2009 Alex Award Winners

Random House, Inc. is pleased to announce that The Oxford Project, by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein, Three Girls and Their Brother, by Theresa Rebeck, and The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, have been selected as recipients of the 2009 Alex Award.

Each year, the Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.

Click here for a full listing of Random House, Inc. titles that have previously won the award.

Literature to Life program

The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life is an arts and literacy outreach program serving tens of thousands young people and educators in New York City and across the country. Literature to Life develops students' engagement and academic achievement by fostering personal connections to their classroom curriculum through theatre.

Ray Bradbury's classic American novel, Fahrenheit 451, is the newest Literature to Life adaptation now available as a presentation for students and educational audiences.

Click here to learn more about The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program. And visit joinproject451.org to learn about free programs for under-served schools.

Firoozeh Dumas Wins 2008 Spirit of America Award

Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, has received the 2008 Spirit of America Award. Awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies, this honor is given to an individual in or out of the social studies profession who has made a significant or special contribution which exemplifies the "American Democratic Spirit." Such a person has followed their conscience and acted against current thinking in order to stand up for equity, freedom, and the American spirit of justice.

Prior recipients include Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, Jim Lehrer, and Mr. (Fred) Rogers.