The American Library Association recently announced several 2012 youth book award winners.
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Have you read any of these books? What did you think? What were your favorite books from last year?
Printz AwardWhere Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Printz Honor Books
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Michael L. Printz Award is awarded for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. See more information about the Newbery Medal and past winners
here.
Newbery Medal Winner
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Newbery Honor Books
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
The Newbery Medal is awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. See more information about the Newbery Medal and past winners
here.
Sibert Medal Winner
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet
Sibert Honor Books
Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Larry Dane Brimner
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say
The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. See more information about the Sibert Medal and past winners
here.
