Showing 1–10 of 10 books

• List: Alex Awards
• Award year: 2006

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  Anansi Boys

  By Neil Gaiman

  After Fat Charlie Nancy's father drops dead on a karaoke stage, Charlie meets Spider, a brother he never knew he had and isn't sure he wants.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780060515195
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  As Simple As Snow

  By Gregory Galloway

  After his girlfriend mysteriously disappears, high-school student Cayne looks for clues in Anna's cryptic behavior during their five months together.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780147515810
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  Gil's All Fright Diner

  By A. Lee Martinez

  In this gruesome and wacky tale, can two travelers (one vampire, one werewolf) save a roadside diner, besieged by zombies and ghouls, from dark forces and find true love?

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780765311436
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  The Glass Castle: A Memoir

  By Jeannette Walls

  This empowering memoir recounts the strength and creativity of the Walls children as they overcome the poverty and social challenges their parents brought upon them.

  • Nonfiction
  • Narrative Non-Fiction: Inspired by Actual Events
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015, Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780743247542
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  Jesus Land: A Memoir

  By Julia Scheeres

  Scheere's unflinching memoir chronicles life in rural Indiana with her disciplinarian father, fundamentalist mother, and adopted African American brothers. Each child finds a way to survive, with very different endings.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9781582433387
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  Midnight at the Dragon Café

  By Judy Fong Bates

  After leaving China with her mother, Su-Jen enjoys her comfortable new life in Canada, but dark secrets threaten her family's stability.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 1582431892
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  My Jim

  By Nancy Rawles

  Sadie Watson's love and courage carry through the cruelties of slavery into life as a free woman.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9781400054015
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  The Necessary Beggar

  By Susan Palwick

  A young merchant accused of murder and his family are banished from their otherworld home to begin a strange life of exile in an internment camp in the Nevada desert.

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780765310972
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  Never Let Me Go

  By Kazuo Ishiguro

  There's a dark secret at the Hailsham School, where the students live in carefully planned, idyllic isolation, ignorant of the future that's been planned for them.

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 1400043395
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  Upstate

  By Kalisha Buckhanon

  Teens Antonio and Natasha try to keep their love alive through letters after he goes to prison. As Natasha excels in school, Antonio frights for survival.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010, Alex Awards 2006
  • ISBN: 9780312332693