And the Winners Are...

Today, the American Library Association announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards. They give out many awards for everything from nonfiction to audiobooks, but the most famous are definitely the Caldecott and the Newbery. Here are some of the award winners of teen interest:

Michael L. Printz Award (given for excellence in literature written for young adults)

• Winner: Going Bovine by Libba Bray
• Honor: Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
• Honor: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
• Honor: Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
• Honor: Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes

The Schneider Family Book Award is given for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. The winner in the young adult category was Marcelo in the Real World written by Francisco X. Stork.

Walter Dean Myers won the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has written many exceptional books for teens including Fallen Angels, Monster, and Sunrise Over Fallujah.

The William C. Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults. This year's winner was Flash Burnout written by L.K. Madigan.

The Odyssey Award is given for excellence in audiobook production and is not age-specific. One of the honor audiobooks was In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer.

Look for these books at the library!