Friday, February 5, 2010

USA Alex awards - teen reading

You might be interested in the latest Alex awards, at this link. Although many of the books are American, we'll have some of them in the National Library collection (although not this year's yet - too soon !)
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm

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. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002. Link to this page using its short URL, www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Edwards pioneered young adult library services and worked for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, and over the years she has served as an inspiration to manylibrarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

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