Alex Awards: Read-A-Long with Your Teen!

We’re always hearing about the benefits of reading to and with our young children. Rediscover the fun of sharing a story with your older children by having a “mini book club.” The Alex Awards is a great resource to use in selecting titles to read. Each year, Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. Check out 2010’s winners via our catalog!

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.

The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

My Abandonment by Peter Rock

Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger

Stitches: A Memoir by David Small

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson

Previous year’s winners, as well as 2010 nominees can be found on the Alex Awards website.

Enjoy!!!
-- Anna, Hopewell Branch

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