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Alex Awards Program 2006 ALA Annual, New Orleans
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ALA Annual, New Orleans
4:00 PM Saturday, June 24, 2006
Morial Convention Center Rooms 388-390
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Program Agenda
Introduction: Alex Award Overview: Marketing Adult Books to Teens: Authors: A. Lee Martinez Susan Palwick Greg Galloway Jeanette Walls Neil Gaiman
YALSA has selected ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers to receive the 2006 Alex Awards. The awards, co-sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, were announced at ALA’s 2006 Midwinter Meeting and will appear with the titles’ full annotations in the March 1 issue of Booklist magazine.
The 2006 Alex Awards Winners are:
Bates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Café. Counterpoint, $14 (1582431892)
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate. St Martins, $19.95 (0312332688)
Gaiman, Neil. Anansi Boys. William Morrow & Company, $26.95 (006051518x)
Gallaway, Gregory. As Simple As Snow. Putnam, $23.95 (0399152318)
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. Alfred A. Knopf, $24 (1400043395)
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner. Tor, $12.95 (076531711)
Palwick, Susan. The Necessary Beggar. Tor, $ 24.95 (076531097x)
Rawles, Nancy. My Jim. Crown, $19.95 (1400054001)
Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land: A Memoir. Counterpoint, $23 (152433380)
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Scribner, $25 (0743247531)
The 2006 Alex Awards Committee: Chair, Ann C. Theis, Chesterfield County Public Library, VA; Teresa A. Beck, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA; Priscille M. Dando, Robert E. Lee High School, VA; Jennifer Jung Gallant, Elyria Public Library, OH; Holly B. Koelling, Bothell Regional Library, WA; Ellen Loughran, Brooklyn, NY; Charlynn M. Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI; Judy Sasges, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA; John Sexton, Ashland Branch Library, OR; and Gillian Engberg, Booklist Consultant, IL. Administrative Assistant: John Sexton, Ashland Branch Library, OR.
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Publishers Thanks to all the publishers who generously supported the work of the 2006 Alex Award Committee. Special thanks to: Virginia Stanley - HarperCollins Kathleen Doherty and Juliet Pederson - Tor/Forge
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