Printz winner!

The Printz winner (aka best book for teens) was announced a couple weeks ago.

The winner was... (drumroll please)... Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick!

The honour books (or runner-ups) were:

• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susan Cokal
• Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch
• Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

If you haven't, check out these phenomenal books! 

Michael L. Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award THE YA award, awarded for excellence in young adult literature. It's basically like an Oscar for teen books.

Here are our winners!

In Darkness by Nick Lake

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.

Yay! There are also four honour books as follows:

 

We don't have White Bicycle in the catalogue, but I'm sure it'll be on order soon!

I have to admit that I've only read Code Name Verity but it was divine. I highly recommend it. 

Red Maple Nominees 2011

The Red Maple Award Nominees were announced last week. The Red Maple Award is given to a Canadian book aimed at grades 7-8. The best part? The readers actually pick the winner. Do you guys have a Red Maple club at your school?

Here are some of the nominees! Check out the rest of the list here!