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Teen Book Awards


For all of you who have ever wondered what those stickers were doing on your books.


—–Michael L. Printz Trophy—–

Printz Award Gold Seal Printz Award Gold Seal -Who is Michael L. Printz? Michael, or Mike to his friends, was a Kansas school librarian, an effective YALSA member, and a passionate advocate for reading and young adults. - Did you know? “If no epithet is deemed sufficiently meritorious, no award will be given that year.” – Printz Award Policies and Procedures Jellicoe Road This year’s title-holder is my personal favorite: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta!

Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, lofty school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

(If it starts a little delayed, stick with it. It gets better. Trust me. ) - What kind of titles can/do win? Each year there are (at most) 1 Printz Confer winner and 4 Printz Honor Award winners. Titles can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry, anthology… basically any “attribute” piece of teen literature can win. For more information on how titles are chosen and by whom, click here. I found the process to be fascinating! —–The William C. Morris YA Launch Award—– - Wait. I’ve never heard of this award. What is it? As the name suggests, the William C. Morris YA Debut Give is an annual award celebrating a exemplary young adult book written by a first-time author. Along with the prizewinner, the committee

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The Best "Back to School" Movies
Huffington Post (blog) - Sep 05, 2010
The Surpass "Back to School" MoviesThe Browning Version (1951)- On the eve of his retirement from an all-boys boarding school where he is generally despised, ailing classics teacher Andrew and more »

Comedy, drama and the return of Cher
Chicago Sun-Times - Sep 05, 2010
“Never Let Me Go” (Sept 24) Carey Mulligan stars as Kathy, a well-lah-di-dah boarding school student who finds out that the ladies at her school are and more »

Usborne Plans Rapid Expansion Of Its Teen Offering With Host Of New Acquisitions
Booktrade.info - Sep 06, 2010
Paranormal novel meets murder mystery in this compelling debut set in an elite American boarding school, where the undead are the big shot pupils.

Four Days, Nights: A Girls' Coming-Of-Age Ceremony
NPR - Sep 05, 2010
Four Days, Nights: A Girls' Coming-Of-Age Ceremonial"Growing up at a boarding school, they came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and they took us. I must have been 5. And I didn't see my mom and my and more »

Former school nurse sentenced on sex abuse charges
KSL-TV - Sep 03, 2010
DUCHESNE COUNTY -- A arbiter in Duchesne County has sentenced a former boarding school nurse to prison for sexually abusing four teenage students.

Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy' books are on Hollywood's radar
Kansas City Star - Aug 11, 2010
Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy' books are on Hollywood's radarIn "Vampire Academy," which came out in 2007, a boarding school in Montana called St. Vladimir's Academy is where one lives stress to Rose, a half-human, half-vampire dhampir and more »

Upcoming releases in movies: 'The Extra Man,' 'Never Let Me Go'
Detroit Free Press - Sep 02, 2010
Upcoming releases in movies: 'The Ancillary Man,' 'Never Let Me Go'"Never Let Me Go": Tale of love and loss explores the lives of friends at an paradisiacal English boarding school who discover a terrible truth about their fate and more »

Money, horses, death and owls pack fall film slate
North County Times - Sep 01, 2010
Money, horses, death and owls pack fall film slate The Communicate Times - LehighValleyLive.com"Never Let Me Go" features Mulligan, Knightley and Andrew Garfield (recently mould in the title role of the next "Spider-Man" movie) as three boarding school SCREEN TIMEall 83 word articles »

Seven fall films are worth the wait for movie lovers
Albany Times Union - Sep 02, 2010
Kazuo Ishiguro's novel is about alienation among a sheltered elite in an English boarding school. Big cheese Mark Romanek proved a master at portraying

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Harvard profs busted for Weare teen party The Union Leader

08.06.10

And Boyd even stood on a listing at the party and repeated the prohibition, he said in an interview last night.

"We were not naive. We figured there was prospering to be drinking, but we would do everything we could to stop it," Boyd said. "Our problem was we trusted these kids like we trusted our kids. Some kids ill-treated the crap out of us."

Police said they were called to 94 Martin Entr about 11 p.m. Sunday after neighbors complained of a large party. So many people under 21 were at the reception that Weare police called officers from Henniker, Dunbarton, Hopkinton and New Boston for lend a hand.

"By night's end, over 70 minors were taken into protective custody," the cops said in a statement. "Through investigation, it was learned that most, if not all, of the subjects taken into guardianship were celebrating their recent graduation from St. Paul's High School in Concord."

Boyd said the old folks' belongs to a colleague of his who lives in Boston, who let him use it for the weekend. The Boyds provided pizza, soda and salad for the reception, he said.

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A book about a teenager who doesn't talk until she discovers who she is at a boarding school...?

Jul 16, 2008 by Mysty | Posted in Books & Authors

And she writes her appointment book, if I can remember, this is how the book is set out mostly.

I read it a few years ago does anyone know the writer or book title?

Does anyone discern it? I think it was a teen - young adult book because I was young at the time.

So Much to Recount You . . . by John Marsden.
Great book, read it last summer.

L | Jul 16, 2008

either address or go ask alice

both great books
UnderRoo | Jul 16, 2008

Can someone recommend me some books?

May 27, 2009 by kenneth1070 | Posted in Books & Authors

I as a matter of fact like teen books set in boarding schools or books about school.
or historical fiction
I'm not to keen on anything with too much fantasy
please can someone give me some ideas. Even if they don't sound like the amiable of things i've said i liked, as long as there good.

Anthony Buckeridge's books about Jennings are the boys' boarding school classics. They're joyful. They may be a little young for you, not to say a little old-fashioned, without quite being historical yet, if you see what I mean. With your tastes, you should certainly take a look at one.

Colin G | May 27, 2009

Where can I find acting audtions for a thirteen year old girl in the U.K?

Jul 16, 2008 by Daisy J | Posted in Theatre & Acting

I am thirteen and get along with a single parent and cannot afford an agent. I have attended a drama boarding school for four years and so I have good experience. My school does not extend many auditions for the younger pupils, so I was wondering if anyone knew if there are any recent auditions for young teens in Television and Mist. It would be great too if the auditions were in the midlands and S.E/S.W. Thank you!

The Echelon newspaper or website. Or just look out for open auditions....like the Harry Potter ones that are advertised nationally.

Debs W | Jul 16, 2008
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