And the winner is...

...no, I'm not talking about David Cook (although I'd be happy to!...way to go DC!!!)...the following is a list of some of the major book awards, and some of the winners that we have here in the library @ Rez.

Michael L. Printz award ~ for excellence in Young Adult (YA) literature (one of my favourite awards...the books that have won have ALWAYS been amazing reads)

• American Born Chinese (2007) ~ Gene Luen Yang (GN FIC YAN)
• Looking for Alaska (2006) ~ John Green (FIC GRE)
• how i live now (2005) ~ Meg Rosoff (FIC ROS)
• The First Part Last (2004) ~ Angela Johnson (FIC JOH)

Alex awards ~ books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2008) ~ Ishmael Beah (966.40409 BEA)
• Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska (2007) ~ Michael D'Orso (796.32362 DOR)
• Anansi Boys (2006) ~ Neil Gaiman (FIC GAI)

Margaret A. Edwards ~ for lifetime achievement in YA literature

• Orson Scott Card (2008) ~ try Ender's Game, or the Seventh Son series (FIC CAR)
• Lois Lowry (2007) ~ try The Giver (FIC LOW)
• Jacqueline Woodson (2006) ~ try If You Come Softly (FIC WOO)
• Francesca Lia Block (2005) ~ try Weetzie Bat (FIC BLO)

Governor General Awards ~ for Canadian Literature

• The Law of Dreams (2006 - fiction) ~ Peter Behrens (FIC BEH)
• A Perfect Night to Go to China (2005 - fiction) ~ David Gilmour (FIC GIL)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (2004 - non-fiction) ~ Lt.-Gen Romeo Dallaire (967.57104 DAL)
• Airborn (2004 - children's fiction) ~ Kenneth Oppel (FIC OPP)

White Pine awards ~ from the Ontario Library Association - Canadian YA fiction

• Keturah & Lord Death (2008) ~ Martine Leavitt (FIC LEA)
• Shattered (2007) ~ Eric Walters (FIC WAL)
• The Blue Girl (2006) ~ Charles de Lint (FIC DEL)
• More than You Can Chew (2005) ~ Marnelle Tokio (FIC TOK)
• The First Stone (2004) ~ Don Aker (FIC AKE)

Young Adult Canadian Book Award ~ from the Canadian Library Association

• The Blue Helmet (2007) ~ William Bell (FIC BEL)
• Swimming in the Monsoon Sea (2006) ~ Shyam Selvadurai (FIC SEL)
• A Complicated Kindness (2005) ~ Miriam Toews (FIC TOE)
• True Confessions of a Heartless Girl (2003) ~ Martha Brookes (FIC BRO)

Coretta Scott King ~ given to African American authors and illustrators for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions

• Copper Sun (2007) ~ Sharon Draper (FIC DRA)
• Jimi & Me (2006) ~ Jaime Adoff (FIC ADO)
• Who Am I Without Him (2005) ~ Sharon Flake (FIC FLA)
• First Part Last (2004) ~ Angela Johnson (FIC JOH)

Other awards include:

• CBC's Canada Reads ~ Five great works of Canadian fiction. Five celebrity panelists. One winner.
• One Book One Community ~ encourages people in the Region of Waterloo to read the same book, meet to discuss it at various events, and get enthusiastic about reading
• Giller Prize ~ best in Canadian fiction
• American Library Association booklists (including Popular Paperbacks, Quickpicks, Graphic Novels, and more)
• National Book Award ~ awards in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, young people's literature
• Orange Prize ~ for fiction written by women
• Pulitzer ~ for books published in the US - fiction, biography, general non-fiction, history and poetry
• Man Booker Prize ~ annual contemporary fiction award, to writers from the British Commonwealth and Ireland