Recommended Reading - Award Winners!

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults From the American Library Association

Young Adult Choices From the International Reading Association

Outstanding Books for the College Bound From the American Library Association

Alex Award From the American Library Association
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.

Quick Picks! From the American Library Association

Printz Award From the American Library Association
Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Newbery Award From the American Library Association
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The Pura Belpré Award From the American Library Association
The Belpre Award medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Author Websites

Alex Flinn
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Andrew Clements
Ann Brashares (Sisterhood Central)
Ann Rinaldi
Anthony Horowitz
Avi
Catherine Jinks
Celia Rees
Chris Crutcher
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paul Curtis
Darren Shan
Ellen Wittlinger
Eoin Colfer
Gabrielle Zevin
Garth Nix
Gary Paulsen
Gordon Korman
Holly Black
Jack Gantos
Jacqueline Woodson
Jane Yolen
Jean Craighead-George
Jeanne DuPrau
Jerry Spinelli
Joan Bauer
Judy Blume
Julie Anne Peters
Kate DiCamillo
Katherine Paterson
Laurie Halse Anderson
Lemony Snicket
Libba Bray
Linda Sue Park
Lois Duncan
Lois Lowry
Lurlene McDaniel
Meg Cabot
Nancy Werlin
Patricia McCormick
Patricia Reilly Giff
Paul Zindel
Paula Danziger
Pete Hautman
Philip Pullman
Rachel Cohn
R.L. Stine (Nightmare Room)
Richard Peck
Roald Dahl
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rodman Philbrick
Roland Smith
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Weeks
Scott Westerfeld
Sharon Creech
Sharon Draper
Sharon Flake
Sonya Sones
Stephanie Meyer
Stephen King
Walter Dean Myers
Will Hobbs


Also, Book Websites

http://www.redwall.org/
http://www.witchchild.com/
http://www.georgianicolson.com/index.html
The Five Ancestors, by Jeff Stone

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