Comments on: YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

By: Review: Spies of Mississippi « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

Review: Spies of Mississippi « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:01:31 +0000

[...] On the short list for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. [...]

By: Review: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:03:26 +0000

[...] The Good: One of the five shortlist titles for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. [...]

By: Liz B

Liz B — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:52:19 +0000

Carla, I’m looking forward to reading these books, It seems no matter how many books I read, I find more books I haven’t read!

Cynthia, thanks for the links to the intereviews.

Colleen, I’ll weigh in after I’ve had the chance to read all 5 books.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:16:29 +0000

I’ve read them all! ha! My guess for the award is THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE KKK. I loved JANIS and DARK GAME as well but I’m thinking an award committee would go more for the KKK book (which is incredibly well written and significant). I’m thinking they’d see JANIS and DARK as a little less significant. (Although DARK could be the “dark horse” – so to speak!

I didn’t think SPIES was as well written as the others (and hope someone else returns to this subject for a longer book) and EVERY BONE is just really dry reading for teens although certainly great for reports, etc. (And anyone interested in archaeology and/or anthropology).

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By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Cynthia Leitich Smith — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:39:11 +0000

FYI, I have a great guest posts on their respective books by Ann:
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-post-ann-angel-on-janis-joplin.html

and Susan: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/08/guest-post-susan-campbell-bartoletti-on.html

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:08:52 +0000

These books sound really great. I’m a MLS student who has been trying to read one YA book a week, but so far it’s only been fiction. Excited to add some compelling non-fiction to my reading list!

By: Liz B

Liz B — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:27:26 +0000

Sigh. I forgot the images. I’ll add them later, I promise!