I chose S.E. Hinton from the list of Edwards Award Winning Authors because I love her work! I love the realistic approach that she takes. I think she provides students with literature that they can relate to and love. I also found it exciting that she was the first recipient of the award!
Directly from www.ala.org:
Susan Eloise Hinton is the first recipient of the YASD/ SLJ Author Achievement Award. This award was created to honor an author whose work has been taken to heart by young adults over a period of years, providing an "authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives." S.E. Hinton's books have shown, over the past twenty-one years, the "lasting ability to speak to the young adult experience, to help reader to become more aware of themselves and of the world around them."
In presenting this award to S.E. Hinton for The Outsiders; That Was Then This Is Now; Rumble Fish and Tex, the Young Adult Services Division recognizes that these books provide a window through which young adults can view their world. In them a young adult may explore the need for independence and simultaneously the need for loyalty and belonging, the need to care for others, and the need to be cared for by them.
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature for young adults, we present the first Young Adult Services Division/School Library Journal Author Achievement Award to S.E. Hinton.
SE Hinton is an excellent choice. Her gritty view of life still holds a lot of appeal for young people. Also, my copy of The Outsiders was the only video I ever had "disappear," perhaps the ultimate testament to her resonance.
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