{"id":4716,"date":"2013-03-27T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2013-03-27T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:16:16","slug":"2013-alex-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=4716","title":{"rendered":"2013 Alex Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>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&#8217;s publishing. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/alex-awards#current\">source<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>2013 Winners<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cCaring is Creepy,\u201d By David Zimmerman, Published by Soho Press\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/CaringisCreepy.JPG\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cGirlchild,\u201d By Tupelo Hassman, Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Girlchild.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \u201cJuvenile in Justice,\u201d By Richard Ross, Published by  Richard Ross\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Juvenile.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore,\u201d By Robin Sloan, Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/MrPenumbras_0.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cMy Friend Dahmer,\u201d By Derf Backderf, Published by Abrams ComicArts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Dahmer.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cOne Shot at Forever,\u201d By Chris Ballard, Published by Hyperion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/OneShotatForever.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cPure,\u201d By, Julianna Baggott, Published by Grand Central Publishing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Pure.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cThe Round House,\u201d By Louise Erdrich, Published by Harper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/RoundHouse.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cTell the Wolves I'm Home,\u201d By Carol Rifka Brunt, Published by Dial Press \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Wolves.JPG\" \/> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cWhere'd You Go, Bernadette?,\u201d By Maria Semple, Published by Little, Brown and Company\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/sites\/ala.org.yalsa\/files\/content\/Bernadette.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Caring is Creepy<\/em> by David Zimmerman<\/li>\n<li><em>Girlchild <\/em>by Tupelo Hassman<\/li>\n<li><em>Juvenile in Justice<\/em> by Richard Ross<\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. Penumbra&#8217;s 24-Hour Bookstore <\/em>by Robin Sloan<\/li>\n<li><em>My Friend Dahmer <\/em>by Derf Backderf<\/li>\n<li><em>One Shot at Forever<\/em> by Chris Ballard<\/li>\n<li><em>Pure <\/em>by Juliana Baggott<\/li>\n<li><em>The Round House<\/em> by Louise Erdrich<\/li>\n<li><em>Tell the Wolves I&#8217;m Home<\/em> by Carol Rifka Brunt<\/li>\n<li><em>Where&#8217;d You Go, Bernadette?<\/em> by Maria Semple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s publishing. 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