The American Library Association today announced the top books, audiobooks, and video for children and young adults. Here are the 2010 literary award winners in young adult categories:
Michael L. Printz Award winner: "Going Bovine" by Libba Bray
Michael L. Printz Honor Books:
1. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
2. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
3. Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
4. Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes
Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement awarded to Walter Dean Myers
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience, teen award winner: Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork.
William C. Morris Award honoring a book written by a first-time author for young adults: Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: Jim Murphy
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language, honor book: Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
1. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
2. The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff
3. Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.
4. The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
5. The Kids are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
6. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
7. My Abandonment by Peter Rock
8. Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger
9. Stitches: a Memoir by David Small
10. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
