The American Library Association has announced its book awards for 2010. (I’m sure you all had teachers who made you read a Newbery Award book when you were younger!) Click on any title to reserve it.

Printz Award: Best Book Written for Young Adults (Teenagers)

• Winner: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Honor Books: Stolen by Lucy Christopher
• Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
• Nothing by Janne Teller

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Lifetime Achievement Award to an author of Young Adult (Teen) Literature
Sir Terry Pratchett

Alex Awards: Best Adult Books for Teenagers

• The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
• The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
• Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray
• The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson

Newbery Medal: Most Oustanding Children’s Book

• Winner: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• Honor Book: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King (Author) Award: Outstanding Book for Children or Young Adults (Teens) written by an African-American Author

• Winner: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
• Honor Books: Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
• Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri

Pura Belpré (Author) Award: Best children’s books by a Latino Author which best exemplifies Latino culture.

• Winner: The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Honor Books: ¡Olé! Flamenco by George Ancona
• The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle
• 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis

Congratulations to all the winners!