Tuesday, July 5, 2011

AWARDS!

News!

SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR has won the Michigan Library Association's THUMBS UP! AWARD, which was "established in 1986 to recognize the excellence in, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Teen/Young Adult literature. A committee, consisting of Young Adult and Teen Librarians from all over Michigan, met several times during the year to determine the winner. This year's committee members included Amelia Yunker, Chair,  Zandra Blake, Allison Boyer, Virginia DeMumbrum, Beth Green, Laura Manley, Sian Marshall, Jamie Micka, Erin Strand, Emily Trousdale and Sally Wilcox. Since 2001, the Thumbs Up! Award selection process has also included a teen vote." Thank you, Michigan!

SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR was also named a finalist for ALAN's Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award For Young Adult Fiction. Congrats to Francisco X. Stork for taking top honor. If you haven't read THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS you really should, because it's fantastic. Congrats also to my fellow finalists: Jordan Sonnenblick, Matt de la Peña, and Kristen Chandler

Check back tomorrow for an interview with the always wise and informative Roland Merullo. You don't want to miss that.

To be continued and please keep being you.

Q

4 comments:

Alicia said...

Congrats on the well-deserved recognition!

PK said...

Congrats Q! Signs that you are on the right path.

Scott Humfeld said...

As this window for comments was opening I was thinking of writing "Congrats on well deserved recognition", then ?I saw Alicia's comment. So, I'll say Congratulations on well deserved recognition.
Sorta Like A Rock Star is a book one does not forget.

Alicia said...

Great minds, Scott. Great minds.