Unit 5: Awarded Novels Unit by Kendra J Meyer https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz Identify contemporary works of literature with literary awards. en-us 2016-12-13 16:48:36 UTC 2026-03-17 00:54:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Cornershop.png Looking for Alaska kendra_meyer https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143414798 Author: John Green
Award: Michael L. Printz Award
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Published: 2005
Summary: Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.”
.-Mrs. Benedetto]]> 2016-12-13 16:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143414798 Looking For Alaska bw3502 https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455028 Author: John Green
Award: Michael L. Printz Award
Los Angeles Times Book Prize 
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Published: 2005
Summary: Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.”
-Blaine Wittrock]]> 2016-12-13 18:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455028 The Sympathizer https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455169 Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Edgar Award for the best Novel by an American Author
Published: 2016
Summary: The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s astonishing novel takes us inside the mind of this double agent, a man whose lofty ideals necessitate his betrayal of the people closest to him.
-Taylor M.
]]> 2016-12-13 18:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455169 The Sympathizer bw3502 https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455682 Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Edgar Award for the best Novel by an American Author
Published: 2016
Summary: The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s astonishing novel takes us inside the mind of this double agent, a man whose lofty ideals necessitate his betrayal of the people closest to him.
-Mrs. Benedetto
]]> 2016-12-13 18:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143455682 The Da Vinci Code https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143459860 Author: Dan Brow
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction
Published: 2003
Summary:A conspiracy that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and that they had children. There is a man who has been asked to the Lourve to study some symbols in Da Vinci’s artwork.
-Olivia Rohan

]]> 2016-12-13 19:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143459860 Wolf Hall https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143460669 Author: Hilary Mantel
Awards: 
Man Booker Prize 
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Published: 2009
Summary: Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell  in the court of Henry VII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. 
-Taylor M.
]]> 2016-12-13 19:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143460669 The Seduction of Water https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143462752 Author: Carol Goodman
Award: Hammet Award
Published: 2003
Summary: Iris decides to write a book about her mother and about the tale she used to tell of the sea. She goes to the place where it is rumor that her mothers last manuscript might be and begins to uncover a mystery.
-Olivia Rohan

]]> 2016-12-13 19:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143462752 A Visit From Goon Squad https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143463684 Author: Jennifer Egan '
Award: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Published: 2010
Summary: A Visit from the Goon Squad revolves around a large cast of different characters, various friends, lovers and associates, all somehow connected to Bennie Salazar, an aging rock music executive and his beautiful, mysterious assistant, Sasha. The book centers around the mostly self-destructive characters, who, as they grow older, are sent in unforeseen, and sometimes unusual, directions by life. The stories shift back and forth in time, moving from the late sixties to the present and into the near future. Many of the stories take place in or around New York City, although some are set in California, Italy and Kenya 
- Kobe Moldrem ]]> 2016-12-13 19:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143463684 Paperboy https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143463928 Author: Vince Vawter
Awards: A National Parenting Publications Award Honor Book, A BookPage Best Children’s Book, An ABC New Voices Pick.  
Summery:
The story takes place in 1959. "Little Man" Victor, an eleven-year-old boy who stutters, takes over his best friend Rat's paper route while Rat is visiting his grandparents. Little Man has various encounters with Rat’s customers. The paper route poses challenges and introduces Little Man to life's daily obstacles.
-Steven Zacharias]]> 2016-12-13 19:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143463928 Holes https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464125 Author: Louis Sachar
Award: Man Booker Prize
Published: 1998
Summary: Stanley Yelnats, a boy who has bad luck due to a curse placed on his great- great-grandfather, is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp, for a crime he did not commit. Stanley and the other boys at the camp are forced to dig large holes in the dirt every day. Stanley makes a great discovery as he's digging. 
-Emma Lewis

]]> 2016-12-13 19:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464125 Redeployment https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464334 Author: Phil Klay 
Award: National Book Award 
Published: 2014
Summary: The book comprises twelve stories that chronicle the experiences of soldiers and veterans who served during the Iraq War, specifically Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003 –2010). Klay served in the United States Marine Corps from 2005 to 2009. He was deployed to the Anbar Province in 2007–2008.
- Kobe Moldrem]]> 2016-12-13 19:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464334 The Giver https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464879 Author: Lois Lawry
Award: Man Booker Prize
Published: 1993
Summary:It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas.
-Emma Lewis]]> 2016-12-13 19:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143464879 All the Light We Cannot See https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143465391  Author:Anthony Doerr
Awards:
summery:Set in occupied France during World War II, the novel centers on a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths eventually cross.
-Steven Zacharias


