Pure ~ Award winning book

The book I am currently reading is Pure. Pure is the first book in the trilogy, the author is Julianne Baggott. The book has 431 pages and I am currently on the 367th page. The book was published on February 8th, 2012 by Grand Central Publishing. 

Pure begins very differently from other books. The author's world described years characterized from bombings that created desolated and dying terrains of her novel. These bombings, which stratify survivors, left "Pures" people with bodies unmarred. They lived safely in a place called the Dome and the rest of humankind ( genetically mutated and physically disfigured humans) were left in the desolated remaining world, where they struggled for survival. 

Pressia and Patridge, 16 and 17 years old respectively, remember the world before. They are able to filter the new world through the awakening of young adult consciousness. The youngsters live vastly different lives, Patridge receives shelter and nurture as one of the few who are chosen to live inside the Dome. Pressia struggles outside to survive in a world devastated by Detonations. However, Pressia becomes fugitive, fleeing from militias that will either use her for target practice or induct her into their murderous ranks. At the same time Partridge escapes the Dome, searching for the truth about his mother. Inevitably, their worlds collide and realities shatter.

Pure has won various awards, including the following:

1. A New York Times Notable Book
2. An American Library Association Alex Award Winner
3. Film Rights have been acquired by Fox2000, Karen Rosenfelt producing.
4. A New York Times Editor’s Pick.
5. A Booklist Editors’ Choice list of the Best Adult Books for a Young Adult, 2012.
6. A Best Book of 2012 list selection, Suspense Magazine.
7. Starred Review, Publishers Weekly.
8. Library Journal break-out novel for February 2012.
9. Library Journal’s 25 Top Fiction Titles from January through April 2012.
10. Library Journal, starred review of the audiobook.
11. A People magazine pick for “Still Hungry?” suggested reading for those who loved The Hunger Games on a list of 5 books, including Orson Scott Card and Philip Pullman.
12. Indie Next Pick: Great Reads
13. Figment.com — Featured Book
14. Goodreads.com — Featured Book
15. Starbucks Bookish Digital Book Club Pick
16. Booktopia Buzz Best Cross-Over Title for February
17. An Entertainment Weekly pick for “Find Me a Twilight.”
18. CBSNEWS.com mention in Best Bets
19. A Spring Break Reading pick for The Book Reporter.com’s 20SomethingReads
20. A Pick for “After Harry Potter: Contenders for the Next Page-to-Screen Series”

The one that I have chosen to talk about is the Library Association Alex award winner. The Alex Awards are given to 10 books written for adults that have special appeal to ages 12 to 18.  The winning titles are selected from previous publishing years. The Alex awards annually started giving out awards in 1988 and became official ANA awards in 2002.