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ALA Award Winners

John Newbery Medal for most outstanding contribution to children's literature: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for distinguished American picture book for children: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.

Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (author), and Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan (illustrator).

Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: Orson Scott Card, honoring his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.

Pura Belpré Award honoring Latino authors and illustrators of children's books: Margarita Engle's The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Monzano (author), and Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Yuyi Morales (illustrator).

Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sis.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video: The Disney Channel’s Jump In! Freestyle Edition.

Honorable Mentions

John Newbery Medal:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Randolph Caldecott Medal:
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

Coretta Scott King Book Award (Author): November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Coretta Scott King Book Award (Illustrator): Jazz On A Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon

Pura Belpré Award: Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes

Robert F. Sibert: Lightship by Brian Floca

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Alex Awards for the adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz