Where Things Come Back

Title: Where Things Come Back                                                 

Author: John Corey Whaley

Number of pages: 256

The book that I’m reading (“Where Things Come Back”) won the William C. Morris Debut Award and the Michael L. Printz Award. The William C. Morris Debut Award is an award presented to an impressive book by a debut author writing for teens. This award is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA). William C. Morris gave the money to the ALA to fund programs, publications, events, or awards in promotion of children’s literature. The second award (Michael L. Printz Award) is presented to the year’s best book written for teens. It is sponsored by Booklist magazine and is named for the  Kansas school librarian Mike Printz, a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.