ALA Youth Media Awards: Actual Results
I was so excited to see the ALA Youth Media Awards trending on Twitter this morning! I wasn’t surprised, though, because my Twitter Feed BLEW UP with all the folks at ALA Midwinter tweeting about the results.
Thanks goodness for those folks! I was tutoring all morning, so I couldn’t even watch the results online. I did, however, call some attention to myself as I gasped at the various results on my phone. If you want to check out the full results for all the award (there are a lot), you can see them over at ALA. Here are the final results for the two awards I’ve been watching the closest, the Printz and Newbery, as well as the awards given to some of my favorite books of the year. Links have been added to all books I’ve read and reviewed.
The Michael L. Printz Award
(for excellence in literature for young adults)
Winner
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Honors
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
John Newbery Medal
(for most outstanding contribution to children’s literature)
Winner
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Honors
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
While I offer the greatest of congratulations to the winners of these awards, I was sad about the absence of some of my favorites on the list. Sometimes I wish I could be a fly on the wall during the committee meetings to see exactly how those discussions go down. It must be a fascinating process! There were a lot of surprises this year, so these are now new books to explore.
Here are the others that featured favorite books of mine or categories that I pay special attention to (like the Stonewall Award). What did you think of the awards? Joys? Surprises? Disappointments?
William C. Morris Award
(for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens)
Winner
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Honors
Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby
Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
After the Snow by SD Crockett
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
(children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience)
Winner
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Honors
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
(the ONLY book of all of these that I’ve actually read!)
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shephard by Leslea Newman
Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by SJ Adams
Posted on January 28, 2013, in books, Current Events, librarian, lists, teacher and tagged ala, awards, newbery, Printz, ya. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
Wow, I feel out of the loop. I have only heard of one of these books (Code Name: Verity).
You and me both. Some of these were dark horse picks. I’d heard of some of the Morris winners, and I figured Verity would win something. What a strange little year for book awards.
I see that you’re freshly pressed! Congrats!
I love that you posted the results, as I had been wondering about them!
I’ve reserved Seraphina at the library and am excited to read it!
Alice @ Alice in Readerland
oh wow. I guess I’m out of the loop too
I’m actually surprised that Cameron Post didn’t get a Stonewall honor, but I am glad to see it on the William C. Morris list.
Small typo: The White Bicycle is written by _Beverley_ Brenna. Thanks so much for compiling the award results in one place. I’ve heard of 3 of them but I haven’t read a single one! So strange!
Fixed it! Can’t believe I did that with the author’s name right there on the book title!
Oops, make that two: should be _Sheila_ Turnage (only nit picking because they’re names! Do feel free to remove these comments after you fix the typos!)
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