever 1793, and Speak
Alex Awards
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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.
2009 Winners
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Over and Under by Todd Tucker
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom
Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck
