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Award-Winning Books for Children and Teens!

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The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books for children and young adults today. Click here for a complete list of all winners.

Newbery Award: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Caldecott Award: A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead

Printz Award: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill

2010 National Book Award Winners Announced

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FICTION

WINNER: Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule

Finalists:
Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America

Nicole Krauss, Great House

Lionel Shriver, So Much for That

Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel

NON-FICTION

WINNER: Patti Smith, Just Kids

Finalists:
Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

John W. Dower, Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq

Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward

Megan K. Stack, Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE

WINNER: Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird

Finalists:
Paolo Bacigalupi, Ship Breaker

Laura McNeal, Dark Water

Walter Dean Myers, Lockdown

Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer

2010 Christy Awards

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Christy Awards are given to Christian fiction written by contemporary writers.

Contemporary Romance: Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills

Contemporary Series: Who Do I Talk to? Neta Jackson

Contemporary Stand Alone: Passion of Mary-Margaret by Lisa Samson

First Novel: Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent

Historical: Through Waters Roar by Lynn Austin

Historical Romance: Silent Governess by Julie Klassen

Suspense: Lost Mission by Athol Dickson

The Hugo Awards

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The Hugo Awards were announced last month.

The City and the City by China Mieville and The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi won Best Novel.

Both authors have new books out this  year. Bacigalupi’s novel, Ship Breaker is about a futuristic world, where teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living. When he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Mieville’s Kraken is a bit of an homage to HP Lovecraft. Tentacles ahoy!

It's a Thriller

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The International Thriller Writers announced the winners of the 2010 Thriller Awards:

  • Best Hard Cover Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
  • Best Paperback Original Novel: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli
  • Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
  • Best Short Story: A Stab in the Heart by Twist Phelan
  • ThrillerMaster: Ken Follett, in recognition of his legendary career and outstanding contributions to the thriller genre
  • True Thriller Award: Mark Bowden
  • Silver Bullet Award: Linda Fairstein

2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature

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Presented annually since 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are given to recognize excellence in the fields of children’s and young adult literature and are presented in three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Non-Fiction, and Picture Book. This year’s winners and honor books are:

Fiction and Poetry: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Non-Fiction: Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge

Picture Book: I Know Here by Laurel Croza, Illustrated by Matt James