Libba Bray's GOING BOVINE wins the 2010 Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

 The Michael L. Printz Award is given each year by the American Library Association for a book that exemplifies literary excellence.  Here's a description of the plot from the publisher's web site:

All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.
Believe us when we say that this description doesn't even begin to describe what is going on in this wonderful book. You'll want to read it, then re-read it to pick up everything you missed the first time.