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Celebrate your love of reading AND drawing during Teen Read Week.
Jefferson Township Public Library is holding an art contest. Design a cover for your favorite book! Submit your entry between October 16 – 22 at JTPL.
2011 Award Winners
Michael L. Printz Award: given by the American Library Association for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Winner
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi.
Set outside New Orleans, Nailer and his crew make their living by finding items left by storms and shipwrecks.
Honors
Stolen by Lucy Christopher.
Gemma becomes a prisoner in the Australian outback after she is abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger.
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King.
When Vera’s best friend, Charlie, dies under mysterious circumstances, she is forced to make decisions about the secrets they shared.
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick.
In 1910, Sig and his father are prospecting for gold in the Arctic Circle. Shortly after his father slips through the ice and freezes to death, a mysterious stranger appears and demands money.