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2012 Book Awards

The American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association has announced the award winners for 2012.

The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature goes to:

Where Things Come BackWhere Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.


Printz Honor Books:

Why We Broke UpWhy We Broke Up by Daniel Handler.  Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end.


The ReturningThe Returning by Christine Hinwood. When the six-year war between the Uplanders and Downlanders is over and Cam returns home to his village, questions dog him, from how he lost an arm to why he was the only one of his fellow soldiers to survive, such that he must leave until his own suspicions are resolved.


Jasper JonesJasper Jones by Craig Silvey.  In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.



The Scorpio RacesThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.  Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.


The Margaret A. Edwards Award for an author whose books have made a "significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens" goes to Susan Cooper for her The Dark Is Rising Sequence.

The Alex Award


The Alex Award (Adult Books that Appeal to Teens)


The Morris Award


The Morris Award (New Authors)



Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction


Award for Excellence in Nonfiction



Odyssey Award


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Coming Events in 2012 (and Beyond)

Note These Special Events Calendar


Special Library Events:   

  • Meet E. Lockhart (Real Live Boyfriends - the fourth Ruby Oliver book, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks) at the Bethesda Library on Thursday, February 9, 5 p.m. More
  • Meet  Marie Lu (Legend), Andrea Cremer (Nightshade series), Beth Revis (Across the Universe), and Jessica Spotswood (The Cahill Witch Chronicles) at the Bethesda Library on Thursday, February 16, 5 p.m. More
  • Meet Ally Carter (Gallagher Girls series) and Rachel Hawkins (Hex Hall) at the Bethesda Library on Tuesday, March 13, 5 p.m. More

Exciting Newly Published Books:

January:
  • A Million Suns: An Across the Universe Novel by Beth Revis
  • Bloodrose: A Nightshade Novel by Andrea Cremer
  • Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection by Sara Shepard
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  • Diabolical by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate
February:
  • Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard
  • Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr
March:
  • Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls) by Ally Carter
  • Spell Bound (A Hex Hall Novel) by Rachel Hawkins

Movies Scheduled for 2012 Release:
  • The Hunger Games (March 23)  -  trailer
  • Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (November 16)
  • The Hobbit (December 14)  -  trailer
  • Life of Pi (December 21)
  • The Great Gatsby (December 25)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012 date undetermined)
and coming in 2013: Enders Game, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, and Catching Fire (November 22, 2013).
 

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Upcoming Programs

  • Saturday Pizza and Books  at the Chevy Chase Library on February 11, noon to two.  More The Giver
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