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100 Sideways Miles. By Andrew Smith.
The Accidental Highwayman. By Ben Tripp.
Afterworlds. By Scott Westerfeld
Althea & Oliver. By Cristina Moracho.
And We Stay. By Jenny Hubbard.
Breakfast Served Anytime. By Sarah Combs.
The Carnival at Bray. By Jessie Ann Foley.
Complicit. By Stephanie Kuehn.
Conversion. By Katherine Howe
The Crossover. By Kwame Alexander.
The Devil’s Intern. By Donna Hosie.
Egg & Spoon. By Gregory Maguire.
Everything Leads to You. By Nina LaCour.
Evil Librarian. By Michelle Knudsen.
Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders. By Geoff Herbach.
Free to Fall. By Lauren Miller.
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. By Isabel Quintero.
Girls Like Us. By Gail Giles.
The Glass Casket. By McCormick Templeman.
Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future. By A. S. King.
The Gospel of Winter. By Brendan Kiely
Grasshopper Jungle. By Andrew Smith.
Half Bad. By Sally Green.
Heir of Fire. By Sarah J. Maas..
How It Went Down. By Kekla Magoon.
I’ll Give You the Sun. By Jandy Nelson.
The Impossible Knife of Memory. By Laurie Halse Anderson.
In the Shadows. By Kiersten White.
Into the Grey. By Celine Kiernan.
Jackaby. By William Ritter.
The Kiss of Deception. By Mary E. Pearson.
Lost Girl Found. By Leah Bassoff and Laura DeLuca..
A Mad, Wicked Folly. By Sharon Biggs Waller.
Mortal Heart. By Robin LaFevers.
Noggin. By John Corey Whaley.
Of Metal and Wishes. By Sarah Fine.
Revolution. By Deborah Wiles.
Road Rash. By Mark Huntley Parsons.
Salt and Storm. By Kendall Kulper.
The Scar Boys. By Len Vlahos.
She Is Not Invisible. By Marcus Sedgwick
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim. By E. K. Johnston
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. By Leslye Walton.
Stranger. By Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith.
Sway. By Kat Spears
Tease. By Amanda Maciel.
Threatened. By Eliot Schrefer.
A Time to Dance. By Padma Venkatraman.
Trouble. By Non Pratt.
The Tyrant’s Daughter. By J. C. Carleson.
The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone. By Adele Griffin.
Vango. By Timothee de Fombelle.
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy. By Kate Hattemer.
We Were Liars. By E. Lockhart.
When I Was the Greatest. By Jason Reynolds.
Wildlife. By Fiona Wood.
The Winner’s Curse. By Marie Rutkoski.
The Young Elites. By Marie Lu.
Younger Readers
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. By Dan Santat. Illus. by the author.
The Baby Tree. By Sophie Blackall. Illus. by the author.
Beautiful Moon: A Child's Prayer. By Tonya Bolden. Illus. by Eric Velasquez.
Blizzard. By John Rocco. Illus. by the author.
A Boy and a Jaquar. By Alan Rabinowitz. Illus. by CáTia Chien.
The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure. By Doreen Cronin. Illus. by Kevin Cornell.
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream. By Kristy Dempsey. Illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Dory Fantasmagory. By Abby Hanlon. Illus. by the author.
Draw! By Raúl Colón. Illus. by the author.
Early Bird. By Toni Yuly. Illus. by the author.
The Farmer and the Clown. By Marla Frazee. Illus. by the author.
The Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh! By Anne Vittur Kennedy. Illus. by the author.
Feathers: Not Just for Flying. By Melissa Stewart. Illus. by Sarah S. Brannen.
Firebird. By Misty Copeland. Illus. by Christopher Myers.
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Selected by Paul B. Janeczko. Illus. by Melissa Sweet
Flashlight. By Lizi Boyd. Illus. by the author.
Fox's Garden. By Princesse Camcam. Illus. by the author.
Froodle. By Antoinette Portis. Illus. by the author.
Gaston. By Kelly DiPucchio. Illus. by Christian Robinson.
Green Is a Chile Pepper. By Roseanne Greenfield Thong. Illus. by John Parra.
