TEENS - Princeton Public Library

The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults goes to “ Going Bovine (Delacorte) by Libba Bray is the 2010 Printz Award winner. The book is published by First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

Four Printz Honor Books also were named: Heiligman’s Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith, along with The Monstrumologist (S & S) by Rick Yancey, Punkzilla (Candlewick) by Adam Rapp, and Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 (Penguin) by John Barnes.

The Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

2010 Alex Award winner list- check out our catalog links

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (HarperCollins) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
The Bride’s Farewell (Penguin) by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters! (Penguin) by Ron Currie, Jr.
The Good Soldiers (Farrar, Srauss) by David Finkel.
The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir (Random) by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch.
The Magicians (Penguin) by Lev Grossman.
My Abandonment (Harcourt) by Peter Rock
Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (Hachette) by Gail Carriger.
Stitches: A Memoir (Norton) by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (HarperCollins) by Kevin Wilson.

RESOURCES FOR FINDING WHAT TO READ NEXT:

General Sources:

Favorite Teen Angst Book

Comics and Graphic Novels:

Arts & Sciences Library (University of Buffalo) Comic Books Internet Resources

Librarian’s Guide to Anime & Manga

No flying, no tights – a website reviewing graphic novels for teens

Tired of Superman…how about trying something new

American Library Association Awards and Lists for Teens:

Alex Awards

Best Books for Young Adults

Margaret A. Edwards

Michael L. Printz

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Popular Paperbacks for the Young Adult

Quick Picks for Reluctant and Young Readers

Teens’ Top Ten

OTHER LITERARY AWARDS

Agatha Awards – Traditional mystery fiction.

Asian-American Literary Awards

Carnegie Medal

Will Eisner Awards - Comics/Graphic Novels

Harvey Award - Honoring excellence in the comics industry.

Hugo Award – Science Fiction

Coretta Scott King Award – ALA -Honoring African-American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.

National Book Awards

National Outdoor Book Awards - The National Outdoor Book Awards honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing.

Nobel Prize – honors work of a single author for a body of work.

Pulitizer Award

Pura Belpre Awards – ALA - 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.

World Fantasy Awards

AUTHOR WEB SITES

David Almond
Julia Alvarez
Laurie Halse Anderson
Avi
J.M. Barrie
T.A. Barron
Hilari Bell
Francesca Lia Block
Judy Blume
Bruce Brooks
Meg Cabot
Lewis Carroll
Michael Chabon
Robert Cormier