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Debra Wilhoit
Lower School Librarian
Providence Day School
Charlotte, NC

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National American Indian Heritage Month
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Alex Awards

The Alex Awards are given to 10 books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 to 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year’s publishing.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust. Edwards was a young adult specialist for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book "Fair Garden" and the "Swarm of Beasts", and over the years she has served as an inspiration to librarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

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Alex Awards - 2008 Winners

Title: American Shaolin
Author: Matthew Polly
Publisher: Gotham Books

Title: Bad Monkeys
Author: Matt Ruff
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Title: Essex County. Vol. 1, Tales From the Farm
Author: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

Title: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: Delacorte Press

Title: The God of Animals: A Novel
Author: Aryn Kyle
Publisher: Scribner

Title: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Author: Ishmael Beah
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux

Title: Mister Pip
Author: Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Dial Press

Title: The Name of the Wind
Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Publisher: DAW Books

Title: The Night Birds
Author: Thomas Maltman
Publisher: Soho Press

Title: The Spellman Files
Author: Lisa Lutz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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