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2012 CLA Young Adult Book Award

2012 CLA Young Adult Book Award. The Notables Session CLA Conference 2012, Ottawa Presented by Carol Rigby, YABA Jury Chair. About the Award & the Jury. About the Award. Outstanding Canadian title in English appealing to teens ages 13-18 Written by a Canadian or a landed immigrant

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2012 CLA Young Adult Book Award

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  1. 2012 CLA Young Adult Book Award The Notables Session CLA Conference 2012, Ottawa Presented by Carol Rigby, YABA Jury Chair

  2. About the Award & the Jury

  3. About the Award • Outstanding Canadian title in English appealing to teens ages 13-18 • Written by a Canadian or a landed immigrant • Published in Canada first • Fiction, short stories or graphic novel • Shortlist of 10 • One winner • Up to two honour books

  4. About the Jury • 2011-2012 members by length of term: • Carol Rigby, Chair • Barb Janicek • Kim Hebig • Stephanie Vollick • Carmelita Cousins

  5. Being a jury member can seem overwhelming… Stephanie described the situation on her blog back in January—while my husband grumbles about being a YA book orphan.

  6. Some general publishing trends observed in 2011 • Large increase in self-published submissions, including e-books, but seldom reaching the quality of books from recognized publishers • “Issue” books are still popular: family situation, self-esteem, social inequity, bullying, peer relations, substance use • Relatively little straight “genre” fiction—mysteries, horror, romance, SF, historical novels. Stories may have elements of these but blended into a larger framework or combining several. Fantasy is the strongest genre. • Lots of material dealing with the environment & a dystopian view of the future, with or without a fantasy twist

  7. The 2012 Shortlist In alphabetical order by title…..

  8. All Good Childrenby Catherine Austen 2012 Award Winner Published by Orca First nomination Trend: Dystopian fiction

  9. Fanaticsby William Bell Published by Random House Author was Award winner in 2007 for The Blue Helmet and in 2002 for Stones; multiple nominee Trend: strong male character

  10. The Gatheringby Kelley Armstrong Published by Random House First nomination for this popular author Trend: Paranormal elements, in this case shape-shifters or werecreatures

  11. Heldby Edeet Ravel Published by Annick Press First nomination Trend: Stories ripped from the headlines, multimedia approach

  12. Karmaby Cathy Ostlere Honour Book 2012 Published by Penguin Canada First nomination Trend: Verse novels

  13. My Beating Teenage Heartby C. K. Kelly Martin Published by Random House First nomination Trend: Issue novel: sibling death & suicidal impulses

  14. Once Every Neverby Lesley Livingston Published by Penguin Canada Author won Award in 2010 for Wondrous Strange Trend: Learn history through time travel

  15. This Dark Endeavourby Kenneth Oppel 2012 Honour Book Published by HarperCollins Canada Last year’s double award winner for Half-Brother; nominated several times Trend: New twists on classic stories: in this case, Frankenstein

  16. The Town that Drowned,by Riel Nason Published by Goose Lane Press First nomination for Riel Nason Trends: Including characters with special needs: the 60’s perception of autism

  17. The Woefield Poultry Collectiveby Susan Juby Published by Harper Collins Nominated for Another Kind of Cowboy in 2008 Trend: Cross-over adult novels of interest to teens

  18. Questions? • For further discussion of this year’s submitted titles, or a view of our longlist, please contact me at: cerigby@xplornet.com • You might also enjoy Stephanie Vollick’s teen reading blog with YA lit reviews, Libraries and Young Adults, at: http://libraryya.wordpress.com/ • Consider joining the CLASY network of CLA!

  19. Thank you for your interest Thanks to LSC for sponsoring the Award & to TD for sponsoring the award reception. For more information about the Award please visit the CLA websiteand check the book awards pages

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