Alex Awards (1998-today)

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5 participants (280 books)

Overview

The Alex Awards annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18”. Since 2002, the Alex Awards have been administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

Challenge Books

1

The Secret Family: Twenty-Four Hours Inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies by David Bodanis

The Secret Family: Twenty-Four Hours Inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies

Secrets #3

David Bodanis

2

All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg

All Over But the Shoutin'

Rick Bragg

3

Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America by Rebecca Carroll

Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America

Rebecca Carroll

4

What Girls Learn by Karin Cook

What Girls Learn

Karin Cook

5

Snow in August by Pete Hamill

Snow in August

Pete Hamill

6

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

7

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

8

Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa Into the Twenty-First Century by Velma Maia Thomas

Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa Into the Twenty-First Century

Velma Maia Thomas

9

Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven by Dawn Turner Trice

Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven

Dawn Turner Trice

10

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Oxford Time Travel #2

Connie Willis

11

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

12

Getting In by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Getting In

Jennifer Finney Boylan