{"id":399,"date":"2012-01-19T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/cindy2\/index.php\/2012\/01\/19\/awards\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:54:58","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/19\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The American Library Association (ALA)\u2019s mid-winter meeting begins this weekend in Dallas, Texas. On Monday, January 23, the winners of the various big awards will be announced. Last year I watched the ceremony live on my computer with my school librarian and a couple people who wandered into the library. The year before I had the winners texted to my phone while I waited for a friend at an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n


This year I have a meeting that begins right about the same time as the awards. I may have to follow the awards on twitter and try to contain my enthusiasm for the winners. I would prefer watching with other book-loving friends and being able to cheer as winners are announced. <\/span><\/p>\n

 
The two awards I\u2019m the most interested in are the Newbery and the Printz.<\/span><\/p>\n

 
Last year the Newbery went to: <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"   Moon over Manifest<\/em> by Clare Vanderpool<\/span><\/p>\n

with honors to<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"     \"\"    \"\"    \"\"
<\/span><\/p>\n

Turtle in Paradise<\/em> by Jennifer L. Holm   <\/span><\/p>\n

Heart of a Samurai<\/em> by Margi Preus<\/span><\/p>\n

Dark Emporer and other Poems of the Night<\/em> by Joyce Sidman<\/span><\/p>\n

One Crazy Summer<\/em> by Rita Williams-Garcia<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The Printz went to:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"    Ship Breaker<\/em> by Paolo Bacigalupi<\/span><\/p>\n

with honors to<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"    \"\"    \"\"    \"\"<\/p>\n

Stolen<\/em> by Lucy Christopher<\/span><\/p>\n

Please Ignore Vera Dietz<\/em> by A.S. King<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolver<\/em> by Marcus Sedgwick<\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing<\/em> by Janne Teller<\/span><\/p>\n

 
I haven\u2019t read all the winners. I enjoyed Turtle in Paradise<\/em> and One Crazy Summer<\/em> a lot. Turtle is about a girl sent to live with relatives in the Florida Keys in the 1930\u2019s, and One Crazy Summer<\/em> is about three sisters who spend a summer across the country in California with their unknown mother during the 1960\u2019s. Two books grounded in events of the times where characters learn about their families. I\u2019m looking forward to the sequel to One Crazy Summer<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n


Ship Breaker<\/em> takes place in a bleak future where people survive by collecting scrap metal and wire from ships and other places and selling\/trading to try to stay alive. It has adventure and survival themes, plus bio-engineered \u201cmonsters\u201d, rich girls who appear dead but aren\u2019t, and hurricanes. The companion novel, The Drowned Cities<\/em>, will be out in May. I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy. Although it doesn\u2019t have many of the same characters, it is another great adventure in this world.<\/span><\/p>\n


I also enjoyed Vera Dietz which has an interesting format\u2014even some of the buildings have chapters telling what\u2019s going on from their point of view. The Revolver<\/em> is about a boy whose father has just frozen to death. While he waits for help to arrive, a man shows up saying the boy\u2019s father cheated him during the Alaskan Gold Rush. Good tense mystery!<\/span><\/p>\n

 
Next week when the awards are announced, I\u2019ll have lots of books to add to my reading piles! I can\u2019t wait!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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