Please excuse cross-postings.

I thought the below post from the YA-Urban listserv regarding the Margin Awards might be of interest.

Janice

From: Cheney, Amy [AChe...@aclibrary.org] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 12:07 PM To: ya-u...@ala.org; Jeanette Larson Subject: [ya-urban] RE: RE: Re: Re: In the Margins Book Awards Announced!

great. we'd love to have new members.

Amy Cheney Write to Read Juvenile Hall Literacy 2500 Fairmont Drive San Leandro, CA 94578 510.667.4347 (office) http://juviewrite2read.aclibrary.org/

From: Sabrina Carnesi [sabr...@nn.k12.va.us] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:39 AM To: Jeanette Larson; ya-u...@ala.org Subject: [ya-urban] RE: Re: Re: In the Margins Book Awards Announced!

I sent this out to my state organization's list serve and included the link to submit for committee membership. I know of several school librarians whose libraries are in juvenile detentions. The work they do is incredible.

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From: Jeanette Larson [mailto:lars...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 9:22 AM To: ya-u...@ala.org Subject: [ya-urban] Re: Re: In the Margins Book Awards Announced!

Follow the committee link and there is a link for submitting your nomination.

Jeanette Larson Author, Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore from the Americas (Charlesbridge, 2011) Author, El día de los niños/El día de los libros: Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community through Día (American Library Association, 2011) Blogger: Bird Brainz: Birds, Birding, and Book http://jeanettelarson.blogspot.com/ Website: www.jeanettelarson.comhttp://www.jeanettelarson.com/

From: alonda williams ...@outlook.com...@outlook.com">alonda@outlook.com> To: "ya-u...@ala.org...@ala.org">ya-urban@ala.org" ...@ala.org...@ala.org">ya-urban@ala.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:42 PM Subject: [ya-urban] Re: In the Margins Book Awards Announced!

Hello How do I nominate a children's title?

Alonda

On Feb 5, 2014, at 3:34 PM, "Cheney, Amy" ...@aclibrary.org">ACheney@aclibrary.org wrote:

For Immediate Release

Mon 2/5/2014

SAN FRANCISCO - In the Margins Book Award and Selection Committee, (ITM) a committee under the umbrella of Library Services for Youth in Custody (LYSC) selected their first list of 25 titles and a top 10.

The 2014 top ten are:

Asante, M.K. Buck: a Memoir. Spiegel & Grau. August 2013. 272p. HC $25.00. ISBN 9780812993417.

Jones, Marilyn Denise. From Crack to College and Vice Versa. May 2013. 105p. PB $14.95. ISBN 9780989427401.

Langan, Paul. Survivor. Townsend Press. January 2013. 138p. PB $5.95. ISBN 9781591943044.

McKay, Sharon E. War Brothers: The Graphic Novel. Illustrated by Lafance, Daniel. Annick Press. February 2013. PB $18.95. ISBN 9781554514885.

McVoy, Terra Elan. Criminal. Simon Pulse. May, 2013. 288p. HC $16.99. ISBN 9781442421622.

Medina, Meg. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. Candlewick. March 2013. 260p. HC $16.99. ISBN 9780763658595.

Nussbaum, Susan. Good Kings, Bad Kings. Algonquin Books. November 2013. 304p. PB $14.95. ISBN 9781616203252.

Rivera, Jeff. No Matter What. CreateSpace. October 2013. 112p. PB $5.38. ISBN 9781493544141.

Ryan, Darlene. Pieces of Me. Orca Book Publishers. September 2012. 240p. PB $12.95. ISBN 9781459800809.

Young, Pamela Samuels. Anybody's Daughter. Goldman House Publishing. October 2013. 374p. PB $16.99. ISBN 9780989293501.

"We are pleased with the founding of this list and our efforts of the first year. We have a great list, bringing to national attention books that are new finds and not widely publicized in the library world along with standout books of the year" said Amy Cheney, chair of In the Margins Book Award and Selection committee. "The committee members and I are excited to share these books with you for teens living and interested in the margins of society."

Annotations, the full list of 25 titles and more information on the committee and selections can be found at:

http://www.youthlibraries.org/margins-committee

Please be on the lookout for Amy Cheney's column YA Underground in School Library Journal 2/19/14 for more details and an inside view.

ITM identifies quality, age appropriate resources for librarians and library workers to share with the teens in lockdown, homeless shelters and other non-traditional venues for teens living in the margins.

Founding Members of the 2014 In the Margins Book Award and Selection Committee:

Chair: Amy Cheney, Juvenile Justice Center, Alameda County, CA Administrative Assistant: Amy Wander Lafayette Public Library, LA Katie MacBride, Mill Valley Public Library & Marin County Juvenile Hall, CA Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan, Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh, PA Selenia Paz, Helen Hall Library, Galveston County, TX Viola Dyas, Retired, Teen Services Librarian, Berkeley Public Library, CA Dr. Julie Ann Winkelstein, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Tennessee, TN

PR Category: Awards (Books & Media)

Amy Cheney Write to Read Juvenile Hall Literacy 2500 Fairmont Drive San Leandro, CA 94578 510.667.4347 (office) http://juviewrite2read.aclibrary.org/

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