Un Jour (ONCE) by Morris Gleitzman has won the first Raconte-moi l’histoire prize for a book for young people about history, given by the Centre mondial de la paix, des libertés et des droits de l’homme in Verdun! Even better than getting the prize is the fact that the jury was made up of young people!…
Category: Awards
HOPE FARM Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin!
The Scribe title HOPE FARM by Peggy Frew is one of the 5 books on the shortlist of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s most prestigious literary prize. The winner will be announced in Melbourne on 26 August.
OUT OF DARKNESS Receives a Printz Honor Award
Ashley Hope Perez’s novel, Out of Darkness, has won a Printz honor award for Best Young Adult novel. East Texas, 1937. A Mexican girl, a Black boy, in love. Ashley Hope Perez’s beautiful prose brings a timeless story to shattering life. Kirkus Reviews called it:“A “A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism.”
Gene Luen Yang Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature!
Congratulations, Gene! You’ll be a fantastic Ambassador! (It’s the first time a graphic novelist has been selected, making this even bigger news.) Gene’s books include: The first graphic novel to be a National Book Award finalist: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE His second National Book Award finalist: BOXERS & SAINTS THE SHADOW HERO and GET WITH THE…
THE SCULPTOR Is Nominated!
The French edition of Scott McCloud’s THE SCULPTOR is nominated for The Fnac Prize, along with 30 others titles. This is a public prize, and the winner will be the book that gets the most votes. Fnac accounts for 20% of French comics market, and the winning book will have a big focus during all 2016 and…
DEAD MAN’S SWITCH wins the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award!
Congratulations to Sigmund Brouwer, winner of the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book for DEAD MAN’S SWITCH. Sigmund is represented by Transatlantic Literary Agency.
Yes, WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE!
Congratulations to Daryl Gregory, whose WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE has won the award for Best Novella at the 2015 World Fantasy Awards! It is published in France as Nous allons tous très bien, merci by Le Bélial’. And here’s the poster the Publisher has produced to announce the award:
Three Eisners for First Second titles in San Diego!
At the San Diego Comic-Con last week, four First Second titles were nominated for Eisner Awards, the most prestigious awards for American comics. Three of them won! First, Aaron Steinke and Ariel Cohn’s THE ZOO BOX won the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers. Then, Gene Luen Yang won the Eisner Award for Best…
More Kudos for First Second!
IN REAL LIFE by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang has made the ILA Young Adults’ Choices Reading List for 2015! Anda is obsessive about Coarsegold Online, a massive multiplayer role-playing game, where she can be a leader, a fighter, and a hero. When Anda befriends a Chinese player who violates the rules, she realizes questions…
And the Winners Are…
First Second had two winners at the Livrentête awards in Paris last week! In the category “First Graphic Novels 7-9 years” it’s And in the “Graphic Novels for Children 9-12 years” category, our favorite SPACEGIRL took the prize! Both books are published in French by Rue de Sèvres. Congratulations to the authors and both the…
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 