THE 2001 ALEX AWARDS

Created to recognize that just because a book is technically considered an "adult" title, doesn't mean teens won't be able to understand or enjoy it (an idea that Teenreads.com has always championed), the Alex Awards honor adults books that are appropriate for teens.

The award is named in honor of the late Margaret Alexander Edwards --- nickname "Alex" --- a Young Adult specialist at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, who was a firm believer that adult books go just as long a way toward broadening and enriching the minds of young adults as official "teen books" do. 

Ten adult books were selected by the Adult Books for Young Adults Task Force, a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), to receive the 2001 Alex Awards.

The winning titles are:

CHANG AND ENG: A Novel
by Darin Strauss
Plume
ISBN: 0452281091

 

 

 

COUNTING COUP: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn
by Larry Colton
Warner Books
ISBN: 0446526835

 

 

DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1)
by Juliet Marillier
Tor Books
ISBN: 0312875304

 

 

DIAMOND DOGS
by Alan Watt
Little, Brown & Co.
ISBN: 0446677841

 

 

 

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
by James Bradley with Ron Powers
Bantam
ISBN: 055338029X

 

 

 

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
by Tracy Chevalier
Plume
ISBN: 0452282152

 

 

 

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Penguin USA
ISBN: 0141001828

 

 

 

THE MAN WHO ATE THE 747
by Ben Sherwood
Bantam
ISBN: 0553801821

 

 

 

THE SAND-RECKONER
by Gillian Bradshaw
Tor/Forge
ISBN: 0312875819

 

 

 

SOLDIER: A Poet's Childhood
by June Jordan
Basic Books
ISBN: 0465036821