2012 ALA Award Winners
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John Newbery Medal
for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos*
Newbery Honor Books
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai*
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Randolph Caldecott Medal
for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
A Ball for Daisy
by Chris Raschka*
Caldecott Honor Books
Blackout by John Rocco*
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith*
Me … Jane by Patrick McDonnell*
Michael L. Printz Award
for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Where Things Come Back
by John Corey Whaley
Printz Honor Books
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler*
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award
recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Books
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield
Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
Shane W. Evans, illustrator and author*
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Honor Book
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
Kadir Nelson, illustrator and author
Schneider Family Book Award
for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
Middle School Award (ages 9 – 13)
close to famous by Joan Bauer*
Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick*
Teen Award (ages 14-18)
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Alex Awards
for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard,
The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern*
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
Odyssey Award
for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults
Rotters produced Listening Library
by Daniel Kraus and narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Odyssey Honor Audiobook
Ghetto Cowboy produced by Brilliance Audio, written by G. Neri and narrated by JD Jackson
Okay for Now produced by Listening Library, written by Gary D. Schmidt and narrated by Lincoln Hoppe
The Scorpio Races produced by Scholastic Inc.,written by Maggie Stiefvater and
narrated by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham
Young Fredle produced by Listening Library, written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter
Andrew Carnegie Medal
for excellence in Children's Video
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard of Weston Woods Studios, Inc., producers of Children Make Terrible Pets.
The video is based on the book written by Peter Brown, and is narrated by Emily Eiden, with music by Jack Sundrud and Rusty Young, and animation by Soup2Nuts.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
Tales for Very Picky Eaters
written and illustrated by Josh Schneider
Geisel Honor Books
I Broke My Trunk written and illustrated by Mo Willems
I Want My Hat Back written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
See Me Run written and illustrated by Paul Meisel
William C. Morris Award
for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
Where Things Come Back
by John Corey Whaley
Morris Award Finalists
Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18, each year:
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
by Steve Sheinkin
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalists
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
by Karen Blumenthal
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
by Sue Macy
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein
by Susan Goldman Rubin
