The American Library Association’s 2012 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Jan. 23, 2012, 7:45 a.m. CT from Dallas, Texas. The announcements are part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, Jan. 20 – 24, 2012. Ocean County Library librarians will meet on Friday, January 6 to discuss the following titles and to select a mock Printz winner:
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eauty Queens by Libba Bray
Shine by Lauren Myracle
The Floating Islands by Rachael Neumeier
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Stick by Andrew Smith
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Lani Taylor
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
The Isle of Blood by Rick Yancey
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Have we overlooked anything? (Chime is purposefully absent from our list. I tried reading it long before the National Book Award debacle and found it completely boring. I couldn’t finish it – though I read the last few pages and it validated my decision.)
Other Printz blogs/lists:
Book Envy
My Head is Full of Books
Opps…Wrong Cookie
Someday My Printz Will Come
