Looking for a good book to read? This blog is the first of two which shares books that won nationally recognized awards in 2009. Ask a librarian if you need help deciding which ones are good for you and look for part two tomorrow.
The book on this list most often is Nation by Terry Pratchett, which is also one of my favorites from last year. It is about how a native boy and a British girl find themselves and build a new society after a tsunami wipes out the boy’s island. It’s a laugh-out-loud adventure set in an alternative reality that is just slightly different than our own.
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The Printz Award honors excellence in literature written for teens.
2009 Winner:
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
2009 Printz Honor Books
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, V. 2: 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
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award recognizes the most popular books among middle and high school students in the State of Colorado. Teens nominate their favorite titles and select the winner (Ask your librarian about voting next year).
2009 Winner:
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
In addition to the 86 titles selected for the full list of Best Books for Young Adults, the 2009 committee has selected the following as the ten best books for young adults.
It's Complicated: The American Teenager by Robin Bowman
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner
Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
Baby by Joseph Monninger
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
The Brothers Torres by Coert Voorhees
Teens' Top Ten
More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten!
Paper Towns by John Green
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Wake by Lisa McMann
Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Come back tomorrow for more awards!
