Category Archives: National Book Award
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
“Sometimes you get caught. Caught up in moments, in the whirlwind of events. Caught unawares. It’s just not you but wrong place, wrong time, wrong company can really easily add up to giving people the wrong idea about yourself. And … Continue reading
Shine by Lauren Myracle
“I closed the crawl space door. I got to my feet and brushed myself off. My chest was tight, but I looked at the blue sky, clear and pale above the tree line, and said out loud, ‘Fine, I’ll do … Continue reading
Filed under GLBT, Mystery, National Book Award Finalist, Realistic Fiction, YA Lit
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
“Miss O’Brien looked at me-I didn’t see her looking at me but I knew she was. She wanted to know who I was. Who was Steve Harmon? I wanted to open my shirt and tell her to look into my … Continue reading
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
“When the day came, Eduardo received the newborn into his hands as though it were his own child. His eyes blurred as he laid it in a crib and reached for the needle that would blunt its intelligence. ‘Don’t fix … Continue reading
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
“My brother was a black hole in my universe. He was sucking the life right out of me. It seemed as if I was being pulled into this crater by a force I couldn’t fight. Liam was already … Continue reading
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
“It’s easy to become anything you wish…so long as you’re willing to forfeit your soul.” This graphic novel is a super-award winner (the heavy hitters- the Printz Award and a National Book Award finalist nomination). It is composed of three … Continue reading
Feed by M. T. Anderson
‘”No one with feeds thinks about it,’ she said. ‘When you have the feed all your life, you’re brought up not to think about things. Like them never telling you that it’s a republic and not a democracy. It’s something … Continue reading
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
“Hugo quickly realized he had to make it seem like his uncle was still around. He would keep the clocks running as precisely as possible, and he’d take his uncle’s paychecks from the office when no one was looking (although … Continue reading
Filed under Caldecott Medal, Graphic Novel, National Book Award Finalist
Godless by Pete Hautman
“I mean, you can’t prove a negative, right? Like, you can’t prove that God doesn’t exist, and you can’t prove that the water tower isn’t God. “ One of my professors recently commented that religion is probably one of the … Continue reading
Filed under ALA/YALSA Best Book, National Book Award, Realistic Fiction, YA Lit
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
“’Half the crews out here find some cache of oil or copper or whatever and none of them figure out what to do with it. Crew boss grabs it in the end, and they get bumped off the wrecks…Luck isn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Adventure, Award Winners, Futuristic, Michael L. Printz, National Book Award, Uncategorized
