Finalists for the 2011William C. Morris Awards – Announced!

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)…

Hush by Eishes Chayil

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.