spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade

Young Adult CD Library
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Award-Winning Titles
Perfect For Young Adult Listeners
The Michael L. Printz Award is bestowed each year on a book that
exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named in honor
of a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian. The award was first given in 2000.
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD WINNERS
2011 Please Ignore Vera Deitz (see page 14)
Nothing (see page 5)
2010 Going Bovine (see page 71)
2005 How I Live Now (see page 72)
2004 The First Part Last (see page 70)
2002 A Step from Heaven (see page 78)
2001 Kit’s Wilderness (see page 16)
2000 Monster (see page 74)
2011 Girl in Translation (CD 978-0-3077-3618-5)
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOKS
2010 Charles and Emma (see page 67)
2009 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Volume II: The Kingdom On the Waves
(see page 16)
2008 Your Own, Sylvia (see page 80)
2007 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to
the Nation Volume I: The Pox Party (see page 16)
The Book Thief (see page 72)
2006 I Am the Messenger (see page 72)
2005 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (see page 54)
2004 Fat Kid Rules the World (see page 70)
A Northern Light (see page 75)
2003 My Heartbeat (see page 74)
Hole in My Life (see page 27)
2002 True Believer (see page 107)
2000 Hard Love (see page 71)
Speak (see page 17)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
(CD 978-0-3077-3715-1)
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
(CD 978-0-3077-3741-0)
2010 The Bride’s Farewell (CD 978-1-4159-6506-1)
The Magicians (CD 978-1-4159-6245-)
Everything Matters! (CD 978-1-4159-6470-5)
2008 A Long Way Gone (CD 978-1-4159-3803-4)
2007 Black Swan Green (CD 978-1-4159-2850-9)
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
(CD 978-1-4159-3304-6)
ALEX AWARDS
Each year the Alex Awards honor ten outstanding adult fiction and nonfiction books that appeal to teen
readers. The award recognizes the work of Margaret Alexander Edwards, a pioneer in young adult services.
2006 Never Let Me Go (CD 978-1-4159-1629-2)
2005 Shadow Divers (CD 978-1-4159-0283-7)
2003 My Losing Season (CD 978-0-7366-8834-5)
2002 Peace Like a River (CD 978-0-7366-8529-0)
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
(CD 978-0-7366-7557-4)
2001 Flags of our Fathers (CD 978-1-4159-2834-9)
In the Heart of the Sea (CD 978-0-7366-5972-1)
1999 The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary
Antarctic Expedition (CD 978-0-7366-6294-9)
1998 Into Thin Air (CD 978-0-7366-5136-3)
See pages 81-83 for more Popular Adult
Audiobooks for Teen Listeners.