AU Circulating: Alex Award Titles

The following books have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. Recreational books are located on the main floor, behind the serials collection. Both titles are winners of the 2005 Alex Award, adult books for young adults.

• Thinner than thou
  PS3568.E367 T49 2004
• Shadow divers : the true adventure of two Americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II
  VA515.U158 K87 2004
  

A complete listing of 2005 Alex Award winning titles may be found on the YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association, web site. What are Alex Awards?

"The Alex Awards were created to recognize that many teens enjoy and often prefer books written for adults, and to assist librarians in recommending adult books that appeal to teens. The award is named in honor of the late Margaret Alexander Edwards, fondly called "Alex" by her closest friends, a young adult specialist at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. She used adult books extensively with young adults to broaden their experience and enrich their understanding of themselves and their world." YALSA