Elizabeth Fraser

A guide to children’s, teen, and adult book awards, including titles written or published in a variety of formats, genres, languages, and locations, as well as information for readers, librarians, and teachers looking for titles that have won awards. Its having been chosen for an honor is an authoritative, respected reason for adding a book to a library collection. While the Newbery and Carnegie awards enjoy name recognition, there are many other awards that fulfill a wide variety of needs for publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers looking for fast and easy access to titles that have been awarded in a specific subject area, format, or genre. Award-winning authors, artists, and illustrators are granted greater respect not only for their winning title, but for their body of work, making awards a beneficial source for locating material that has been evaluated and chosen based on established criteria. This valuable reference book, organized alphabetically, provides an explanation of each award, including the criteria upon which titles are chosen and current winners. The introduction describes serving on award committees and reviewing books for awards. Age, country, and keyword finding guides provide helpful aids for readers who want to find recognized authors and titles as well as books from different nations, genres, and formats for displays, readers’ advisory, and collection development. Not just a comprehensive list of book awards, Awarding Reading highlights information about the quality of awarded books that will support librarians and educators facing intellectual freedom concerns. Understanding that awards are chosen by knowledgeable professionals, whether librarians, educators, authors, or artists, is becoming more important as artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent.

A guide to children’s, teen, and adult book awards, including titles written or published in a variety of formats, genres, languages, and locations, as well as information for readers, librarians, and teachers looking for titles that have won awards. Its having been chosen for an honor is an authoritative, respected reason for adding a book to a library collection. While the Newbery and Carnegie awards enjoy name recognition, there are many other awards that fulfill a wide variety of needs for publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers looking for fast and easy access to titles that have been awarded in a specific subject area, format, or genre. Award-winning authors, artists, and illustrators are granted greater respect not only for their winning title, but for their body of work, making awards a beneficial source for locating material that has been evaluated and chosen based on established criteria. This valuable reference book, organized alphabetically, provides an explanation of each award, including the criteria upon which titles are chosen and current winners. The introduction describes serving on award committees and reviewing books for awards. Age, country, and keyword finding guides provide helpful aids for readers who want to find recognized authors and titles as well as books from different nations, genres, and formats for displays, readers’ advisory, and collection development. Not just a comprehensive list of book awards, Awarding Reading highlights information about the quality of awarded books that will support librarians and educators facing intellectual freedom concerns. Understanding that awards are chosen by knowledgeable professionals, whether librarians, educators, authors, or artists, is becoming more important as artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent.

Covering more than 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them.Nonfiction has been the workhorse of many young adult library collections—filling information and curricular needs—and it is also the preferred genre for many teen readers. But not all nonfiction is created equal. This guide identifies some of the best, most engaging, and authoritative nonfiction reads for teens and organizes them according to popular reading interests. With genres ranging from adventure and sports to memoirs, how-to guides and social justice, there is something for every reader here.Similar fiction titles are noted to help you make connections for readers, and "best bets" for each chapter are noted. Notations in annotations indicate award-winning titles, graphic nonfiction, and reading level. Keywords that appear in the annotations and in detailed indexes enhance access. Librarians who work with and purchase materials for teens, including YA librarians at public libraries, acquisitions and book/materials selectors at public libraries, and middle and high school librarians will find this book invaluable.

Two women, each intelligent, talented, wealthy, beautiful. What could drive them to kill?These stories take us to Rome and Palermo.Two Boyfriends Too Many is the story of Samantha, who seems interested in nothing beyond her all-consuming career as a writer. Twice she ends up with men she loves, and each one is killed in mysterious circumstances. Following the trails of these murders, a police detective encounters every kind of revelation.The Price of Revenge introduces Flora, gifted with an artist's sensibility and a keen awareness of her surroundings. Here is a painter able to draw the profile of the two thugs who killed her boyfriend during a robbery. But both are unknown to the police, and to track them down Flora enters a world that will change her life forever.

Late in the twentieth century, young Eva marries the much older Antonio, heir to one of Sicily's last large rural estates. Eva prefers the city to country life, while her husband is constantly haunted by personal demons and past jealousies. In view of family squabbles and external influences, with a changing society and even the murderous Mafia encroaching upon their happiness, does the marriage stand a chance?This is a story of the psyche.Here, told from the parallel perspectives of husband and wife, is the tale of a modern couple's very traditional challenges over the course of 25 years. The old Sicily is vanishing, to be replaced by new realities.Intriguing and passionate, the story of Eva and Antonio captures the essence of the experiences of real Sicilian families.Can Eva change her wild ways? Can Antonio save his marriage? What will become of his property? What will be his legacy? In a plot full of twists and turns, surprises lurk around every corner.

A must-have resource for librarians, teachers, and parents on the popular and growing area of teen nonfiction—a genre now mandated by the Common Core Standards.Reality Rules II: A Guide to Teen Nonfiction Reading Interests presents approximately 450 fresh nonfiction titles annotated and organized into genre areas to address the reading interests of today's teens, covering everything from adventure to history, sports, life stories, and how-to.Authored by a member of the first committee for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, this essential guide will help librarians, teachers, and parents find appealing materials for readers interested in nonfiction. The book offers expert guidance on reading levels and provides a list of fiction readalikes at the end of each chapter. It also identifies award-winning books and spotlights titles that appeal to specific groups, such as adult books that teens will enjoy, and books that are ideal for reluctant readers.

It's real, it's radical, and it rocks! Nonfiction has become the preferred genre for many teen readers, both male and female. This guide identifies some of the most popular nonfiction for today's teens, and organizes it into specific genres and reading interests that teens enjoy—from true adventure, sports and life stories, to do-it-yourself. More than 500 titles are described, with notes on classics, award winners, reading levels, read-alikes, and titles that especially appeal to boys and to reluctant readers, or are appropriate for book groups. This is an essential readers' advisory resource for anyone who works with teen readers, and a practical collection development aid. Grades 6-12. Teens read nonfiction for pleasure as much or more than adults. In recent years, librarians have become increasingly aware of the appeal of this literature and the need to offer and promote it to teen readers. This guide focuses on titles created for teens and those with strong teen appeal. The author covers more than 500 titles published since 2000, also including benchmarks and perennial classics that teens continue to enjoy. For each title you'll find complete bibliographic information, a descriptive annotation, indications of award winners, reading levels, read-alikes, titles suitable for book groups, and books with extra appeal for boys. In addition, she identifies fiction read-alikes and sure bets for each subgenre (i.e., consider starting with). A general introduction and chapter introductions discuss the appeals of the genre, working with teens, and issues related to nonfiction. This is an essential guide for any librarian who works with teens.

When Fiona, a young Scottish woman from a small coastal town, goes to college in Nottingham, little does she dream that she will one day live in a place much further from home than this. By chance she meets a black African man in a rainy street and over the next few months they gradually fall in love. It's 1960 and Fiona finds little support from her family, especially from her mother. Nevertheless she marries WiI and they go to live in his home town in Sierra Leone. This is a beautifully told story of the most passionate and extraordinary love. But right from the start it's obvious that Fiona faces the dilemma of life in a society so different to the one she has left. A growing sense of unease keeps us reading on. Are there unforeseen dangers that can destroy her happiness? The book is not just about Fiona's life in Africa, it also tells how she comes to understand where her real destiny lies. It is a truly moving tale of tragedy, grief, joy and finally contentment.