ALA TOP YOUNG ADULT BOOKS	MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARDS
YALSA TOP YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION	ALEX AWARDS
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	POST-APOCALPYTIC	HISTORICAL FICTION
	Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi New Orleans, ravaged by hurricanes and global warming. is a drowned city. Nailer is a light crew scavenger tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach and his life gets more dangerous.	Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Revolution Haunted by the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her estranged father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.
FANTASY	REALISTIC FICTION	FANTASY	REALISTIC FICTION
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta	Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson	Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride	Trash by Andy Mulligan
Finnikin and his fellow exiles from Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a mute novice named Evanjalin to return home.	Amy and Roger must both learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as expected.	When Sam discovers he is a necromancer he must learn to control his power in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt rival and save his friends.	Three garbage-picker boys find an item of great value to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will triumph.
REALISTIC FICTION	REALISTIC FICTION	FANTASY	HISTORICAL FICTION
Perkins, Mitali.  Bamboo People.  Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.	Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows.  Boaz is back from his tour of duty in Iraq and is hailed as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home?	Saenz, Benjamin. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Weeks in therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and haunted by nightmares.	Sedgwick, Marcus.  Revolver.  Sig is alone with his father’s body when the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness.

2011 Michael L. Printz Award The Michael L. Printz Award is for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. 2011 Winner Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Ship Breaker takes place near a drowned New Orleans, ravaged by hurricanes and global warming. Nailer and his young crew eke out a meager existence by scavenging materials on the ship-littered coast. “This taut, suspenseful novel is a relentless adventure story featuring nuanced characters in thought-provoking conflicts. Bacigalupi artfully intertwines themes of loyalty, family, friendship, trust and love,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Erin Downey Howerton. 2011 Printz Honor Books HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY REALISTIC FICTION FANTASY HISTORICAL FICTION Stolen by Lucy Christopher The rugged Australian outback becomes Gemma’s prison after she is drugged and abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger in a first novel filled with searing imagery and archetypal characters. Please Ignore Vera Dietz  by A.S. King Vera Dietz wants to be ignored, but the ghost of her ex-best friend won’t leave her alone in this dark comedy that examines relationships, identity, grief and flowcharts. Revolver written by Marcus Sedgwick In Sedgwick’s grim, chilling story set in the Arctic Circle, Sig finds his father’s frozen corpse as human predator Wolff arrives seeking retribution and a hidden Gold Rush treasure.  Nothing written by Janne Teller Pierre Anthon’s nihilism causes his classmates to begin a search for life’s meaning in this bold, unsettling parable translated from Danish.

2011 ALEX AWARDS The Alex Awards, through YALSA and cosponsored by Booklist and the Margaret A. Edwards Trust, honor the top 10 adult books, published during the previous year, with appeal to readers between the ages of 12 and 18. ALEX Awards
	MEMOIR The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell	HISTORICAL FICTION  The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
REALISTIC FICTION The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni	WAR JOURNAL Room by Emma Donoghue	MEMOIR Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant	FANTASY The Radleys by Matt Haig
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MEMOIR The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton	FANTASY Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok	MEMOIR Breaking Night by Liz Murray	FANTASY The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson

2011 YALSA BEST YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION

	2011 WINNER Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel
From her humble beginnings in a small town in Texas to her marquee life as a superstar of '60s rock, Janis Joplin remains an icon of music. Despite her short life, she left an indelible impression on the music of an era.

KKK: AMERICAN TERRORISTS They Called Themselves the KKK Susan Campbell Bartolett	SPIES AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS Spies of Mississippi Rick Bowers	SPIES IN WARS The Dark Game Paul Janeczko	ARCHAEOLOGY Every Bone Tells a Story Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw
Bartoletti provides readers with an in-depth look at the formation  of the KKK and its subsequent evolution into a violent organization.  With  primary source material, she details  the horrific history of the Ku Klux Klan and the people who fell victim to its reign of terror.	In 1958, the state of Mississippi began an undercover operation, The Sovereignty Commission, to spy on and potentially squelch the Civil Rights movement.  Bowers' expose of this unknown organization reveals the extent to which some were willing to go to see segregation remain the law of the state.	This compilation of different spies carries readers from the Revolutionary War through the infamous Cold War era.   Delve into stories about the Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI, Soviet moles, Mata Hari and more as you uncover just how they changed the course of history.	Through fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and scientific debate, the bones of Turkana Boy, Lapede Child, Kennewick Man and Iceman are used to tell the fascinating stories of four member of the human family tree.  Maps, photographs, and news headlines add to our understanding of archeology's cutting edge science.