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		<title>2010 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner &amp; Finalists Announced</title>
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The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the winner of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction.  Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author, Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for the sum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Secretary Search Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALAN has assembled a search committee to review applications from those interested in becoming the next Executive Secretary of our assembly.  For more information on the search, please review search committee&#8217;s page by clicking here.
Questions can be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Michael Cart at mrmcart@sbcglobal.net .
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		<title>Christopher Crowe Named 2010 Hipple Award Reipient</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ALAN Executive Committee is pleased and proud to announce Christopher Crowe as the 2010 recipient of the Ted Hipple Service Award.
The award is given each year to an individual who has offered significant contributions to the ALAN organization. It is named in honor of Ted Hipple, the first and long-time ALAN Executive Secretary, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art of Manliness: 50 Best Books for Boys and Young Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt S.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brett and Kate McKay, the authors of The Art of Manliness Blog, have compiled an interesting list of must-reads for boys and young men.  The list, which features a number of YA classics, can be found here.
The McKays have authored other reading lists including:
100 Must Read Books: The Man&#8217;s Essential Library 
The Essential Adventure Library: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times: Katherine Paterson Named Ambassador For Young People&#8217;s Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported by Motoko Rich of the New York Times, Katherine Paterson has been named ambassador of young people&#8217;s literature&#8211;a joint appointment by the Library of Congress&#8217;s Center for the Book and the non-profit organization Every Child a Reader.
Paterson the well-known author of Bridge to Terabithia is the recipient of the Newbery Medal and the National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner Announced
 
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the winner of the inaugural Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call for Proposals: ALAN Workshop 2010: Orlando</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Dr. James Blasingame, President of ALAN, has announced the theme for the 2010 ALAN Workshop, which is to be held in beautiful Orlando, FL.  The theme for the workshop is, Looking for the Real Me: The Search for Self in Young Adult Literature.
If you would like to present a breakout session during the workshop, please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philly, Here We Come!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt S.</dc:creator>
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For those who are attending NCTE&#8217;s Annual Convention in Philadelphia, be sure to keep the ALAN sessions on your convention schedule.











Session: F.31 &#8211; 8:00 am to 9:15 am 11/21/2009




Room: Marriott/Grand Ballroom Salon A, 5th Floor




Level(s): Middle (6-8), Secondary (9-12)






Title: ALAN Breakfast with Laurie Halse Anderson 
(Sponsoring Group: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE/ALAN)
This year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALAN News of Note: November 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt S.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ALAN News of Note is a monthly email newsletter compiled by Joan Kaywell, Professor of English Education at the University of South Florida.  ALAN Online posts sections of the newsletter each month.  Would you like to receive the News of Note each month in your email inbox?  Consider joining ALAN.  For only $20.00 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Ted Hipple Service Award Winner Wendy Lamb Brings Great Books to Young Readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Wendy Lamb, editor of Wendy Lamb Books, is the 2009 winner of the Ted Hipple Service Award, presented each year by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN).  Named for long-time executive secretary and founding member of ALAN, the Ted Hipple Award is given to an advocate [...]]]></description>
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