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Norton Award
The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, established in 2006, is awarded in tandem with the Nebula Awards. This award is not a Nebula, but follows all Nebula rules and procedures except as follows:
Any book in its first appearance in the English language published as a young adult science fiction or fantasy (or related genre) novel during the calendar year is eligible, including graphic novels. Nothing precludes a work’s being eligible for both a Nebula Award and an Andre Norton Award. There is no word limit. Any questions of eligibility shall be decided the Norton Jury.
All SFWA members are eligible to add works to the suggested reading list. Suggestions are moderated for accuracy and to prevent duplicate entries.
“Rampant” by Diana Peterfreund
August 2009, Harper Teen
“Evermore” by Alyson Noel
February 2009, St. Martin’s Griffin
“The Devil’s Kiss” by Sarwat Chadda
September 2009, Hyperion
“Prophecy of the Sisters” by Michelle Zink
July 2009, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
“Fortune’s Folly” by Deva Fagan
April 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
“Bloodhound” by Tamora Pierce
April 2009, Random House Books for Young Readers
“Thirteenth Child” by Patricia C. Wrede
April 2009, Scholastic Press
“Ice” by Sarah Beth Durst
October 2009, Margaret K. McElderry
“Faery Rebels: SpellHunter” by RJ Anderson
April 2009, HarperCollins
“Sacred Scars (A Resurrection of Magic Book 2)” by Kathleen Duey
August 2009, Atheneum
“Watersmeet” by Ellen Jensen Abbott
April 2009, Marshall Cavendish
“Ash” by Malinda Lo
September 2009, Little Brown Books for Young Readers
“Betraying Season” by Marissa Doyle
Septermber 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
“Candor” by Pam Bachorz
September 2009, Egmont, USA
“The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making” by Catherynne M. Valente
November, 2009, Free Online Novel
“Shiver” by Maggie Stiefvater
July 2009, Scholastic Press
“Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie” by Maggie Stiefvater
October 2009, Flux
“Eyes Like Stars” by Lisa Mantchev
August 2009, Feiwel and Friends
“The Demon’s Lexicon” by Sarah Rees Brennan
June 2009, Margaret K. McElderry
“When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead
July 2009, Wendy Lamb Books, Random House
“The Dragon of Trelian” by Michelle Knudsen
April 2009, Candlewick Press
“Give Up the Ghost” by Megan Crewe
Sept 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
“The Miles Between” by Mary E. Pearson
Sept. 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
Fire by Kristen Cashore
October 2009, Dial Books/Penguin
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
September 2009, Scholastic
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
May 2009, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins
Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill
April 2009, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins
The Yggyssey by Daniel Pinkwater,
Houghton Mifflin, Feb. 2009
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan,
Hyperion, May 2009
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan,
Margaret K. McElderry, June 2009
Libyrinth by Pearl North
Tor Teen, 2009