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey, By Loree Griffin Burns. Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz.
Have You Seen My Dragon? By Steve Light. Illus. by the author.
Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. By Jon J. Muth. Illus. by the author.
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book about Henri Matisse. By Patricia MacLachlan. Illus. by Hadley Hooper.
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone. By Katheryn Russell-Brown. Illus. by Frank Morrison.
Little Roja Riding Hood. By Susan Middleton Elya. Illus. by Susan Guevara.
Mama Built a Little Nest. By Jennifer Ward. Illus. by Steve Jenkins.
The Most Magnificent Thing. By Ashley Spires. Illus. by the author.
Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page. By Cynthia Rylant. Illus. by Arthur Howard.
My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I am Not). By Peter Brown. Illus. by the author.
Nana in the City. By Lauren Castillo. Illus. by the author.
Naptime. By Iris De Moüy. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Shelley Tanaka.
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art. By Barb Rosenstock, Illus. by Mary Grandpré.
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! By Mo Willems. Illus. by the author.
Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine. By Gloria Whelan. Illus. by Nancy Carpenter,
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Jon Klassen
Shh! We Have a Plan. By Chris Haughton. Illus. by the author.
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos. By Stephanie Roth Sisson. Illus. by the author.
Tap Tap Boom Boom. By Elizabeth Bluemle. Illus. by G. Brian Karas.
Telephone. By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Jen Corace.
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes. By Nicola Davies, Illus. by Emily Sutton.
Viva Frida. By Yuyi Morales. Illus. by the author.
Waiting Is Not Easy! By Mo Willems. Illus. by the author.
Water Rolls, Water Rises: El agua rueda, el agua sube. By Pat Mora. Illus. by Meilo So. Tr. by Adriana Domínguez & Pat Mora.
Weeds Find a Way. By Cindy Jenson-Elliott. Illus. by Carolyn Fisher.
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold. By Joyce Sidman. Illus. by Rick Allen.
Work, An Occupational ABC. By Kellen Hatanaka. llus. by the author.
You Are (Not) Small. By Anna Kang. Illus. by Christopher Weyant.
Middle Readers
Absolutely Almost. By Lisa Graff.
Arcady's Goal. By Eugene Yelchin. Illus. by the author.
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain. By Russell Freedman. Illus.
Before After. By Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Arégui. Illus. by the authors.
Brown Girl Dreaming. By Jacqueline Woodson. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
The Boundless. By Kenneth Oppel.
The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery. By Sandra Markle. Illus.
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cats. By Sy Montgomery. Photographs by Nic Bishop.
Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud. By Tracey Fern. Illus. by Emily Arnold McCully.
El Deafo. By Cece Bell. Color by David Lasky.
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World. By Steve Jenkins. Illus. by the author.
The Fourteenth Goldfish. By Jennifer L. Holm.
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. By Susan Goldman Rubin. Illus.
The Great Greene Heist. By Varian Johnson.
Half a Chance. By Cynthia Lord.
Harlem Hellfighters. By J. Patrick Lewis. Illus. by Gary Kelley.
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. By G. Neri. Illus. by A. G. Ford.
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust. By Loïc Dauvillier. Illus. by Marc Lizano. Color by Greg Salsedo. Tr. by Alexis Siegel.
Hope Is a Ferris Wheel. By Robin Herrera.
I Lived on Butterfly Hill. By Marjorie Agosín. Illus. by Lee White.
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. By Patricia Hruby Powell. Illus. by Christian Robinson.
Kinda Like Brothers. By Coe Booth.
Lowriders in Space. By Cathy Camper. Illus. by Raúl the Third.
The Luck Uglies. By Paul Durham. Illus. by Pétur Antonsson.
Mikis and the Donkey. By Bibi Dumon Tak. Illus. by Philip Hopman. Tr. by Laura Watkinson.
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. By Dana Alison Levy.
A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words about Food. By Eric-Shabazz Larkin.
Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature. By Sarah C. Campbell. Photographs by the author and Richard P. Campbell.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands. By Katherine Roy. Illus. by the author.
Nest. By Esther Ehrlich.
