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Angela's groups research Note: I (Brianna) added some more information to our information page. **The Michael L. Printz Award- ** is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. 2010 Printz winner

Going Bovine by Libba Bray published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House

2009 Printz winner by Melina Marchetta published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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2008 Printz Winner The White Darkness By Geraldine McCaughrean Published by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins

2007 Printz winner American Born Chinese By Gene Luen Yang Published by First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award - first awarded in 2009, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. 2010 Morris Award Winner Flash Burnout By L.K. Madigan, Published by Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

2009 Morris Award Winner A Curse Dark as Gold By Elizabeth c. Bunce Published by Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic

The Margaret A. Edwards Award -established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.

2010 Winner Jim Murphy is the recipient of the 2010 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">The Great Fire <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">The Long Road to Gettysburg <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy .
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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">2009 Winner Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award for //Catalyst, Fever 1793,// and //Speak.//

2008 Winner

Orson Scott Card is the recipient of the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for his novels <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">Ender's Game and <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">Ender's Shadow

2007 Winner

Lois Lowry is the recipient of the 2007 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for her infamous novel //The Giver.//

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">2006 Winner Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for her novels, “//I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This”, “Lena”//

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">2005 Winner Francesca Lia Block is the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding contributions to young adult readers for her novel, //Weetzie Bat (1989)//

=Alex Awards -=

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">2010 Winners

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Bride’s Farewell <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everything Matters! <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Good Soldiers <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Magicians <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My Abandonment <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Peter Rock, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Gail Carriger, published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stitches: A Memoir, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by David Small, published by W.W. Norton & Company.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Kevin Wilson, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">Works Cited "Alex Awards." ala.org.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;"> American Library Association, 2006. web. 02 October 2010. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">"Margaret A. Edwards Award." <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">ala.org. American Library Association, 2006. web. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;"> 02 October 2010. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">"Michael L. Printz Award (YALSA)." <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">ala.org. American Library Association, 2007. web. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;"> 02 October 2010. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">"William C. Morris YA Debut Award." <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">ala.org. American Library Association, 2007. web. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;"> 02 October 2010. =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">The Problem Novel = ==== Although many genres exist in young adult literature, the //problem novel// tends to be the most popular among young readers. //Problem novel// refers to young adult novels in the realistic fiction category that “addresses personal and social issues across socioeconomic boundaries and within both traditional and nontraditional family structures” (Cole 98). ==== ==== There are many characteristics that define the //problem novel//: ==== ==== 1. Characters in these novels are not perfect and they come from all different races, cultures, family structures, and socioeconomic backgrounds. 2. The setting is close to home—problems at school, dysfunctional families, violence in impoverished communities, ect. 3. The atmosphere of //problem novels// is serious. The outcome of the novel may end with hope, but can also end with tragedy. 4. The characters use their //native language//, meaning they speak realistically, using slang and profanity like teens often do. 5. The style of //problem novels// has evolved. Chapters “may be written in verse, developed through alternating chapters with different voices, of framed in a collection of short stories. They may be multigenred texts, containing e-mails, text messages, journals, poetry, letters, news articles, and more” (Cole 102). ==== ==== The //problem novel// is incredibly popular among teen readers because they deal with contemporary issues that teens can identify with. These novels also tend to “push the envelope” and contain material that some may consider inappropriate, but these inappropriate issues are often issues facing real-life teens. ==== ====  Work Cited Cole, Pam B. //Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century//. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 98-108. Print. ====

Most teachers use a unit plan where they teach one book at a time and usually discuss it in class for three weeks. This book says that to help students bridge the gap, you should "Examine more broadly two or more works that deal with the same theme or themes. This requires the students to modify their attitude towards YA Lit. This author also says that "If teachers require books that students can handle and enjoy, then more students are likely to want to read similar books. It is also a good idea to let students have class time to talk about the books, this provides a positive atmosphere for the struggling students." A main priority for teachers is to get the students to trust us, by showing the students that we understand what they want to read this will help them atleast trust our judgement.
 * Building Bridges: Getting Students From Wherever They Are to Where the Curriculum Said They Should Be**

It is helpful to use Theme Connectors, this will help the students realize that multiple books can be connected to each other. One main point of this section of the book is getting students to see the connection between YA novels and the Classics. I think it is very important for students to realize the connections they can make with other books as well as other genres.

"Our goal is to help students find pleasure in reading and to make them lifelong readers. Using YA novels and other shorter works as bridges to the classics or to other required literature will helpo us to achieve the goal of building the bridges for the students and the curriculum." This is a very true statement, and one that as future educators we should try hard to achieve before getting into the classroom.