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The '''Alex Awards''' is an annual event designed to commend and honor the ten books published for adults during the previous year, which have been also judged to have "special appeal" for young readers, primarily those in the 12 to 18 age range.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex | title = YALSA's Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05 | publisher = American Library Association | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090226104206/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex| archivedate= 26 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |
The '''Alex Awards''' is an annual event designed to commend and honor the ten books published for adults during the previous year, which have been also judged to have "special appeal" for young readers, primarily those in the 12 to 18 age range.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex | title = YALSA's Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05 | publisher = American Library Association | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090226104206/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex| archivedate= 26 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |
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The awards, named after the dedicated [[Baltimore]] librarian, Margaret Alexander Edwards, who was known as "Alex", are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and ''[[Booklist]]'' magazine.<ref name=carter>{{cite journal | last = Carter | first = Betty | title = Who Is Margaret Edwards and What Is This Award Being Given In Her Honor? | journal = The ALAN Review | issue = Spring 1992 | pages = 45–48 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> The list of books published during the previous year serves to provide the choice of titles selected for the awards which were initially bestowed in 1998 and, since 2002, have been administered by the [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA) a division of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Only one author, [[Neil Gaiman]], has made the list twice. |
The awards, named after the dedicated [[Baltimore]] librarian, Margaret Alexander Edwards, who was known as "Alex", are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and ''[[Booklist]]'' magazine.<ref name=carter>{{cite journal | last = Carter | first = Betty | title = Who Is Margaret Edwards and What Is This Award Being Given In Her Honor? | journal = The ALAN Review | issue = Spring 1992 | pages = 45–48 | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> The list of books published during the previous year serves to provide the choice of titles selected for the awards which were initially bestowed in 1998 and, since 2002, have been administered by the [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA) a division of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Only one author, [[Neil Gaiman]], has made the list twice. |
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==Alex recipients== |
==Alex recipients== |
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| {{sort|Connolly,John|[[John Connolly (author)|John Connolly]]}} |
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| {{sort|Book of Lost Things,The|''[[The Book of Lost Things]]''}} |
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| 2006<ref name=osix>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex.cfm | title = 2006 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2006<ref name=osix>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex.cfm | title = 2006 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Bates,Judy Fong|[[Judy Fong Bates]]}} |
| {{sort|Bates,Judy Fong|[[Judy Fong Bates]]}} |
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| ''Midnight at the Dragon Café'' |
| ''Midnight at the Dragon Café'' |
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| {{sort|Glass Castle: A Memoir,The|''[[The Glass Castle|The Glass Castle: A Memoir]]''}} |
| {{sort|Glass Castle: A Memoir,The|''[[The Glass Castle|The Glass Castle: A Memoir]]''}} |
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| 2005<ref name=ofive>{{cite web | url= http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/05alex.cfm | title = 2005 Alex Awards | accessdate= 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2005<ref name=ofive>{{cite web | url= http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/05alex.cfm | title = 2005 Alex Awards | accessdate= 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Almond,Steve|[[Steve Almond]]}} |
| {{sort|Almond,Steve|[[Steve Almond]]}} |
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| ''[[Candyfreak|Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America]]'' |
| ''[[Candyfreak|Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America]]'' |
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| ''Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants'' |
| ''Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants'' |
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| 2004<ref name=ofour>{{cite web|url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/alex04.cfm | title = 2004 Alex Awards | accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2004<ref name=ofour>{{cite web|url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/alex04.cfm | title = 2004 Alex Awards | accessdate=2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Davis,Amanda|[[Amanda Davis]]}} |
| {{sort|Davis,Amanda|[[Amanda Davis]]}} |
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| ''Wonder When You'll Miss Me'' |
| ''Wonder When You'll Miss Me'' |
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| ''[[Leave Myself Behind]]'' |
| ''[[Leave Myself Behind]]'' |
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| 2003<ref name=othree>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2003alexawards.cfm | title = 2003 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2003<ref name=othree>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2003alexawards.cfm | title = 2003 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Barry,Lynda |[[Lynda Barry]]}} |
| {{sort|Barry,Lynda |[[Lynda Barry]]}} |
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| ''One Hundred Demons'' |
| ''One Hundred Demons'' |
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| ''[[10th Grade]]'' |
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| 2002<ref name=otwo>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2002alexawards.cfm | title = 2002 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2002<ref name=otwo>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2002alexawards.cfm | title = 2002 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Brooks,Geraldine|[[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]]}} |
| {{sort|Brooks,Geraldine|[[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]]}} |
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| ''[[Year of Wonders|Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague]]'' |
| ''[[Year of Wonders|Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague]]'' |
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| ''Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self'' |
| ''Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self'' |
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| 2001<ref name=oone>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2001alexawards.cfm | title = 2001 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 2001<ref name=oone>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2001alexawards.cfm | title = 2001 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Strauss,Darin|[[Darin Strauss]]}} |
| {{sort|Strauss,Darin|[[Darin Strauss]]}} |
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| ''Chang and Eng: A Novel'' |
| ''Chang and Eng: A Novel'' |
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| ''Soldier: A Poet's Childhood'' |
| ''Soldier: A Poet's Childhood'' |
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| 2000<ref name=oo>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/annotations/2000alex.cfm | title = 2000 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Breashears,David|[[David Breashears]]}} |
| {{sort|Breashears,David|[[David Breashears]]}} |
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| ''High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places'' |
| ''High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places'' |
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| ''Imani All Mine'' |
| ''Imani All Mine'' |
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| 1999<ref name=ninenine>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/1999alexawards.cfm | title = 1999 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}</ref> |
| 1999<ref name=ninenine>{{cite web | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/1999alexawards.cfm | title = 1999 Alex Awards | accessdate = 2009-03-05}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{sort|Alexander,Caroline|[[Caroline Alexander]]}} |
| {{sort|Alexander,Caroline|[[Caroline Alexander]]}} |
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| {{sort|Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition,The|''[[The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition]]''}} |
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Revision as of 12:52, 16 November 2012
The Alex Awards are also a separate award given for excellence in entertainment packaging.
Alex Award | |
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Description | Adults books with "special appeal" for adolescents |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA). |
First awarded | 1998 |
Website | http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm |
The Alex Awards is an annual event designed to commend and honor the ten books published for adults during the previous year, which have been also judged to have "special appeal" for young readers, primarily those in the 12 to 18 age range.[1]
The awards, named after the dedicated Baltimore librarian, Margaret Alexander Edwards, who was known as "Alex", are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist magazine.[2] The list of books published during the previous year serves to provide the choice of titles selected for the awards which were initially bestowed in 1998 and, since 2002, have been administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Only one author, Neil Gaiman, has made the list twice.
Alex recipients
References
- ^ "YALSA's Alex Awards". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "YALSA's Alex Awards. 2012 Winners". Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Alex Awards 2011". Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2010 Alex Awards". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2006 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2005 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2004 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2003 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2002 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2001 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2000 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1999 Alex Awards". Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1998 Alex Awards". Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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