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2008 Alex Awards

Each year, The American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world, honors the best books published that year.

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.



This is a selection of our current 2008 Alex Awards titles. To find other titles or authors, or just to browse, please use the search box.

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - hardcover
By Ishmael Beah - $26.95 - add to cart

At the age of 12, Ishmael Beah experienced a grievous loss of innocence when a rebel army moved through his village in Sierra Leone. After months of running for survival, he was coerced into battle...

 

American Shaolin - trade paperback
By Matthew Polly - $18.00 - add to cart

Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling torme...

 

Spellman Files - trade paperback
By Lisa Lutz - $16.00 - add to cart

Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addic...

 

Tales From The Farm - trade paperback
By Jeff Lemier - $13.50 - add to cart

Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained a...

 




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