Holes Awards

Holes Awards
I am reading Holes by Louis Sacher for the book report. The setting in a camp called the Green Lake Camp for bad boys.  It is where the boys have to dig a hole every day. The main charter is Caveman. This book has 240 pages. 


Awards 
This book has won a lot of awards. This book won the John Newbery Award or the Newbery Award and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature 


 Newbery Award 
The John Newbery award or the Newbery Award is given by the Association for library Service 
to Children. It is given to the "most distinguished American children's book" published each year.
This award has started in 1921 almost 100 years before me.  It was the first book award for a 
children's book in the world.  It is for American books.  When the  book wins the award it has a 
medal on the cover. This book won the award in 1999. 





National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The National Book Award is awarded by the National Book Foundation in four categories.  One is
for Young People's Literature.  The purpose is to honor the best writers in the USA each year.  
It started in 1950 and is still going today.  The judges are writers and they make a decision every year
about the winner.  The winners are announced only in the awards ceremony.  The winner gets
$10,000.  This book won the Young people's literature award in 1998.




http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014.html#.VFX_P_nF-So 
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery