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Holly Atkins, Chair of the 2008 ALAN Award Committee, has announced that the ALAN Award Committee has voted to honor Laurie Halse Anderson with the 2008 ALAN Award. Anderson, author of several YA novels including Speak, Twisted, and the up-coming Chains, is a tireless advocate for teens and their books. Her novels have been a [...]

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NCTE, ALAN’s parent organization, has opened housing and registration for the annual convention. The ALAN Workshop will be held November 24-25 in the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio. The cost of the two-day workshop is $175 for NCTE Members and $200 for non-members.
To register for the workshop, use the form at NCTE’s website. [...]

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Welcome to the new ALAN Online! The change in site design heralds many changes in the ALAN organization. The most obvious is a shift in content management systems (from Joomla to Wordpress), and indication in the change in webmasters. Officially beginning his term in November 2008 (but transitioning into the role as of [...]

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Reviewed This Month:

The Adoration of Jenna Fox Mary E. Pearson
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
Chasing Normal by Lisa Papademetriou
Forever Rose by Hilary McKay
The Girl Who Saw Lions by Berlie Doherty
In Mozart’s Shadow by Carolyn Meyer
Little Audrey by Ruth White
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Skin Deep by E.M. Crane
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day [...]

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