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Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Los Angeles Times. 1998. Given in about a dozen categories, including Young Adult Fiction. Margaret A. Edwards Award. YALSA / School Library Journal. 1988. Awarded annually to recognize authors for lifetime contributions to popular young adult literature. Michael L. Printz Award.
The American Library Association 's Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the YALSA division ( Young Adult Library Services Association ). It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended ...
The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit ". It is sponsored by Booklist magazine; administered by the ALA's young-adult division, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); and named for the Topeka ...
Wintergirls was a New York Times bestseller and ALA best book for young adults. In 2009, the novel received the Kirkus Reviews best YA book. While in 2010 Wintergirls made the YALSA list, as well as received recognition from the Chicago Tribune as one of the top ten influential books of the decade.
Young adult literature. Young adult literature ( YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 [1] [2] and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. [3] Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be further categorized as social or coming-of-age novels .
The Margaret A. Edwards Award is an American Library Association (ALA) literary award that annually recognizes an author and "a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". [1] It is named after Margaret A. Edwards (1902–1988), the pioneer, longtime director of young adult services at ...