]]> 2016-12-13 19:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143465391 Unbroken https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143465961 Author: Laura Hillenbrand 
Awards: Publishers weekly, New York Times Best Seller, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Published: 2010
Summary: Louie is always in trouble, but his older brother helps him turn his life around with running. Later in the story he is running in the olympics. But World War II brought him into the military which his plane crashes and he tries surviving abandoned on the ocean. 
-Olivia Heath ]]> 2016-12-13 19:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143465961 All Light We Cannot See https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143467665 Author: Anthony Doerr
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Goodreads Choice Awards
Published: 2014
Summary: Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris. Marie goes blind at the age of six. The Nazis occupy Paris the two leave to stay with her uncle. With them they carry the Museum that she lives by most valuable items.
-Olivia Heath ]]> 2016-12-13 19:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143467665 To Kill a Mockingbrid https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143468615 Author: Harper Lee  
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Quill Award for best Audio Book
Published: July 11, 1960
Summary: A little girl is followed as her dad takes on the trial of a black man during a time of high racial tensions and racial injustice.]]> 2016-12-13 19:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143468615 War and Peace https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469369 Author: Leo Tolstoy
Award: Longest Book of All Time Award 
Published: 1869
Summary: A novel on war invasions of Russia and the French and it is extremely long and broing.]]> 2016-12-13 19:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469369 The Road https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469691 Author: Cormac McCarthy
Award: Pulitzer Prize for Literature
Published: 2006
Summary: A post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son that roam through burned America. It is cold and the snow when it falls is grey. Their destination is the coast even though they don't know what, if anything, is waiting for them there. This novel is a story about a future in which their is no hope. 
-Cheyanne Masterson ]]> 2016-12-13 19:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469691 Holes https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469759 Author: Louis Sachar
Award: Man Booker Prize
Published: 1998
Summary: Stanley Yelnats, a boy who has had a curse placed on him because of his great-great grandfather is sent to Camp Green Lake, on a crime that he did not commit. His punishment is to dig holes and try and find artifacts from back in time. While he is digging, he finds something extraordinary.
- Nick Gabbert]]> 2016-12-13 19:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143469759 Unbroken https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143470837 Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Awards: New York Times Best Seller
Published: 2010
Summary: Louie Zamperini is always in trouble while he is younger, stealing things and being a juvenile delinquent. He eventually makes it to the Olympics as a runner, and he is one of the best, But then he is sent to fight in the war. And his life changes forever.
- Nick Gabbert]]> 2016-12-13 19:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143470837 A Head Full of Ghosts https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143470897 Author: Paul Trembley 
Award: Bram Stoker Award
Published: 2015
Summary: This novel about a perfect family that falls apart at the apparent mental illness of their fourteen year old daughter. The doctors are not able to do anything to help their daughter. As she spirals into a pit of darkness and despair, the family turns to a priest to help them. He says that he thinks there is a demonic possession over their daughter. This is a thrilling novel over psychological suspense and supernatural horror. ]]> 2016-12-13 19:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143470897 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143472688 Author:Sherman Alexie
April 1, 2009. Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
Courteney Person]]> 2016-12-13 19:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143472688 Looking for AlaskaAuthor: John GreenAward: Michael L. Printz AwardLos Angeles Times Book Prize ALA Best Book for Young AdultsPublished: 2005Summary: Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143473246 Courteney Person]]> 2016-12-13 19:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143473246 Looking For Alaska https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143493023 Author: John Green
Award: Michael L. Printz Award 
Published: March 3, 2005
Summary: Miles Halter, a sixteen-year-old with a fascination for last words, begins his scholastic adventure at Culver Creek boarding school. He is introduced to Alaska Young. He instantly falls in love with her. Miles learns to drink, smoke, escape punishment, and understand people. A few days following a major, adrenaline-pumping prank, Alaska drives insanely drunk, crashes her car and dies instantly. 
-Stephanie Rueter]]> 2016-12-13 21:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143493023 The Sympathizer https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143628249 Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Award: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Published: April 2015
Summary:  story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. Diametrically opposed to the narratives of the Vietnam War that have preceded it. It offers an important and unfamiliar new perspective on the war: that of a conflicted communist sympathizer. 
-Stephanie Rueter]]> 2016-12-14 15:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kendra_meyer/c0wvisfrxvgz/wish/143628249