The 2012 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Finalists have been announced.

ShineIn case you're unfamiliar with it (it's only been around since 2008), it annually honors a YA title for "demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit."

I've read four out of the five finalists:

The Berlin Boxing Club, by Robert Sharenow

Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys

Blood Red Road, by Moira Young (YES!!!!)

Shine, by Lauren Myracle

Under the Mesquite, by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

And now I'm off to ILL Under the Mesquite, which, HELLO!, I really should have read by now.

Books -- YALeila RoyComment