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From: Merri Lindgren <mlindgren>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:26:19 -0600
As we finish out the month, the CCBC-Net discussion turns to the 2003 Michael L. Printz Award. This year's winner was POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND by Aidan Chambers
(U.S. edition: Dutton, 2002).
Winner of the 1999 Carnegie Medal, this ambitious and complex novel interweaves the stories of a contemporary British teenager with those of his grandfather, a British soldier, and the Dutch woman who falls in love with him during World War II. Here at the CCBC, we found this gripping work to model what we called "edgy" young adult novels of 2002; a new wave of books that tackled potentially controversial topics, such as POSTCARDS themes of sexuality, monogamy, and euthanasia. Who is the audience for this book? Do you think the Printz Award has fostered interest in writing and publishing books for older teenage readers?
We invite you to comment on POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND, as well as the Printz honor books, THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum), MY HEARTBEAT by Garret Freymann-Weyr (Houghton Mifflin), and HOLE IN MY LIFE by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus, Giroux).
Thanks to everyone who recently suggested titles and shared their experiences and opinions regarding using books about war and peace with children. Feel free to continue offering book ideas on this topic through the end of the month, keeping your comments focused on children and literature.
Merri Lindgren, Librarian mlindgren at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Mon 24 Mar 2003 12:26:19 PM CST
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:26:19 -0600
As we finish out the month, the CCBC-Net discussion turns to the 2003 Michael L. Printz Award. This year's winner was POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND by Aidan Chambers
(U.S. edition: Dutton, 2002).
Winner of the 1999 Carnegie Medal, this ambitious and complex novel interweaves the stories of a contemporary British teenager with those of his grandfather, a British soldier, and the Dutch woman who falls in love with him during World War II. Here at the CCBC, we found this gripping work to model what we called "edgy" young adult novels of 2002; a new wave of books that tackled potentially controversial topics, such as POSTCARDS themes of sexuality, monogamy, and euthanasia. Who is the audience for this book? Do you think the Printz Award has fostered interest in writing and publishing books for older teenage readers?
We invite you to comment on POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND, as well as the Printz honor books, THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum), MY HEARTBEAT by Garret Freymann-Weyr (Houghton Mifflin), and HOLE IN MY LIFE by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus, Giroux).
Thanks to everyone who recently suggested titles and shared their experiences and opinions regarding using books about war and peace with children. Feel free to continue offering book ideas on this topic through the end of the month, keeping your comments focused on children and literature.
Merri Lindgren, Librarian mlindgren at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Mon 24 Mar 2003 12:26:19 PM CST
