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Congrats to William Alexander whose debut middle grade novel GOBLIN SECRETS is nominated for a 2012 National Book Award!                   Click here for more information about all the 2012 nominees and their books.  

Tim Wynne-Jones has won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction for his wonderful novel BLINK & CAUTION. See the official press release here: http://www.hbook.com/bghb/default.asp

Karen Healey has won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel for her debut novel GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD! See a list of all the winners here:   http://www.aurealisawards.com

Summer is almost here! And with the warmer weather comes the latest Kids’ Indie Next List for Summer 2011 featuring: SCAPEGOAT: The Story of a Goat Named Oat and a Chewed-Up Coat (Bloomsbury/9781599904689) by Dean Hale SHINE (Amulet Books/9780810984172) by Lauren Myracle BEAUTY QUEENS (Scholastic, Inc./9780439895972) by Libba Bray WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN (Random House Children’s…

Kat, Incorrigible is causing quite a stir! It’s been long-listed for the British Fantasy Society’s Best Novel Award and the Branford Boase Award http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/BBA/bbastart.html It was also selected by the UK’s National Reading Agency for the 2011 Summer Reading Challenge (run through 95% of the public libraries in the UK): http://www.readingagency.org.uk/children/summer-reading-challenge/

Congrats to Karen Healey for her book GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD, which is now a finalist for the following awards: 2011 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards:  http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/nz-post-childrens-book-awards-finalists-2011) 2011 William C. Morris Award:  http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris 2010 Australian Shadows Awards: http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=256 2010 Aurealis Awards:  http://www.aurealisawards.com/index.htm 2010 Golden Inky Award:  http://www.insideadog.com.au/inkys/2010-shortlist It was also shortlisted as one of the 2010 Best Books For Teens…