Question: What award did the author of the novel "The Outsiders" receive in 1988 from the American Library Assocation?

Context articles: Henrietta M. Smith
American Library in Paris Book Award
John Cotton Dana Award
Carl Vitz
The Outsiders (film)
Charles Harvey Brown
Geisel Award
KL Going
S. E. Hinton
Justin Winsor Prize (library)

Henrietta M. Smith (born 1922), edited the Coretta Scott King Award Book: "From Vision to Reality" (Chicago: American Library Association, 1994) and The Coretta Scott King Award Book: 1970-1999 sponsored by the American Library Association.
 In 2008, she was selected as the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) Distinguished Service Award, which honors an individual ALSC member who has made significant contributions to library service to children and ALSC.
 She is also the recipient of the 2011 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Award for Lifetime Achievement.
 Dr. Smith was the first African-American professor at the University of South Florida, School of Information.
 She also taught at Florida Atlantic University.
The American Library in Paris Book Award (est. 2010) is a book award established by the American Library in Paris.
 It is awarded each November with a remunerative prize of $5,000 for the "most distinguished book of the year about France or the encounters between France and the United States."
 The first award was given in 2013.
The John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, usually referred to as the John Cotton Dana Award, is an annual award given by the Library Leadership and Management Association, American Library Association for excellence in library public relations.
 It is named for John Cotton Dana, a Progressive Era librarian who strove to make libraries accessible to as many people as possible.
 This award has been given continuously since 1946 and is sponsored by EBSCO Information Services, the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
 Eight winners receive a $10,000 prize and a plaque.
 The award is considered to be the ALA's most prestigious honor.
Carl Peter Paul Vitz (June 3, 1883 – January 1, 1981) was an American librarian and author.
 He received a certificate from Western Reserve University Library School, a degree from Adelbert College and a bachelor's degree in library science from New York State Library School at New York State Normal College.
 He served as a library director for the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (1922–1937), the Minneapolis Public Library (1937–1945) and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (1946–1955).
 He served as the president of the American Library Association from 1945–1946.
 During that time, Vitz wrote a letter to the President of the United States on behalf of the profession, addressing potential candidates for the vacant position of Librarian of Congress.
 In the letter, Vitz suggested that the position "requires a top-flight administrator, a statesman-like leader in the world of knowledge, and an expert in bringing together the materials of scholarship and organizing them for use—in short, a distinguished librarian".
 Over the course of his career, Vitz planned or consulted on more than sixty library projects involving construction, site selection and remodeling.
The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton.
 The film was released on March 25, 1983.
 Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film.
Charles Harvey Brown (December 23, 1875 – January 19, 1960) was an American librarian and leader in the American Library Association.
 He received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 1897 and a master's degree in 1899.
 He went on to receive a second bachelor's degree in Library Science at the New York State Library School in 1901.
 He later received a Literary Doctorate from Wesleyan University in 1937.
 He began working at Wesleyan University from 1897 to 1899 and then worked for the Library of Congress from 1901 to 1903.
 Brown worked for the John Crerar Library from 1903 to 1909 and the Brooklyn Public Library  from 1909 to 1919.
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is a literary award by the American Library Association (ALA) that annually recognizes the "author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year."
 The winner(s) receive a bronze medal at the ALA Annual Conference, presented by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) division of ALA.
KL Going (born August 21, 1973) is the award winning author of numerous books for children and teens.
 Her first novel, "Fat Kid Rules the World" was named a Michael Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association, and was included on YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults list and their list of Best Books for the Past Decade.
 Her books have been Booksense picks, Scholastic Book Club choices, Junior Library Guild selections, NY Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, and winners of state book awards.
 They’ve been featured by "Publishers Weekly", "School Library Journal", "Kirkus", and "Children's Book Council" as Best Books of the year.
 Her work has also been published in Korea, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, and the UK, and her novel Fat Kid Rules the World is now an independent film.
 It premiered at the SXSW film festival and won an Audience Award.
Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, especially "The Outsiders", which she wrote during high school.
 In 1988 she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens.
The Justin Winsor Prize is awarded by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for the best library history essay.
 The award was established in 1978 and named for the American Library Association's first president, Justin Winsor.
 Winsor (1831–1896) was a prominent writer, historian, and the long-time Librarian at Harvard University.