2009 Printz Awards for Young Adult Literature

This week, the American Library Association announced the winners of the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award for literary excellence in young adult literature. And the winners are:

2009 Printz Award Winner:

Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta

"Haunted by the past, Taylor Markham reluctantly leads the students of the Jellicoe School in their secret territory wars against the Townies and the Cadets. Marchetta's lyrical writing evokes the Australian landscape in a suspenseful tale of raw emotion, romance, humor and tragedy" (From the ALA website).


2009 Printz Honor Books:

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson

• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart

• Nation, by Terry Pratchett

• Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan

LA Times Book Prize nominees announced

The Los Angeles Times announced its 2007 Book Prize finalists Thursday, in the categories of Biography, Current Interest, Fiction, First Fiction, History, Mystery/Thriller, Poetry, Science & Technology, and Young Adult Fiction.

In addition, novelist Maxine Hong Kingston was named the 28th recipient of the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, which "honors a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition.”

The Book Prize winners will be announced April 25^th as part of the 13th annual LA Times Festival of Books.