Awards of Interest to Upper Schoolers & Other Readers

Many readers will have heard of the Newbery (yearly prize to the author of  to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children) and the Caldecott (awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. 

But there are a host of other annual awards managed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) that a good source of books titles for older readers: Alex,

The following highlighted titles are part of the Roeper M/U Library Collection.

Alex Award  


Given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18

Morris Award

Honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

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Printz Award

For a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

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For more information about the YALSA awards and booklists, click here.



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