Once Upon an Alphabet. By Oliver Jeffers. Illus. by the author.
Rain Reign. By Ann M. Martin. Feiwel and Friends
The Red Pencil. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illus. by Shane W. Evans.
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation. By Duncan Tonatiuh. Illus. by the author.
A Snicker of Magic. By Natalie Lloyd.
Sisters. By Raina Telgemeier. Illus. by the author.
Three Bird Summer. By Sara St. Antoine.
The Turtle of Oman. By Naomi Shihab Nye.
Under the Egg. By Laura Marx Fitzgerald.
West of the Moon. By Margi Preus.
The Whispering Town. By Jennifer Elvgren. Illus. by Fabio Santomauro.
The Witch's Boy. By Kelly Barnhill.
Older Readers
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America. By Russell Freedman. Illus.
Caminar. By Skila Brown.
The Crossover. By Kwame Alexander.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia. By Candace Fleming. Illus.
How I Discovered Poetry. By Marilyn Nelson. Illus. by Hadley Hooper.
The Night Gardener. By Jonathan Auxier.
Nine Open Arms. By Benny Lindelauf. Illus. by Dasha Tolstikova, Tr. by John Nieuwenhuizen.
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights. By Steve Sheinkin. Illus.
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes. By Juan Felipe Herrera. Illus. by Raúl Colón.
Revolution: The Sixties Trilogy, Book Two. By Deborah Wiles.
This One Summer. By Mariko Tamaki. Illus. by Jillian Tamaki.
A Time to Dance. By Padma Venkatraman.
All Ages
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. By Jen Bryant. Illus. by Melissa Sweet.
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life. By Lois Ehlert. Illus. by the author.
Take Away the A: An Alphabeast of a Book! By Michaël Escoffier. Illus. by Kris DiGiacomo.
PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER:
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
FICTION AWARD WINNER:
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
NONFICTION AWARD WINNER:
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
PICTURE BOOK HONOR WINNERS:
It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee
Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
FICTION HONOR WINNERS:
Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
NONFICTION HONOR WINNERS:
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Medal
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat
Honors
Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, illustrated by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett
Viva Frida, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
This One Summer, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki
Author Award Winner
Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming.
Illustrator Award Winner
Christopher Myers, illustrator of Firebird.
Author Honor
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Hadley Hooper
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
Illustrator Honor
JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker” illustrated by Christian Robinson written by Patricia Hruby Powell
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Afterlife with Archie: Escape from Riverdale. By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Illus. by Francesco Francavilla.
Bad Machinery V.3: The Case of the Simple Soul. By John Allison. Illus. by the author.
47 Ronin. By Mike Richardson. Illus. by Stan Sakai.
In Real Life. By Cory Doctorow, illus.by Jen Wang.
Ms. Marvel: V.1. No Normal. By G. Willow Wison. Illus. by Adrian Alphona.
Seconds: a Graphic Novel. By Bryan Lee O’Malley. illus. by the author.
The Shadow Hero. By Gene Luen Yang. Illus. by Sonny Liew.
Through The Woods. By Emily Carroll. Illus. by the author.
Trillium. By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by the author.
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki. By Mamoru Hosoda. Illus.
Picture Book – The Promise, written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Laura Carlin
Children’s Fiction – Deep Blue, written by Jennifer Donnelly
Young Adult Fiction – Threatened, written by Eliot Schrefer
Children’s Nonfiction – Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, written by Patricia Newman and illustrated by Annie Crawley
Young Adult Nonfiction – Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines written by Paul Fleischman
Award
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Honors
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Medal Winner
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Honors
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Award Winner
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
Honor Books
A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, illustrated by Gilbert Ford
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
Author Award Winner
Illustrator Award Winner
Viva Frida illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales
Author Honor Book
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes written by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón
Medal Winner
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Honor Books
Brown Girl Dreaming, written by Jacqueline
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, written by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands, written and illustrated by Katherine Roy
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Dash written by Kirby Lawson
Medal Winner
You Are (Not) Small written by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant
Honors
Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page, written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard
Waiting Is Not Easy! written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Preschool–Grade 2
ARNALDO, Monica. Arto’s Big Move. illus by author
CAMCAM, Princesse. Fox’s Garden. illus. by author.
