2012 Alex Awards: Great Adult Books for Teen Readers

Each year the Alex Awards Committee honors ten books published for adults that have special appeal to teen readers, ages 12 through 18.  Whether you are a teen reader looking to expand past the teen collections or a reader who has been reading adult books for some time, the Alex Awards are a great place to look for reading recommendations.  This year’s group of ten includes some awesome titles (some of which I’ve actually read! Shock!) or you might consider looking at some of the past years’ winners.

2012 Alex Awards

• In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
• The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser
• The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan (David Levithan has also written, co-written and edited several books for teens)

• The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt:  A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson