Showing 1–10 of 10 books

• List: Alex Awards
• Award year: 2009

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  City of Thieves

  By David Benioff

  Two teenage boys encounter cannibals, murderers, prostitutes, and assassins as they struggle to complete an impossible task during the freezing Siege of Leningrad in this funny, shocking, and briskly written tome.

  • Horror, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780670018703
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  The Dragons of Babel

  By Michael Swanwick

  In this original steampunk fantasy, young Will embarks on a quest that takes him to the dizzying heights and gritty depths of the postindustrial world of Babel.

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780765319500
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  Finding Nouf

  By Zoë Ferraris

  After a 16-year-old girl from a wealthy Saudi family is found dead in the middle of the desert, a devout Muslim guide and a young medical examiner seek to unravel the mystery while facing the sanctions of Middle Eastern society.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780618873883
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  The Good Thief

  By Hannah Tinti

  In this suspenseful and unpredictable adventure, Ren, a one-handed eighteenth-century orphan, becomes apprenticed to a con man. Surprisingly, Ren seems born to it.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780385337458
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  Just After Sunset: Stories

  By Stephen King

  Modern terrors abound—a porta-potty prison, class warfare on an apocalyptic afternoon—in this wickedly compelling collection of macabre, absurd, and gleefully vulgar stories. Scary, dirty fun.

  • Horror, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9781416584087
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  Mudbound

  By Hillary Jordan

  At the close of WW II, two soldiers return to their home in the South to find racial tensions as explosive as the battlefields of Europe. This beautifully written story casts a spell as inescapable as the mud fields of the Mississippi Delta.

  • Historical Fiction
  • Conflicted: Life During Wartime
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014, Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9781565125698
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  Over and Under

  By Todd Tucker

  Andy and Tom's fourteenth summer is defined by adventures in the woods and caves near their home, a strike that polarizes their small town, and secrets that test their friendship.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780312379902
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  The Oxford Project

  By Stephen G. Bloom, Peter Feldstein (Photographer)

  In this riveting sociological study, the residents of Oxford, Iowa were photographed in 1984 and then again in 2005. Their compelling life stories, vividly expressed in brief biographical sketches, show just how much someone can change in 21 years.

  • Nonfiction
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9781599620480
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  Sharp Teeth

  By Toby Barlow

  A fast-paced ride through the brutality of L.A.'s wilderness of drugs, gangs, and the connections people make with one another. The fact that most of the characters in this bloody, sexy, free-verse tale are mostly lycanthropes is almost incidental.

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780061430220
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  Three Girls and Their Brother

  By Theresa Rebeck

  This witty satire of show-biz politics, told from the perspective of four New York teenage siblings in the eye of a publicity tornado, provides a fascinating insider's look at the world of the rich and famous.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2009
  • ISBN: 9780307394149