DAVIES, Nicola. The Promise. illus. by Laura Carlin.
DUBUC, Marianne. The Lion and the Bird. tr. from French by Claudia Z. Bedrick. illus. by author.
HAUGHTON, Chris. Shh! We Have a Plan. illus. by author.
KALLUK, Celina. Sweetest Kulu. illus. by Alexandria Neonakis.
LAGERCRANTZ, Rose. My Heart Is Laughing. tr. from Swedish by Julia Marshall. illus. by Eva Eriksson.
LUXBACHER, Irene. Mr. Frank. illus. by author.
UEGAKI, Chieri. Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin. illus. by Qin Leng.
VALLAT, Christelle. Celia. illus. by Stéphanie Augusseau.
van HOUT, Mies. Surprise. illus. by author.
Grades 3–5
ADDERSON, Caroline. Norman, Speak! illus. by Qin Leng.
COLE, Tom Clohosy. Wall. illus. by author.
Grill, William. Shackleton’s Journey. illus. by author.
HOLE, Stian. Anna’s Heaven. tr. from Norwegian by Don Bartlett. illus by author.
JORDAN-FENTON, Christy & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. Not My Girl. illus. by Gabrielle Grimard.
KUHLMANN, Torben. Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse. tr. from German by Susan Levesque. illus. by author.
LANDMANN, Bimba. In Search of the Little Prince: The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. tr. from Italian. illus by author.
MILLARD, Glenda. Once a Shepherd. illus. by Phil Lesnie.
SCHMIDT, Annie M.G. A Pond Full of Ink. tr. from Dutch by David Colmer. illus. by Sieb Posthuma.
SMITH, David J. If…: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers. illus. by Steve Adams.
TAN, Shaun. Rules of Summer. illus. by author.
van Leeuwen, Joke. The Day My Father Became a Bush. tr. from Dutch by Bill Nagelkerke. illus. by author.
Walser, David, retel. The Glass Mountain: Tales from Poland. illus. by Jan Pieńkowski.
WALTERS, Eric. Hope Springs. illus. by Eugenie Fernandes.
Grades 6–8
ABIRACHED, Zeina. I Remember Beirut. tr. from French by Edward Gauvin. illus. by author.
BASSOFF, Leah & Laura DeLuca. Lost Girl Found.
BOYNE, John. Stay Where You Are & Then Leave. illus. by Oliver Jeffers.
DAS, Amrita. Hope Is a Girl Selling Fruit. tr. from Hindi by Gita Wolf & Susheela Varadarajan. illus. by author.
DILLON, Patrick. The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond. illus. by Stephen Biesty.
FRENCH, Simon. My Cousin’s Keeper.
MATEO, José Manuel. Migrant: The Journey of a Mexican Worker. tr. from Spanish by Emmy Smith Ready. illus. by Javier Martinez Pedro
McKAY, Sharon E. The End of the Line.
PRINS, Marcel & Peter Henk Steenhuis. Hidden Like Anne Frank: Fourteen True Stories of Survival. tr. from Dutch by Laura Watkinson.
RAMSTEIN, Anne-Margot & Matthias Arégui. Before After. illus. by authors. Candlewick.
SHYAM, Bhajju with Gita Wolf & Sirish Rao. The London Jungle Book. illus. by author.
Grades 9–12
BASS, Karen. Graffiti Knight.
Charleyboy, Lisa & Mary Beth Leatherdale , eds. Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices.
MAIER, Corinne. Marx: An Illustrated Biography. illus. by Anne Simon.
SARN, Amelie. I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister. tr. from French by Y. Maudet.
SHRAYA, Vivek. God Loves Hair. illus. by Juliana Neufeld.
ZAIL, Suzy. Playing for the Commandant.
Winner
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek written by Maya Van Wagenen
Finalists
Laughing at My Nightmare written by Shane Burcaw
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia written by Candace Fleming
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! written by Emily Arnold McCully
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights written by Steve Sheinkin
