1999 Alex Award Winners (10 books)

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The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning books are selected from the previous year's publishing.

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1		The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander 4.34 avg rating — 21,896 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Getting In by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Needles: A Memoir Of Growing Up With Diabetes by Andie Dominick 3.83 avg rating — 325 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		At All Costs by John Gilstrap (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,850 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Space: A Memoir by Jesse Lee Kercheval 3.84 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 5,516 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.81 avg rating — 3,449 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 3,517 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Caucasia by Danzy Senna 4.08 avg rating — 10,577 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Legends by Robert Silverberg (Editor/Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 7,724 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

10 books · 1 voter · list created April 18th, 2014 by Christine Kallner (votes) .

Tags: 1999, adult, ala, alex-award, awards, crossover, winner, yalsa, young-adult

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