Congratulations to all of our American Library Association Award Winners

We are thrilled to share the full list of Sourcebooks authors and titles that have won American Library Association (ALA) awards, which were announced at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle last week. Click "Read More" below for more on each award winning book and and authors. 

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Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illus. by Giovanni Rigano is a 2019 Notable Children’s Book​

​The Notable Children’s Book list is compiled by a committee of the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) and highlights the best of the best of children’s books. The committee looks for books that are of high quality, exhibit “venturesome creativity,” and reflect and encourage children’s interests. Illegal appears on the list in the “Older Readers” category. 

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Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illus. by Giovanni Rigano, is ​a 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten Pick

​The 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is presented annually through the Young Adult Services Library Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The final list is 138 titles, drawn from 205 official nominations, and Illegal has been chosen as one of the top ten! The books on the list are recommended for ages 12—18, and meet high literary and production quality standards. Some of their criteria include the clarity of visual flow, outstanding quality of artwork, and a narrative enhanced by the artwork.

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Five Sourcebooks Fire titles are on the 2019 Rainbow Book List

We are thrilled to share that five Sourcebooks Fire titles are on the 2019 Rainbow List: 

• ​Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Berube
• The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood
• Love is Love by Dr. Michael Genhart, illus. by Ken Min
• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

The full list of titles is shown above. The Rainbow Book List is put together to highlight books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content for children and young adult audiences. It is aimed to aid those working with the LGBTQ youth community and well as youth themselves. This year the committee evaluated over 400 books and selected 107 titles for the final list. The list is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT).
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After the Fire by Will Hill is a 2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults title

The Best Fiction for Young Adults list is curated by a committee of librarians and educators, and aims to highlight exemplary young adult fiction titles recommended for ages 12 to 18, and provide librarians and library workers a resource to curate their own collections. To learn more about the list, click here.
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Alone by Cyn Balog and Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano are 2019 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers

The Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers list is compiled by a team of librarians and educators to select fiction and nonfiction that encourage reading among teens who dislike to read, as well as have an attractive and enticing physical appearance, clear writing style and acceptable literary quality. To learn more about the list and criteria, click here.
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Now a Major Motion Picture by Cori McCarthy and Someone I Used to Know by Patty Blount are on the 2019 Amelia Bloomer List

The Amelia Bloomer Project is a program that looks for books for their reading list that offer significant feminist content for young readers, as well as those are well-written and well-illustrated. ​To learn more about the Amelia Bloomer List, click here.

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