Awards in your library

Summary: 26 Awards.

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery) by Jane Leslie Conly (62)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery) by Jane Leslie Conly (63)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The House That Crack Built by Clark Taylor (1993)
• Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery) by Jane Leslie Conly (1994)
• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction by David Sheff (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The House That Crack Built by Clark Taylor ( Poetry, 2001)
• A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer ( Relationships: Friends and Families, 2002)
• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (I’ve Got a Secret, 2003)
• Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory ( What Ails you?, 2006)
• Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas ( I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Hard Knock Life, 2010)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)
• Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager by Beatrice Sparks (2001)
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (2007)

Barnes & Noble Discover Award

• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction by David Sheff (Non-Fiction, 2008)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction by David Sheff (2009, winner)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999)

Book Sense Pick

• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction by David Sheff (Oct 2007)

Books for a Better Life Award

• The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield (2008)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Surprise Party: A Memoir of Survival by Stanley N. Alpert (Fact Crime, 2008)
• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Young Adult, 2000)

Garden State Book Award

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Teen Fiction Grades 9-12, 2002)

Golden Kite Award

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Fiction, 1999)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) by Shunryu Suzuki

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)

Iowa Teen Award Nominee

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2001-2002)

National Book Award finalist

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Young People's Literature, 1999)
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Young People's Literature, 2006)

New York Times bestseller

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (Children's Paperback, 2001)
• A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by Dave Pelzer (Nonfiction, 1999)
• The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story by Dave Pelzer (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas (Nonfiction, 2005)
• If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation by Janine Latus (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall (Nonfiction, 2008)
• A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer (Paperback Nonfiction, 1997)

Newbery Honor

• Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery) by Jane Leslie Conly (1994)

Printz Honor

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999)
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (2006)

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (2008-2009)

TASL Volunteer State Book Children's Choice Award

• A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting (1991-1992)
• Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition by Laurie Halse Anderson (2001-2002)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer (2008)

Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee

• A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting (Middle Grades, 1990-1991)