LibGuides: Margaret A. Edwards Award: 2000s

2000s

Winner: Chris Crutcher for Running Loose (1983); Stotan! (1986); The Crazy Horse Electric Game (1987); Chinese Handcuffs (1989); Athletic Shorts : Six Short Stories (1991); and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (1993)

Running Loose

Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Call Number: J-FIction CR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060094911
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
Louie, a high school senior in a small Idaho town, learns about sportsmanship, love, and death as he matures into manhood.

Stotan!

The Crazy Horse Electric Game

Chinese Handcuffs

Athletic Shorts : Six Short Stories

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Winner: Robert Lipsyte for The Contender (1967); The Brave (1991); The Chief (1993); One Fat Summer (1977)

The Contender

The Brave

The Brave by Robert Lipsyte
Call Number: J-Fiction LI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780064470797
Publication Date: 2003-03-04
Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman.

The Chief

One Fat Summer

Winner: Paul Zindel for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: a Drama in Two Acts (1965); The Pigman (1968); The Tombs of Atuan (1971); The Farthest Shore (1972); The Beginning Place (1980); and Tehanu (1990)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds : a Drama in Two Acts

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
Call Number: 812.54 Z77e (Adult Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780060757380
Publication Date: 2005-03-29
A two-act play depicting an embittered mother who vents her frustrations upon her two daughters.

The Pigman

The Pigman : a novel by Paul Zindel
Call Number: J-Fiction ZI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060757359
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with an old man.

My Darling, My Hamburger

My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel
Call Number: J-Fiction ZI (Juvenle Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060757366
Publication Date: 2005-03-29
Four high school seniors struggle with the responsibilities of growing up, particularly the problems of an intimate relationship.

The Pigman's Legacy

The Pigman & Me

The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel
Call Number: J-Fiction ZI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060208578
Publication Date: 1992-10-01
An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or mentor.
The Pigman & Me [CD] by Paul Zindel
Call Number: J-CD Nonfiction ZI (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9781935169093
Publication Date: 2009

Winner: Nancy Garden for Annie on My Mind (1982)

Annie on My Mind

Annie on My Mind [OverDrive E-Book] by Nancy Garden
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9781504046619
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
When Liza Winthrop first lays eyes on Annie Kenyon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she knows there's something special between them. Soon, their close friendship develops into a deep and intimate romance. Neither imagined that falling in love could be so wonderful, but as Liza and Annie's newfound sexuality sparks conflict in both their families and at their schools, they discover it will take more than love for their relationship to succeed.

Winner: Ursula K. Le Guin for A Wizard of Earthsea (1968); Left Hand of Darkness (1969); The Tombs of Atuan (1971); The Farthest Shore (1972); The Beginning Place (1980); and Tehanu

A Wizard of Earthsea

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea #1) by Le Guin, Ursula K.
Call Number: YA F LEG-UK E1 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780141354910
Publication Date: 1968
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; Charlie Jane Anders (Afterword by); David Mitchell (Foreword by)
Call Number: Fiction L433Le (Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780441478125
Publication Date: 1987-03-15
A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters...

The Tombs of Atuan

The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea #2) by Le Guin, Ursula K. ; Gail Garraty
Call Number: YA F LEG-UK E2 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689206801
Publication Date: 1971-07-01
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.

The Farthest Shore

The Beginning Place

The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin
Call Number: YA F LEG-UK (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060125738
Publication Date: 1980-02-01
Two young people meet in a magical, peaceful world, but soon they find their refuge becoming a place of horror and nightmare.

Tehanu

Tehanu (Earthsea #4) by Le Guin, Ursula K.
Call Number: YA F LEG-UK E4 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781442459960
Publication Date: 2012-09-11
When Sparrowhawk, the archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar, and a crippled girl who carries an unknown destiny.

Winner: Francesca Lia Block for Weetzie Bat (1989); Witch Baby (1991); Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992); Missing Angel Juan (1993); and Baby Be-Bop (1995)

Weetzie Bat

Weetzie Bat [OverDrive E-Book] by Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780061971792
Publication Date: 2009-10-06
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.

Witch Baby

Witch Baby [OverDrive E-Book] by Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780061986642
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
Witch Baby comes to live with Weetzie Bat and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man and has wild adventures in Los Angeles as she tries to understand where she belongs.

Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys

Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys [OverDrive E-Book] by Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780062035943
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
With their parents away, four young people form a rock band that becomes wildly popular, carrying them into a "freer" life than they can cope with.

Missing Angel Juan

Missing Angel Juan [OverDrive E-Book] by Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780061732744
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat.

Baby Be-Bop

Winner: Jacqueline Woodson for I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994); From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (1997); If You Come Softly (1998); Lena (1999); and Miracle's Boys (2000)

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: YA F WOO-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780385320313
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private.

If You Come Softly

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: YA F WOO-J (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780399231124
Publication Date: 1998-09-28
After meeting at their school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black, and Ellie, who is white, fall in love.

Lena

Miracle's Boys

Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Juv F WOO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399231131
Publication Date: 2000-04-24
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.
Miracle's Boys [E-Book] by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Juv F WOO Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781101077061
Publication Date: 2006

Winner: Lois Lowry for The Giver (1993)

The Giver

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Call Number: J-Fiction LO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395645666
Publication Date: 1993-04-26
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The Giver [OverDrive E-Book] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780547946962
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
The Giver [OverDrive E-Book] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book (2nd copy)
ISBN: 9780547946962
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
The Giver [OverDrive Audiobook] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9780739344569
Publication Date: 2006

Winner: Owen Scott Card for Ender's Game (1985) and Ender's Shadow (1999)

Ender's Game

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: Fiction C266e (Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780312932084
Publication Date: 1991-08-15
The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation. Is Ender who the general Earth so desperately needs? The only way to find out is to throw him into ever-harsher training at Battle School, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when his training begins. He will grow up fast. But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. His two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Among the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Ender's Game [CD] by Orson Scott Card; Stefan Rudnicki (Read by); Harlan Ellison (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction CA E1 (Adult Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9781593974749
Publication Date: 2004-11-06

Ender's Shadow

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: Fiction C266f v.1 (Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780312868604
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself from total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable enemy, all focus is on the development of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win. The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth--they have time to train these future commanders up from childhood, forging them into an irresistible force in the high orbital facility called the Battle School. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In Ender's Shadow, Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean--the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender....

Winner: Laurie Halse Anderson for Speak (1999); Fever, 1793 (2002); and Catalyst (2003)

Catalyst

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Call Number: J-Fiction AN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780670035663
Publication Date: 2002-09-30
Kate, a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors and the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice.

Fever, 1793

Fever 1793 [OverDrive Audiobook] by Laurie Halse Anderson; Bailey Carr (Narrated by)
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9781977326539
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.

Speak

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson; L. Anderson
Call Number: J-Fiction AN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780374371524
Publication Date: 1999-10-22
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Speak [CD] by Laurie Halse Anderson; Mandy Siegfried (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction AN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780739336724
Publication Date: 2006-11-14