Awards
Text Book Reflection
There are many awards presented to authors and novels for
young adults. These awards enable librarians to help build their collections
with quality literature that will interest students across a wide selection of
literature from realistic fiction and fantasy, to nonfiction and graphic
novels. The Printz Award is given to books that exemplify excellence in young
adult literature. Awards of excellence are also given by YALSA for nonfiction,
graphic novels and new young adult authors. YALSA also publishes serval lists that
contains books considered the Best of
to assist librarians in the selecting of new materials for their collections.
They have also developed a Best of paperback
lists that includes interesting categories such as “It’s the end of the world
as we know it” and “Once upon a twisted time”. There are other honors such as
the Edwards Award given to authors for a body of work that contributes a lasting
contribution to young adult literature. The ALEX award is given to ten books
every year written for adults, that also appeal to teens. The Odyssey Award is
given to the best audiobook and there is also a list published by YALSA
containing 30 of the best audiobooks for the year. There is also an award given
to books nominated and voted on by teens, The Teens Top Ten, hosted by YALSA. The
International Literacy Association, also hosts a teen driven list every year
spotlighting teen nominated books. To help find books for reluctant readers,
YALSA also sponsors a significant list for this hard to target audience.
There are also awards for various categories of young adult
literature. The Edgar Award is for mysteries, NCTE Award for Poetry, the Orbis
Pictus for nonfiction, Sibert Award for the best informational book, the Scott
O’Dell Award for Historical fiction, the Pura Belpre Award for best portrayal
of the Latino experience, Schneider Family Book Award for the best portrayal of
a child with disabilities and the Stonewall Award for honoring GLBT literature.
Texas also sponsors its own lists to help encourage reading:
Lone Star List is for Jr. High students, TAYSHAS reading list is for High
School age students and the Maverick list spotlights graphic novels.
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