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Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Young Adult Novel
The ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Young Adult Novel, established in 1998, is a category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, though they may be written originally in languages other than English. Recipients References {{Los Angeles Times Book Prize English-language literary awards 20th-century literary awards 21st-century literary awards International literary awards Awards established in 1998 20th-century children's literature 21st-century children's literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Since 1980, the ''Los Angeles Times'' has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ... (category added in 1998). In addition, the Robert Kirsch Award is presented annually to a living author with a substantial connection to the American West. It is named in honor of Robert Kirsch, the ''Los Angeles Times'' book critic from 1952 until his death in 1980 whose idea it was to establish the book prizes. The Book Prize program was founded by Art Seidenbaum, a ''Los Angeles Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Northern Light
''A Northern Light'', or ''A Gathering Light'' in the U.K., is an American historical novel for young adults, written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by Harcourt in 2003. Set in northern Herkimer County, New York in 1906, it is based on the murder of Grace Brown case —the basis also for ''An American Tragedy'' by Theodore Dreiser (1925). In the U.K., Bloomsbury published an edition within the calendar year, entitled ''A Gathering Light'', and Donnelly won the 2003 Carnegie Medal, recognizing the year's outstanding book by a British author for children or young adults."The Carnegie Medal: Recent Winners" . CILIP. Retrieved 2008-02-02. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal a few years later it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a panel to comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rules Of Survival
''The Rules of Survival'' is a 2006 novel written by Nancy Werlin. It depicts the story of a boy and his two siblings trying to survive vicious emotional and physical abuse by their mother, Nikki. This book was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. It also received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members a .... Plot summary The book starts out with an introduction when Matthew Walsh is writing a letter to his younger sister Emmy to tell her the story of their mother's vicious abuse. The real story starts with Matthew and his other younger sister, Callie. Callie is eleven, Matthew is thirteen, and Emmy is a toddler. Callie and Matthew go to the Cumberl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pox Party
''The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party'' is an American historical novel for young adults written by M. T. Anderson and published by Candlewick Press in 2006. It won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature"National Book Awards – 2006" National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-26. (With acceptance speech by Anderson, introduction by jury chair , and some information on all five Young People's Literature authors and books.) and the American Library Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Abundance Of Katherines
''An Abundance of Katherines'' is a young adult novel by John Green. Released in 2006, it was a finalist for the Michael L. Printz Award. The novel includes an appendix by Daniel Biss, a close friend of Green, that explains some of the more complex equations used by the main character, Colin Singleton. Plot summary Colin Singleton, a child prodigy living in Chicago, fears he will not maintain his genius as an adult. Over the span of his life, Colin has dated nineteen girls named Katherine, all spelled in that manner. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Katherine XIX, Colin is longing to feel whole, and longing to matter. He hopes to become a genius by having a "eureka" moment. After graduating from high school, and before college, Colin's best and only friend, Hassan Harbish, convinces him to go on a road trip to take his mind off the breakup. Colin goes, hoping to find his "eureka" moment. After reaching a rural Tennessee town called Gutshot, they visit the supposed resting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Center Of The World (novel)
''The Center of the World'' (original German title: ''Die Mitte der Welt'') is a novel by Andreas Steinhöfel from 1998. It is a story about the problems of growing up, puberty, envy and jealousy, friendship and love. The novel was nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, German Youth Literature Award. The book has been translated into English by Alisa Jaffa and was edited by Jonas Sachwitz. It was published in the UK under the title ''Centre of My World''. Plot The main plot of the novel begins when Phil's best friend Kat (whose actual name is "Katja") returns from her summer vacation with her family. This plot covers the time between July and shortly after New Year's the following year. It is intercut with many different flashbacks. ''Phil'' is seventeen years old, has a twin sister ''(Dianne)'', a best friend ''(Kat)'', a slightly crazy mother ''(Glass)'' with constantly changing male relationships. Some of the men in Glass' life, Phil remembers quite well. For exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For Alaska
