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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all you beautiful people! Librarians and teens from across the state gathered last Saturday for another fantastic OYAN Mock Printz Workshop. After hours of polite yet passionate discussion, we settled on a winner. A favorite among
teens especially, this book blew us away with its frank and relatable discussion of depression, complicated family dynamics, and the magic of tea. This year’s winner of the Oregon Mock Printz Award is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Darius the Great is Not Okay</i></b> by Adib Khorram<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also selected some honors:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Dread Nation</i> </b>by Justina Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>MunMun</i></b> by Jesse Andrews<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>The Poet X</i></b> by Elizabeth Acevedo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget to mark your calendars/set your alarms from the
<a href="http://ala.unikron.com/">ALA Youth Media Awards</a> announcements on Monday, January 28 at 8:00 a.m. We always hope that a beloved book from our list will be recognized by the real Printz committee, and we always brainstorm a list of books we may have
missed, just to hedge our bets:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Archival Quality</i> by Noelle Ivy Weir and Steenz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Astonishing Color of After</i> by Emily X.R. Pan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Bingo Love</i> by Franklin Tee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who rocked the World</i> by Penelope Baglieu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Cruel Prince</i> by Holly Black<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dream Country </i>by Shannon Gibney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Leah on the Offbeat</i> by Becky Albertalli<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moonstruck</i> by Grace Ellis, Shae Beagle, and Kat Fajardo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Prince and the Dressmaker</i> by Jen Wang<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">Lisa N Elliott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">Young Adult Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">Tigard Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">(503) 718-2654<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lisae@tigard-or.gov"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">lisae@tigard-or.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#1F3864">Work Schedule</span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Tuesday-Thursday 11:30-8:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Friday-Saturday 10:00-6:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">My pronouns are she/her.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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