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2019 Teen Book Award Winners February 2019
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Michael Printz Award Winner and Honor Books |
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Printz Award Winner Starring: 15-year-old Xiomara, who isn't afraid to speak with her fists when she's harassed on the street, but who discovers that poetry offers an outlet for her family frustrations, her doubts about her Catholic faith, and her feelings about her secret boyfriend.
About the author: Slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo makes her debut with this bittersweet, hard-hitting novel in verse.
Try this next: Isabel Quintero's Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, for another memorable Latina character finding her voice.
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A heart in a body in the world
by Deb Caletti
The National Book Award finalist and author of Stay finds a traumatized teen fleeing to Washington, D.C., where she becomes a reluctant activist in her effort to escape the past, in a tale that touches on such themes as gun violence, rape culture and misdirected guilt. Printz Honor Book.
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Damsel
by Elana K Arnold
Required to slay a dragon and rescue a damsel to be his bride in order to inherit, a crown prince astonishs the girl of his choice, who has no memory of her capture by a dragon and who discovers unsettling truths about the legends shaping their lives. Printz Honor Book.
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I, Claudia
by Mary McCoy
Unexpectedly pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council, disaffected teen historian Claudia McCarthy resolves to use her influence to make positive changes at Imperial Day Academy only to be challenged by scandals, power-hungry rivals and political dilemmas. Printz Honor Book.
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YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction for Teens
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Hey, Kiddo
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
This Author is coming to SLO Library April 10th, 6:30PM to have a free community discussion about this award winning book!
What it is: a touching expressive graphic memoir in which author and artist Jarrett J. Krosoczka describes -- with gut-punching openness -- how he was raised by his caring, challenging grandparents while his heroin-addicted mother was in rehab (or jail).
Who it's for: If you're looking for a mature, unflinching family story, Hey, Kiddo might be for you.Short listed for the National Book Award for Young Readers.
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The unwanted : stories of the Syrian refugees
by Don Brown
The award-winning creator of The Great American Dust Bowl incorporates evocative graphic artwork into an exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis that draws on survivor testimonies to explore the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone. Award winner.
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The beloved world of Sonia Sotomayor
by Sonia Sotomayor
The first Hispanic Associate Justice of the Supreme Court traces her childhood ambition to become a lawyer and judge, her battle with juvenile diabetes, the economic roadblocks that challenged her goals and the importance of how she learned to dream big. Simultaneous eBook.
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Schneider Family Award Winner and Honor Book
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Anger Is a Gift
by Mark Oshiro
Starring: Moss Jeffries, who's black, gay, prone to panic attacks, and completely fed up with how West Oakland High's so-called security policies result in violence toward innocent students.
For fans of: unflinching realistic fiction about diverse characters who organize and take action in the face of injustice.
About the author: You might recognize Mark Oshiro from his "Mark Does Stuff" blogs, where he reviews popular books and TV series.
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William Morris Award for New Teen Authors |
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
Morris Award Winner Starring: Persian American Darius Kellner, a depressed, geeky tea enthusiast who's bullied at school and misunderstood by his family.
What happens: A visit to Iran introduces Darius to a new side of himself, as well as to his first real friend, Sohrab.
Why you might like it: You'll be immersed in Darius's experiences as he digs deeper into Persian culture, grows closer to Sohrab, and grapples with mental illness and identity.
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Blood water paint
by Joy McCullough
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible
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Check, Please! 1 : Hockey
by Ngozi Ukazu
When a figure skater that loves to bake gets a scholarship to play collegiate hockey, hilarity, hockey, romance and the unexpected ensues.
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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Featuring: Zélie, a divîner with dormant magic abilities who's fed up with King Saran's brutal oppression; Amari, the rebellious princess who hopes to reawaken the magic in Zélie and others like her; and Inan, the crown prince who's determined to stop them.
Book buzz: This vivid, fast-paced trilogy opener is already generating excitement among readers on social media.
Further reading: Looking for another richly drawn Afrofantasy series? Try Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch or Tochi Onyebuchi's Beasts Made of Night.
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What the night sings : a novel
by Vesper Stamper
Lushly illustrated with evocative imagery, a poignant tale about a young Holocaust survivor finds her struggling to survive, rebuild and come to terms with the losses of her family and everything she knew after being liberated from a Nazi concentration camp, a situation that is complicated by her growing feelings for a fellow survivor.
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Alex Award Winners -Books for Adults that Teens will love
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The book of Essie
by Meghan MacLean Weir
The seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, has a secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart
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Circe : a novel
by Madeline Miller
A highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning The Song of Achilles follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
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Educated : a memoir
by Tara Westover
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after
by Clemantine Wamariya
Traces the author's harrowing experiences as a young child during the Rwanda massacres and displacements, which separated her from her parents and forced the author and her older sister to endure six years as refugees in seven countries, foraging for survival and encountering unexpected acts of cruelty and kindness before she was granted asylum in a profoundly different America.
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Green : a novel
by Sam Graham-Felsen
Struggling with bullying in his largely segregated, working-class neighborhood in 1992 Boston, Dave, a white boy at a mostly black middle school, befriends a youth who lives in public housing and who confounds Dave's assumptions about black culture before their bond is tested by girls, family secrets and national violence.
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Home after dark : a novel
by David Small
Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to dilapidated 1950s Marshfield, California where he is forced to fend for himself against a ring of malicious bullies
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How long 'til black future month?
by N. K Jemisin
Offers a collection of the author's short fiction, including "The City Born Great," where a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul
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Lawn boy : a novel
by Jonathan Evison
Faced by a life of menial prospects in the years after high school, Mike Muñoz, a young Mexican-American, attempts over and over to change his life for the better and achieve the American dream, only to be stymied by social-class distinctions and cultural discrimination. By the author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.
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Spinning silver
by Naomi Novik
Deciding to collect on the outstanding debts owed her family of moneylenders, a young woman is overheard boasting about being able to turn silver into gold by the creatures who haunt the wood, in this reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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