Showing 51–100 of 140 books
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Forever
In presenting this award to Judy Blume for Forever, the Young Adult Library Services Association recognizes that she broke new ground in her frank portrayal of Michael and Katherine, high school seniors who are in love for the first time.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1996
- ISBN: 9780878880799
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Forged by Fire
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689806995
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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780590458818
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Gentlehands
M.E. Kerr (Maryjane Meaker) is a pioneer in realistic fiction for teenagers. Her characters and plots often deal with ordinary teenagers who, faced with extraordinary situations and events, must make tough choices.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1993
- ISBN: 9781497641990
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Getting the Girl
Tired of being the underdog, Cameron Wolfe hungers to become something worthwhile and finally finds a girl with whom he can share his words and feelings--his popular brother Rube's ex-girlfriend. With lyrical prose, memorable characters, and authentic dialogue, Zusak's richly nuanced stories capture and hold teens' attention from the first word to the last.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780439389495
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The Ghost Belonged to Me
In 1913 in the Midwest a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to "exorcizing" a ghost. Through sharp wit and strong storytelling, Richard Peck's novels encourage readers to carefully examine the world around them as well as to seek possibilities beyond immediate view.- Mystery, Thriller
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1990
- ISBN: 9780140386714
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Ghosts I Have Been
Blossom Culp's gift of second sight, which she discovers gradually, leads her into some unusual adventures. Through sharp wit and strong storytelling, Richard Peck's novels encourage readers to carefully examine the world around them as well as to seek possibilities beyond immediate view.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1990
- ISBN: 9780141310961
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The Giver
In a society where all choice has been taken away, Jonas fights for freedom.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010, Margaret A. Edwards Award 2007
- ISBN: 9780440237686
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Going Postal
Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses-until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into-a government job? Pratchett's tales of Discworld have won over generations of teen readers with intelligence, heart, and undeniable wit.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780060013134
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The Great Fire
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster,Murphy recreates the events and reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed. Murphy's well-researched books bring history alive through multiple narratives involving young people.- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780439203074
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Greenwitch
In one of the most influential epic high fantasies in literature, Cooper evokes Celtic and Arthurian mythology and masterly world-building in a high-stakes battle between good and evil, embodied in the coming of age journey of Will Stanton.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780689840340
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The Grey King
In one of the most influential epic high fantasies in literature, Cooper evokes Celtic and Arthurian mythology and masterly world-building in a high-stakes battle between good and evil, embodied in the coming of age journey of Will Stanton.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780689829840
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Guards! Guards!
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Pratchett's tales of Discworld have won over generations of teen readers with intelligence, heart, and undeniable wit.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780061020643
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A Hat Full of Sky
Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster. Pratchett's tales of Discworld have won over generations of teen readers with intelligence, heart, and undeniable wit.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780060586607
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Hatchet
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9781424217847
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Heaven
At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But doesn't know the truth. And when the truth comes down with the rain one stormy summer afternoon, it changes everything.All of a sudden, Marley doesn't know who she is anymore and can only turn to the family she no longer trusts to find out. Truth often brings change. Sometimes that change is for the good. Sometimes it isn't.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781442403420
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Homecoming
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9780689310089
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Hoops
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
- ISBN: 9780440938842
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How They Met, and Other Stories
A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, and joy of falling in love.- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375848865
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I Am the Cheese
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive. Cormier's brilliantly crafted and troubling novels have achieved the status of classics in young adult literature.- Mystery, Thriller
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1991
- ISBN: 9780375840395
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I Am the Messenger
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness. With lyrical prose, memorable characters, and authentic dialogue, Zusak's richly nuanced stories capture and hold teens' attention from the first word to the last.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780375830990
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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Twelve-year-old Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780385320313
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If You Come Softly
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black, and Ellie, who is white, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780399231124
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In the Hand of the Goddess
Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2013
- ISBN: 9781442427648
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Izzy, Willy-Nilly
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9781416903390
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Jackaroo
When hard times among the People revive the old stories of the hero Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her own quest to unlock the secret reality behind the legend. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9780689864353
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Just Listen
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2017, Teens' Top Ten 2007
- ISBN: 9780670061051
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Keeping the Moon
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2017
- ISBN: 9780670885497
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Killing Mr. Griffin
Duncan's novels allow readers to examine themselves, their circumstances and their world.- Mystery, Thriller
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1992
- ISBN: 9780440945154
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Lady Knight
When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780375814655
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The Left Hand of Darkness
A human emissary sent to the world of Winter to bring it into a galactic civilization must find a way to bridge the gulf between his outlook and that of the natives, who can change gender at will. In her writing, as in her life, Ms. Le Guin takes on issues arising from the effort to live humanely in the natural world, exploring the tension between individuality and social norms.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2004
- ISBN: 9780441478125
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Lena
Thirteen-year-old Lena and her younger sister Dion mourn the death of their mother as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from their abusive father. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780385323086
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Lioness Rampant
Alanna continues to create her own life as a female warrior when she and new companions journey to the Roof of the World seeking the powerful Dominion Jewel.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780689311161
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The Long Road to Gettysburg; A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Murphy's well-researched books bring history alive through multiple narratives involving young people.- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780618051571
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Looking for Red
Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul. But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare. And Mike must come to terms with that loss or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the life she and her brother once shared.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780689863882
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Love is the Higher Law
Three New York City teens express their reactions to the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and its impact on their lives and the world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375834691
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Meet the Austins
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father. L'Engle tells stories that uniquely blend scientific principles and the quest for higher meaning.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1998
- ISBN: 9780312379315
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Miracle's Boys
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780399231131
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Missing Angel Juan
Block encourages teens to celebrate their own true selves, helping them discover what time they are upon and where they do belong.- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2005
- ISBN: 9780064471206
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Mort
Unable to be objective, Mort, Death's bumbling apprentice, kills an assassin instead of Keli, the princess who should have been his victim. Pratchett's tales of Discworld have won over generations of teen readers with intelligence, heart, and undeniable wit.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780061020681
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Motown & Didi
Motown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
- ISBN: 9780440957621
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My Darling, My Hamburger
Four high school seniors struggle with the responsibilities of growing up, particularly the problems of an intimate relationship.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2002
- ISBN: 9780370012148
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart. Norah is questioning all of her assumptions about the world. They have nothing in common except for their taste in music, until a chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375846144
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Night Kites
M.E. Kerr (Maryjane Meaker) is a pioneer in realistic fiction for teenagers. Her characters and plots often deal with ordinary teenagers who, faced with extraordinary situations and events, must make tough choices.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1993
- ISBN: 9780060232542
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Nimona
A villain, a hero, a shapeshifting teen tell a story of adventure, danger... and Science! This full cast production brings to life the story, reminiscent of radio dramas. The addition of a narrator goes beyond the text, enhancing the listener's experien
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery
Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest Revolutionary War heroes.- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781250024602
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November Blues
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9781416906988
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One Fat Summer
An overweight fourteen-year-old boy experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2001
- ISBN: 9780064470735
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The Outsiders
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. S.E. Hinton's books have shown, over the past twenty-one years, the "lasting ability to speak to the young adult experience, to help reader to become more aware of themselves and of the world around them."- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1988
- ISBN: 9780670532575
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Over Sea, Under Stone
In one of the most influential epic high fantasies in literature, Cooper evokes Celtic and Arthurian mythology and masterly world-building in a high-stakes battle between good and evil, embodied in the coming of age journey of Will Stanton.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780689840357
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