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The American Library Association 's (ALA) Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division. It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are ...
Awarded annually for excellence in young adult literature. The ALA has also put out an annual list of Best Books for Young Adults since 1930, and a Top Ten list since 1997. William C. Morris Award: YALSA: 2009 Given annually to a previously unpublished author "who has made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers". [6]
The American Library Association (ALA) is a professional society for librarians and some other information service providers. Its awards program includes "Books, Print & Media Awards"; professional recognition within the library sciences; and scholarships, fellowships and grants. Some of the former are annual book awards with great public ...
Here's our list of the best young adult books of 2024. Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari Mitra Esfahani and Bea Ortega have been best friends for five years now.
Young adult books may be marketed toward people ages 12 to 18, but that doesn’t mean these reads are limited only to teens. Of those who buy YA books, 55% are over 18 years old, according to a ...
The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit ". It is sponsored by Booklist magazine; administered by the ALA's young-adult division, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); and named for the Topeka ...
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. Told in a series of short, interconnected vignettes, Cisneros’s acclaimed 1984 novel tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicano ...
ALA Notable Books for Adults (established 1944) is an annual list selected by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the ALA. Within RUSA, a 12-member Notable Books Council selects "25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, non-fiction, and poetry books for the adult reader." [1]