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For Immediate Release
2/4/2015
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 top non-fiction
and fiction winning titles as well as a top 10 http://www.youthlibraries.org/margins-official-2015-top-ten-list and list of 34
titles. http://www.youthlibraries.org/margins-official-list-2015 In
the Margins is
committed to the promoting and highlighting diverse books and voices that have
been in the margins. ITM strives to find the best books for teens living in
poverty, on the streets, in custody - or a cycle of all three.
In the
Margins Top Fiction Award, 2015: How It Went Down by Kekla
Magoon
In the
Margins Top Non-Fiction Award, 2015:
Left for Dead by Ebony
Canion
In the Margins
Official 2015 Top Ten List
Butler, Pacc. From
God’s Monster to the Devil’s Angel. CreateSpace. January 2014. 170p. PB $14.95.
ISBN 9781494771669.
Canion, Ebony. Left
for Dead. Life
Changing Books. February 2014. 228p. PB $15.99. ISBN 9781934230596.
Ewing, Lynne. The
Lure. Balzer +
Bray. February 2014. 288p. HC $17.99. ISBN 9780062206886.
Little, Ashley. Anatomy
of a Girl Gang. Arsenal
Pulp. May 2014. 254p. PB $16.95. ISBN 9781551525297.
Magoon, Kekla. How
It Went Down. Henry
Holt. October 2014. 336 p. HC $17.99. ISBN 9780805098693.
Miles, Michelle. The
High Price I Had to Pay 2: Sentenced to 30 Years as a Nonviolent, First Time
Offender. Voices
International. November 2013. 66p. PB $7.99. ISBN9780991104109.
Reynolds, Jason. When
I Was the Greatest. Atheneum. January
2014. 240p. HC $17.99. ISBN 9781442459472.
Wilson, Rayshawn. Lionheart:
Coming From Where I’m From. Legendary
Publishing. August 2014. 196p. PB $15.00. ISBN 9780982786321.
Workman, P.D. Ruby:
Between the Cracks (Volume 1). PD
Workman. February 2014. 486p. PB $16.90. ISBN 9780992153953.
Zusman, Angela Beth. The
Griots of Oakland: Voices from the African American Oral History Project. Story for All. October 2013.
206p. HC $59.99. ISBN 9780988763111. PB $14.99. ISBN 978-0988763104.
"We are thrilled with the second year of this important
work finding relevant books for our communities that validate, illuminate and
humanize those living in the margins. The
majority of our top ten and even our list may be unknown to you - providing you
more relevant books for your collections.
This
year we introduce
our top fiction, top non-fiction, and advocacy award categories. We have a great
list, bringing to national attention books that add to diversity in our
collections and world,” said Amy Cheney,
Chair of In the Margins Book Award
and Selection committee. “We
are proud to contribute to bringing these voices out of the underground and
into your libraries."
Annotations, the full list and more information on the committee
and selections can be found at:
Please
be on the lookout for YA Underground in School Library Journal 2/4/15 for more details and an inside view.
In addition, this is the first year we will announce the Advocacy Award on
2/18/15 at the link above and in the School LIbrary Journal column.
ITM identifies quality, age appropriate resources for librarians
and library workers to share with the teens in urban, lockdown, homeless
shelters and other non-traditional venues for teens living in the margins.
2015
Committee:
Chair:
Amy Cheney, Librarian, Juvenile Justice Center, Alameda County, CA
Administrative
Assistant: Dr. Kerry Sutherland, Youth Services Librarian, Akron-Summit County
Public Library, OH
Project
Assistant: Mackenzie Magee, English teacher, Passages Academy, NY
Sabrina
Carnesi, Librarian, Crittenden Middle School, VA
Dale
Clark, Teacher-Librarian, Fraser Park Secondary, Burnaby Youth Custody
Services, Burnaby, BC Canada
Joe
Coyle, Project Coordinator, Mix IT Up!, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Marvin
DeBose Sr., Library Supervisor, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
Maggie
Novario, Teen Librarian, Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, WA
Amy
Wander, Youth Services Manager, Lafayette Public Library, LA
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