School Library Journal» YA Fiction http://www.slj.com The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:23:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 MWA Announces 2013 Edgar Awards Nominees http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/mwa-announces-2013-edgar-awards-nominees/ http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/mwa-announces-2013-edgar-awards-nominees/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:28:33 +0000 SLJ http://www.slj.com/?p=27332 The Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for its 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television from the previous year, in celebration of the 204th anniversary of Poe’s birth. Code Name Verity, selected by SLJ as a 2012 Best Book, was one of the five nominees in the Young Adult fiction category.

BEST JUVENILE FICTION
ThreeTimesLucky 198x300 MWA Announces 2013 Edgar Awards NomineesFake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind. Tom Angleberger. Abrams/Amulet Books.

13 Hangmen. Art Corriveau. Abrams/Amulet Books.

The Quick Fix. Jack D. Ferraiolo. Abrams/Amulet Books.

Spy School. Stuart Gibbs. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Three Times Lucky. Sheila Turnage. Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers.

BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION
code name verity 200x300 MWA Announces 2013 Edgar Awards NomineesEmily’s Dress and Other Missing Thing. Kathryn Burak. Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press.

The Edge of Nowhere. Elizabeth George. Penguin/Viking.

Crusher. Niall Leonard. Random House/Delacorte.

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone. Kat Rosenfield. Penguin/Dutton.

Code Name Verity. Elizabeth Wein. Disney/Hyperion.

The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at the group’s 67th Gala Banquet May 2, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

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