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Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award 2013

Awards

Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award 2013

The Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award is given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience.

-The winner of the Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award is ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Saenz.

-Four Stonewall Honor Books were named: DRAMA written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, GONE, GONE, GONE by Hannah Moskowitz, OCTOBER MOURNING: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman, and SPARKS: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by S. J. Adams.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - Fiction
Drama by Raina Telgemeier - Graphic Novel

 

Callie decides to throw herself wholeheartedly in helping to stage Moon Over Mississippi, a musical, at her school. Her boy-crazy nature gets a boost when two cute twin brothers named Justin and Jesse show an interest in the play and in her --- albeit in different ways.

Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz - Romance
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman - Social Issues
Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by S.J. Adams - Fiction