Alex Awards: young adults ages 12 -18 1998 - 2001
Explore the Alex Awards from 1998 to 2001, honoring outstanding books for young adults ages 12-18. Discover must-read titles that captivated teen readers during these years.
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To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
“Willis effortlessly juggles comedy of manners, chaos theory and a wide range of literary allusions [with a] near flawlessness of plot, character and prose.”—Publishers Weekly …
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Lest We Forget
by Velma Maia Thomas
Tells the story of slavery and the struggle for freedom--from the African villages to the boats, from the plantations to the end of the Civil …
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Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in …
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All Over but the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... …
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Last Days of Summer
by Steve Kluger
Set in 1940, this charming, touching and funny novel tells the story of a young boy who finds an unusual--and unwilling--role model: the talented young …
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Legends
by Robert Silverberg
Here they are, the writers and the worlds that have satisfied millions of readers. Each has returned to their compelling special places to tell a …
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Antarctica
by Kim Stanley Robinson
The award-winning author of the Mars trilogy takes readers to the last pure wilderness on Earth in this powerful and majestic novel. “Antarctica may well …
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Almost a Woman
by Esmeralda Santiago
"Negi," as the author's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macun in 1961 to live in a three-bedroom tenement apartment with seven siblings, an inquisitive …
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Caucasia
by Danzy Senna
From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career “Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that …
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High Exposure
by David Breashears
The author, a noted mountaineer and cinematographer, describes a lifetime of conquering the world's mountain peaks and discusses his 1996 expedition to Mount Everest to …
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Ender's Shadow
by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with the novel that begins The Shadow Series and allows …
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. …
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Imani All Mine
by Connie Rose Porter
Relates the story of Tasha, an unwed fourteen-year-old who raises her daughter Imani and survives the increasingly violent ghettos of Buffalo, New York, with determination …
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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect gift for Father’s Day, this is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to …
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In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick
From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick. …
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The Sand-Reckoner
by Gillian Bradshaw
The young scholar Archimedes has just had the best three years of his life at Ptolemy's Museum at Alexandria. To be able to talk and …
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