2010 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.
2010 Winner
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
2010 Finalists
Dark Water by Laura McNeal
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
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.
2010 Winner
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
2010 Honors
Charles and 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
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.
2010 Winner
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2010 Honors
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
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.
2010 Author Award Winner
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
2010 Author Award Honor
Mare’s War by tanita s. davis
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.
2010 Author Award Winner
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
2010 Author Award Honors
Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz
Federico García Lorca by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro
Schneider Family Book Awards
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The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. The book must portray some aspect of living with a disability or that of a friend or family member, whether the disability is physical, mental or emotional.
2010 Winner: Middle school age
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
2010 Winner: High school age
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X
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.
2010 Winner: Jim Murphy
Author of:
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
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2010 is the first year for this award which honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a November 1 – October 31 publishing year.
2010 Winner
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
2010 Finalists
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
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.
2010 Winners
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity 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 with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
