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He is the author of challenger deep, a national book award winner, boston. General fiction for adult readers is a national book award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. Challenger deep, the ya novel by neal shusterman that was the center of a bidding battle last week after it won the national book award for. A captivating story about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, the novel features haunting interior illustrations by neal shusterman s son brendan. He is also adapting his novel challenger deep for 20th century fox. I want to congratulate the other 2015 national book award winnersadam johnson, tanehisi coates, and robin coste lewisand give a. List of winners of the national book award wikipedia.

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Nov 20, 2015 host rich fahle is joined by national book award winner neal shusterman and illustrator brendan shusterman at the 2015 miami book fair. More about this book young peoples literature winner national book awards 2015. Laurie halse anderson, awardwinning author of speak, calls it a brilliant journey across the dark sea of the mind. Chernin entertainment has acquired challenger deep, the ya novel by neal shusterman that was the center of a bidding battle last week after it won the national book award for young. Neal shusterman is a new york times bestselling and awardwinning author. Shusterman has also written for tv, including the original disney channel movie pixel perfect, as well as episodes of goosebumps and animorphs. For 14yearold caden bosch, his gradual descent into schizophrenia is a quest to reach the bottom of challenger deep, the deepest place on earth. In high school student caden bosch, neal shusterman has created a young hero who finds a way not just to navigate his own schizophrenic breakdown but to ease the struggles of his fellow patients. Bruiser, which was a cooperative childrens book center ccbc choice, a yalsa popular paperbacks for young adults pick, and on twelve state lists. Neal shusterman said while accepting the national book award.