This Week in YA- January 31, 2009

Awards:

• Congrats to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman for being the Newberry Medal winner and to all the Newberry Honor books!
• Congrats to Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta for winning the Michael L. Printz Award and to all the Printz Honor books.
• Congrats to all the rest of the award winners announced at the ALA Midwinter meeting as well!

Random:

• ARCs of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson are being given out by Penguin. Here's the myspace with more details.
• You can win a The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks t-shirt, a signed book by E. Lockhart, and a Dramarama CD by making E laugh by Feb. 14. More details on her blog.
• The 2009 YALSA's Best Books for Young Adult List is up on their site.

Books that came out last week:

• Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
• The Tir Nan Og Chronicles by K.E. Bruder
• Night Life by Nancy A. Collins

Books that come out this week:

• February 2: The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb
• February 3: Winnie's War by Jenny Moss
• February 3: Trials in Paradise by Neal R. Rice
• February 3: Evermore by Alyson Noel
• February 4: Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad by Jeffrey Fleishman
• February 4: Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold by M. L. Forman
• February 5: Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
• February 5: Geek Charming by Robin Palmer

-The YAthenaeum Team