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Printz Honor Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It is sponsored by ''Booklist'' magazine; administered by the ALA's young-adult division, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); and named for the Topeka, Kansas, school librarian Mike Printz, a long-time active member of YALSA. Up to four worthy runners-up may be designated Honor Books and three or four have been named every year. History The Printz Award was founded in 2000 for 1999 young adult publications. Waddle, Linda. "The Association's Associations: YALSA Becomes Printz-Oriented. (Young Adult Library Services Association introduces Michael L. Printz Award) (Michael L. Printz Award) (Brief Article)". ''American Libraries'' 30.11 (Dec 1999): 7. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. June 30, 2009. The award "was created as a counterpoint to the Newbery" in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Adult Library Services Association
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association. YALSA is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand the capacity of libraries to better serve teens. YALSA administers several awards and sponsors an annual Young Adult Literature Symposium, Teen Read Week, the third week of each October, and Teen Tech Week, the second week of each March. YALSA currently has over 5,200 members. YALSA aims to expand and strengthen library services for teens through advocacy, research, professional development and events. History The organization that is now referred to as the Young Adult Library Services Association began on June 24, 1957 and was called the Young Adult Services Division following a reorganization of the American Library Association. This reorganization resulted in the Association of Young People's Librarians being split into the Children's Library Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Love (novel)
''Hard Love'' is a young adult novel written by author Ellen Wittlinger. It was published in 1999. Synopsis John, who can be mean since his parents' divorce six years ago, and Marisol, who has recently come out as a lesbian, meet through their interests in writing zines, into which they pour their life stories. As the story begins, John wonders what it would be like to meet one of his favorite zine writers, Marisol. From her personal biography, she describes herself as a "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." John meets Marisol at a magazine rack on a Saturday when he asks her for coffee. Over time they start to spend more time together and she teaches him the ways of the zine writer. After Marisol tells John that she likes him, he is very surprised. No one had ever told him that they liked him, and he falls in love with her. Marisol doesn't know how to let him down, without losing her new best friend. Throughout the story, John and Marisol try to keep their friendship intact thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Believer (Wolff Novel)
''True Believer'' is a verse novel for young adults, written by Virginia Euwer Wolff and published by Atheneum Books in 2001. It has been published as an audiobook read by Heather Alicia Simms, and translated into Chinese, German, Italian, and Japanese. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature"National Book Awards – 2001" . Retrieved 2012-01-26. (With acceptance speech by Wolff.) and was named a Michael L. Printz Honor book. A review in '' |
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series ''Make Lemonade'' features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There are three books. The second, '' True Believer'', won the 2001 National Book Award for Young People's Literature."National Book Awards – 2001" . Retrieved 2012-01-26. (With text acceptance speech by Wolff.) The second and third, ''This Full House'' (2009), garnered '' |
Chris Lynch
Chris Lynch (born July 2, 1962) is an American writer of books for young people. His works include ''Inexcusable'', a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and ''Iceman'',"The Right Fight", ''Shadow Boxer'', ''Gold Dust,'' and ''Slot Machine'', all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; ''Freewill'' was also a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Some of his works are intended for a high school level audience; some for children and younger teenagers. His short story "The Pellet in the paint can" has been included in the collection ''Guys Write for Guys Read''. (New York: Viking, 2005), and "Arrangements" was included in ''No Such Thing as the Real World'' (HarperCollins, 2009 ). Lynch was born in Boston where he graduated from Emerson College and teaches Creative Writing at Lesley University as of 2011. Books Standalone works *''Pieces'' (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013) *''The Big Game of Everything'' (Harper Teen, 2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dickinson
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for both ''Tulku'' (1979) and ''City of Gold'' (1980), each being recognised as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Through 2020 he is one of eight writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. He was also a highly commended runner-up for ''Eva'' (1988) and four times a commended runner-up. For his contributions as a children's writer Dickinson was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000. Life Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), the second of the four sons of a man in the colonial service and a farmer's daughter. As a child he loved stories about knights in armour and explorers, such as ''Ivanhoe'' and ''King Solomon's Mines'', and read "anything by Kipling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Step From Heaven
''A Step From Heaven'' is the first novel by An Na, published in 2001 by Front Street Press. It won two American Library Association awards: the 2002 Michael L. Printz Award from the Young Adult Library Services AssociationAmerican Library Association: Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books . URL accessed 6 July 2009. and the 2001-2003 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Children and Young Adult Author category) from the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association. Summary At age four, Young Ju moves with her parents from Korea to Southern California. While expecting an easy, blissful life in America, Young Ju sees the stress that the cultural adjustment puts on her family. She struggles with the language barrier in her new school as her parents' relationship begins to strain due to financial issues. During this time, Young Ju's brother Joon Ho is born, and is given more freedom and choices due to his gender. Their father is an alcoholic, who is eventually arreste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Na
An Na (born 1972) is a South Korea-born American children's book author. She gained success with her first novel ''A Step From Heaven'', published by Front Street Press in 2001, which won the annual Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It was also a finalist for the National Book Award, Young People's Literature, and later found its way onto numerous "best book" lists. Life Na grew up in San Diego, California, and has a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College. Starting her career as a middle school English and History teacher, Na turned to writing novels after taking a young adult literature class while enrolled in an M.F.A. program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Oakland, California and Warren, Vermont, and makes frequent visits to middle schools to talk about her works and encourages young Asian-American students to become artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Trueman
Terry Trueman (born December 15, 1947) is a Printz Award-winning author of young adult fiction, with his best known book being '' Stuck in Neutral'', as well as books of poetry and short stories for adults and children. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Trueman has lived in Spokane, Washington since 1974. He also had a home in Tucson, Arizona for many years. He holds master's degrees in applied psychology and creative writing. Early life Trueman grew up in the northern suburbs of Seattle, Washington with his parents. His father, Sydney M. Trueman, was a fighter pilot in World War II and won the Air Medal flying off the Aircraft Carrier USS Ticonderoga. He has one sister. Education Trueman struggled in school, especially during middle school and high school, but graduated from Shoreline H.S. in 1966. He attended Shoreline Community College and Everett Community College in the following couple years, prior to enrolling at the University of Washington in 1968, where he earned his bach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging
''Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging'' is a 1999 young adult novel by English author Louise Rennison. The book is the first of ten books in the ''Confessions of Georgia Nicolson'' series. The book was adapted into a film, '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', released in the United Kingdom and the United States in July 2008. Plot summary Georgia, a teenager, lives with her mother, father, three-year-old sister Libby, and her wild cat, Angus, whom the family found on a holiday to Scotland. Georgia bumps into the popular and attractive Robbie (the "Sex-God"), while helping her best friend, Jas, subtly stalk his brother at the grocery store where he works. The problem is that he is older and has a girlfriend, Lindsay, an older girl who wears a thong and bra padding and secretly claims to be engaged to him. Robbie eventually dumps Lindsay, but tells Georgia that he should not date her because she is too young. In an effort to appear more mature, Georgia tries to bleach a stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Rennison
Louise Rennison (11 October 1951 – 29 February 2016) was an English author and comedian who wrote the ''Confessions of Georgia Nicolson'' series for teenage girls. The series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. Her first and second novels, ''Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging'' and '' It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers'' were portrayed in a film adaptation called '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging''. She also wrote a series of books about Georgia's younger cousin, ''The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey''. Her one-woman live show ''Stevie Wonder Felt My Face'' won acclaim in the 1980s; her other shows were ''Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend'' and ''Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head''. Early life Rennison was brought up in Leeds, Yorkshire, in a three-bedroomed council house in Seacroft with her mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle (Robin) and cousin. She attended Parklands High School, an all-girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body Of Christopher Creed
''The Body of Christopher Creed'' is a young adult novel by Carol Plum-Ucci. It tells the story of a high school student whose life is unravelled when he tries to solve the mystery of a classmate's sudden disappearance. The novel won the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. Plot summary Torey Adams, the narrator, moves to a new town and begins his senior year at Rothborne, a boarding school. As he starts thinking about the school year ahead, he remembers the strange events of his junior year, including the disappearance of his former classmate Christopher Creed. Christopher disappeared without a trace, apart from an email that he sent to the principal. The prelude concludes with Torey sending an email containing his retelling of the events. In the past, Torey and his friends read the email from Christopher. It suggests that Christopher either committed suicide or ran away. The email references a number of people in town who Christopher admires as guys who have "everything," inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |