Previous Winners Nomination Form Who was Margaret Edwards Policies and Procedures
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While the Margaret A. Edwards Award does honor a specific author for his or her lifetime contribution to young adult literature, it also singles out specific works by that author for special recognition. Click here for a few ideas to help you promote the winning books.
Use this Power Point game about past Edwards winners with teens in your library!
Margaret A. Edwards Award
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The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, that have been popular over a period of time. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.
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YALSA produces seals which can be placed on the winning books. Seals are available for purchase in the ALA on line store.
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Orson Scott Card is the recipient of the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. An accomplished storyteller, Card weaves the everyday experiences of adolescence into broader narratives, addressing universal questions about humanity and society. The award was announced January 14 at the 2008 Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Philadelphia.
Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow both published by Tor Books, present a future where a global government trains gifted young children from around the world in the art of interstellar warfare, hoping to find a leader whose skills can prevent a second attack upon humanity by the insect-like aliens descriptively nicknamed "buggers." Young Andrew "Ender" Wiggin may be the savior they seek. He is not alone, as seen in the companion tale, Ender's Shadow, where orphaned Bean relates his own Battle School experiences. Just as the stories of Ender and Bean are paralleled in the novels, their experiences echo those of teens, beginning as children navigating in an adult world and growing into a state of greater awareness of themselves, their communities and the larger universe.
"Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow continually capture the imagination and interest of teens," said Edwards Committee Chair Brenna Shanks. "The conflicts of self and society, on a personal level and on a universal stage, never lose relevance."
Card, the author of numerous books, short stories and plays, lives in Greensboro, N.C.
The Margaret A. Edwards Award is sponsored by School Library Journal and administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the ALA. Card will be honored at the YALSA Edwards Awards Luncheon and presented with a citation and cash prize of $2,000 during the 2008 ALA Annual Conference to be held in Anaheim, Calif., June 26-July 2.
Members of the 2008 Edwards Committee are: Committee Chair Brenna Shanks, King County Library System, Issaquah, Wash.; Patty J. Campbell, Horn Book Magazine, Fallbrook, Calif.; Ruth Ellen Cox Clark, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.; Erin Downey Howerton, Johnson County Library, Overland, Kan.; Kimberly L. Paone, Elizabeth Public Library, N.J.
For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos and audiobooks for teens. |
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