ALEX AWARD
Outstanding adult fiction and non-fiction books with strong appeal to teen readers

Books available at PHS Library

Alexander, Caroline. THE ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON’S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Boylan, James Finney. GETTING IN

Bradshaw, Gillian. THE SAND RECKONER

Bragg, Rick. ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’

Breashears, David. HIGH EXPOSURE: AN ENDURING PASSION FOR EVERST AND UNFORGIVING PLACES

Card, Orson Scott. ENDER’S SHADOW

Carroll, Rebecca. SUGAR IN THE RAW: VOICES OF YOUNG BLACK GIRLS IN AMERICA

Chevalier, Tracy. THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Clarke, Breena. RIVER, CROSS MY HEART

Colton, Larry. COUNTING COUP

Cook, Karin. WHAT GIRLS LEARN

Dominick, Andie. NEEDLES

Ehrenreich, Barbara. NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN BOOM-TIME AMERICA

Enger, Leif. PEACE LIKE A RIVER

Fugua, Jonathon Scott. THE REAPPEARANCE OF SAM WEBBER

Gaiman, Neil. STARDUST

Gilstrap, John. AT ALL COSTS

Greenlaw, Linda. THE HUNGRY OCEAN: A SWORDBOAT CAPTAIN’S JOURNEY

Hamill, Pete. SNOW IN AUGUST
Hart, Elva Trevino. BAREFOOT HEART: STORIES OF A MIGRANT CHILD

Haruf, Kent. PLAINSONG
Jordan, June. SOLDIER: A POET’S CHILDHOOD

Junger, Sebastian. THE PERFECT STORM

Kercheval, Jesse Lee. SPACE

Kluger, Steve. LAST DAYS OF SUMMER

Krakauer, Jon. INTO THIN AIR: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE MT. EVEREST DISASTER

Kruger, Kobie. THE WILDERNESS FAMILY: AT HOME WITH AFRICA’S WILDLIFE

LEGENDS: STORIES BY THE MASTERS OF MODERN FANTASY

Marillier, Juliet. DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST

Morrissey, Donna. KIT’S LAW

Odom, Mel. THE ROVER

Robinson, Kim Stanley. ANTARCTICA

Santiago, Esmeralda. ALMOST A WOMAN

Senna, Danzy. CAUCASIA

Sherwood, Ben. THE MAN WHO ATE THE 747

Strauss, Darin. CHANG AND ENG

Thomas, Velma Maia. LEST WE FORGET: THE PASSAGE FROM AFRICA TO SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION

Vijayaraghavan, Soho. MOTHERLAND

Watt, Alan. DIAMOND DOGS

Willis, Connie. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG