[LM_NET] GEN: Sherman Alexie wins National Book Award

["R. Deutsch" <rdlibnyc@GMAIL.COM>]

National Book Award winners were announced tonight. Sherman Alexie won in
the YA category for his first YA novel *The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian*  (Little, Brown & Company)
Check the website for other winners
http://www.nationalbook.org/
If you haven't gotten a copy of the book, run and do so!  I took a bunch of
kids to the teen press conference for the finalists, and we got copies of
the five books in the YA category ahead of time (thanks to the
publishers) Four boys (11th graders) who are quite reluctant readers
couldn't put the book down!  Their teacher even came up to thank me!

A word about the choices this yeare: We had students (9th through 11th
grade) reading all the nominated books  -- each student got a copy of ONE of
the titles -- and there wasn't one teen who didn't REALLY REALLY like the
book he/she read!  It was a great bunch of books this year!!!!!  Kudos to
the judges.

-- 
Rena Deutsch, Librarian
Seward Park Campus Schools
350 Grand St.
New York, NY 10002
(212) 475-4148 x435
rdlibnyc@gmail.com

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