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Oh, Those Golden Oldies . . . reason that YALSA’s annual list of the ten best adult books for young adults is called the ALEX Awards in her honor. (Mrs. Edwards was called “Alex” by her friends, though probably not by the terrified young librarians whom she trained so strictly at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, where she “invented” young adult library services and later wrote about the topic in The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts in 1969). To my sorrow, I never knew Margaret A. Edwards, but I confess that, in a way, I’m sort of glad, because that means I never had to tell her that my own (secret) favorite adult book of the ’50s was—wait for it—Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (1956). Some things are better kept secret. The 1950s—when YALSA and I were still young—were years of opportunity for young readers: opportunity to read for pleasure, inspiration, occasional edification, sometime enlightenment, and, yes, even secret titillation. Ah, good times. And good books, that, like YALSA—and maybe even me—have in the years since become Golden Oldies! Happy Birthday, YALSA. YALS Editor’s note: See Michael Cart’s featured article in the October issue of American Libraries. 6 YALS | Young Adult Library Services | Fall 2007
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