''Looking for Alaska'' is American author John Green‘s debut novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction. The characters and events of the plot are grounded in Green's life, while the story itself is fictional. ''Looking for Alaska'' follows the novel's main character and narrator Miles Halter, or "Pudge," to boarding school where he goes to seek a "Great Perhaps," the famous last words of François Rabelais. Throughout the 'Before' section of the novel, Miles and his friends Chip "The Colonel" Martin, Alaska Young, and Takumi Hikohito grow very close and the section culminates in Alaska's death. In the second half of the novel, Miles and his friends work to discover the missing details of the night Alaska died. While struggling to reconcile Alaska's death, Miles grapples with the last words of Simón Bolívar and the meaning of life, leavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Messenger (Zusak Novel)
''The Messenger'', released in the United States as ''I Am the Messenger,'' is a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak, and winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. The story is written from the perspective of the protagonist, taxi driver Ed Kennedy, whose journey begins after he stops a robbery and receives a playing card in the mail. Plot The protagonist is Ed Kennedy, an uninspired nineteen-year-old Australian taxi driver. Ed laments his mediocre life and strained relationship with his mother, as his father died recently and left Ed with only his dog, the Doorman, but does nothing to improve his situation, instead preferring to continue living alone and playing cards every week with his friends: Ritchie, who is unemployed and generally apathetic about life; Marv, a stingy carpenter; and Audrey, a fellow taxi driver whom Ed is in love with, although she does not reciprocate. After accidentally foiling a robbery he is proclaimed a hero by the public, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Juice
''Black Juice'' is the first collection of short stories by Australian writer Margo Lanagan. It was released in paperback by Allen and Unwin in 2004, and features the author's widely anthologised short story "Singing My Sister Down", which won the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. The collection includes 10 original short stories by the author that fall into the fantasy, science fiction, horror and young adult genres. It won the 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. Contents * "Singing My Sister Down" – winner of World Fantasy Award, Ditmar Award, and Aurealis Award * "My Lord's Man" * "Red Nose Day" * "Sweet Pippit" * "House of the Many" * "Wooden Bride" * "Earthly Uses" * "Perpetual Light" * "Yowlinin" * "Rite of Spring" Awards * 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults – winner * 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book – shortlisted * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Peaceful
''Private Peaceful'' is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I in France as he waits for his brother Charlie's execution by firing squad. The story focusses on the harsh realities of English rural life and warfare, and highlights the British Army's practice of executing its own soldiers during the First World War. Morpurgo was inspired to write the novel after learning about the around 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for crimes like desertion and cowardice. The novel helped further the campaign to grant posthumous pardons to the men, which were agreed and implemented by the UK Government in 2006. ''Private Peaceful'' won the 2004 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book Award. It has been adapted by Simon Reade into a stage play, a radio play and a film. The folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How I Live Now
''How I Live Now'' is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature. Plot Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth (who goes by the name of Daisy) is sent from the United States to stay with her aunt Penn and her children, Daisy's cousins, on a remote farm in the United Kingdom during the outbreak of a fictional third world war of the 21st century. Though she is happy about moving away from her stepmother who is pregnant, Daisy is homesick at first. First meeting her 14-year-old cousin Edmond at the airport, Daisy calls him "some kind of mutt"; however, her view of Edmond changes after settling in. Arriving at the farm she also meets Edmond's twin brother Isaac, 9-year-old Piper, and Osbert, who is the eldest brother. Daisy's homesickness only lasts for a short while before she and her extended family become close, and Daisy begins to embra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doing It (novel)
''Doing It'' is a young adult novel by author Melvin Burgess published in 2003. It is a story about the experiences of a group of English teenagers and their discovery of sex. It is told from the point of view of several young men as they learn about love, relationships, and loss. Plot The plot revolves around a group of British teenagers: Dino, who is the most popular guy at school, and his two best friends, Ben and Jonathon. Dino really likes a beautiful girl named Jackie, the most popular girl in school, but she is unwilling to give him what he wants. This gives Dino the chance to get it from other girls behind Jackie's back. Yet problems arise in Dino's family that causes him to realize sex may not be what he needs. Jonathon likes Deborah, but she is overweight; fearing condemnation from his friends and because of a disgusting looking bump on his penis, he fears showing his true feelings. Ben has been secretly seeing his teacher, Miss Young. He used to love it, but now i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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