The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, has announced the five finalists for the 2011 William C. Morris awards. The award honors a debut book published by a first-time author.
The finalists are (drum roll, please)…
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber
The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
The winner will be announced during ALA’s Midwinter Conference in January 2011.