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2016 Awards, Medals and Honors

Scroll down the page to find the lists of selected awards, medals, and honors. 

Check the library catalog for title availability.

For more information on Juvenile Award Winner books, it is recommended  to consult one of the databases.

Just use the links on the Find Information on Juvenile Books page of this guide.

*Note that a number of titles appear in two or more lists as they are winners of multiple awards and honors.

Also note that unless otherwise indicated, the awards are announced in late January of each year the Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association.

  • American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults
  • American Library Association Notable Children’s Books
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Announced late May)
  • Caldecott Medal and Honors
  • Coretta Scott King Book Awards
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award - Children (Announced in May)
  • Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten (YALSA)
  • Green Earth Book Awards
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award
  • Michael L. Printz Award/Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
  • Newbery Medal and Honors
  • NCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honors for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
  • Pura Belpré Award and Honors
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors
  • Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal and Honors
  • USBBY: Outstanding International Book List
  • YALSA Award and Finalists for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults

* denotes the title was selected as a top ten.

Ahdieh, Renée. The Wrath and The Dawn.

* Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

Almond, David. A Song for Ella Grey.

* Bardugo, Leigh. Six of Crows.

Black, Holly. The Darkest Part of the Forest.

* Brooks, Kevin. The Bunker Diary.

Cameron, Sharon. Rook.

Carson, Rae. Walk On Earth a Stranger.

* Crowder, Melanie. Audacity.

Crowe, Chris. Death Coming up the Hill.

Demetrios, HeatherI'll Meet You There.

Dessen, Sarah. Saint Anything.

Donnelly, Jennifer. These Shallow Graves.

Fowley-Doyle, Moïra. The Accident Season.

Frank, E.R. Dime. 

Gilbert, Kelly Loy. Conviction. 

Graudin, Ryan. Wolf by Wolf.

Hand, Cynthia. The Last Time We Say Goodbye.

Hautman, Pete. Eden West.

Hellisen, Cat. Beastkeeper.

Heppermann, Christine. Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty.

Hunt, Leo. 13 Days of Midnight.

Jensen, Cordelia. Skyscraping.

Juby, Susan. The Truth Commission. Illustrated by Trevor Cooper.

Kaufman, Amie and Kristoff, Jay. Illuminae: The Illuminae Files_01.

Kern, Peggy. Little Peach.

Konigsberg, Bill. The Porcupine of Truth.

Kornher-Stace, Nicole. Archivist Wasp.

Larbalestier, Justine. Razorhurst.

Leavitt, Martine. Calvin.

Lee, Stacey. Under a Painted Sky.

Maas, Sarah J. A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Mackler, Carolyn. Infinite in Between.

McLemore, Anna-Marie. The Weight of Feathers.

Murphy, Julie. Dumplin’.

Ness, Patrick. The Rest of Us Just Live Here.

Niven, JenniferAll the Bright Places

Oakes, Stephanie. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly.

* Older, Daniel José. Shadowshaper.

Pérez, Ashley Hope. Out of Darkness.

Quintero, Sofia. Show and Prove.

Rabb, Margo. Kissing in America.

Reid, Raziel. When Everything Feels Like the Movies. 

* Reynolds, Jason. The Boy in the Black Suit.

Ritter, William. Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel.

Rowell, Rainbow. Carry On.

Rubin, Lance. Denton Little’s Deathdate.

* Ruby, Laura. Bone Gap.

Schlitz, Laura. The Hired Girl.

* Shabazz, Ilyasah and Kekla Magoon. X: A Novel. 

* Shusterman, Neal. Challenger Deep. 

 * Silvera, Adam. More Happy than Not.

Smith, Andrew. The Alex Crow.

Spalding, Amy. Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys). 

Stead, Rebecca. Goodbye Stranger.

Suma, Nova Ren. The Walls Around Us.

Summers, Courtney. All the Rage.

Tahir, Sabaa. An Ember in the Ashes.

Toten, Teresa. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B.

Various. The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War. Ill. by Jim Kay.

Wagner, Laura Rose Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti.

Wiviott, Meg. Paper Hearts.

Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Emperor of Any Place.

Yoon, Nicola. Everything, Everything

American Library Association Notable Children’s Books

Younger Readers

An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns. By Betsy R. Rosenthal. Illus. by Jago

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore. By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Illus. by R. Gregory Christie.

Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret. By Bob Shea. Illus. by the author.

Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! By Todd Tarpley. Illus. by John Rocco.

Boats for Papa. By Jessixa Bagley. Illus. by the author.

A Chicken Followed Me Home! Questions and Answers about a Familiar Fowl. By Robin Page. Illus. by the author. 

Detective Gordon: The First Case. By Ulf Nilsson. Illus. by Gitte Spee. Tr. by Julia Marshall.

Don’t Throw It to Mo! By David A. Adler. Illus. by Sam Ricks.

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music. By Margarita Engle. Illus. by Rafael López

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. By Laurie Ann Thompson. Illus. by Sean Qualls

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear. By Lindsay Mattick. Illus. by Sophie Blackall.

Float. By Daniel Miyares. Illus. by the author.

Flop to the Top! By Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing. Illus. by the authors.

Flutter & Hum / Aleteo y zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de animales. Ed. by Julie Paschkis. Illus. by the author.

Gingerbread for Liberty: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution. By Mara Rockliff. Illus. by Vincent X. Kirsch.

Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village. By Fang Suzhen. Illus. by Sonja Danowski. Tr. by Huang Xiumin.

The Grasshopper and the Ants. By Jerry Pinkney. Illus. by the author.

Growing Up Pedro. By Matt Tavares. Illus. by the author.

Hippos Are Huge! By Jonathan London. Illus. by Matthew Trueman.

I Yam a Donkey! By Cece Bell. Illus. by the author.

If You Plant a Seed. By Kadir Nelson. Illus. by the author.

Last Stop on Market Street. By Matt de la Peña. Illus. by Christian Robinson.

Lenny & Lucy. By Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Erin E. Stead.

Leo: A Ghost Story. By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Christian Robinson.

Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. By Jonah Winter. Illus. by Shane W. Evans.

Mango, Abuela, and Me. By Meg Medina. Illus. by Angela Dominguez.

The Moon Is Going to Addy’s House. By Ida Pearle. Illus. by the author.

The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea. By Brenda Z. Guiberson. Illus. by Gennady Spirin.

Moving Blocks. By Yusuke Yonezu. Illus. by the author.

Mr. Squirrel and the Moon. By Sebastian Meschenmoser. Illus. by the author. Tr. by David Henry Wilson.

My Tata’s Remedies = Los remedios de mi tata. By Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford. Illus. by Antonio Castro L.

A Pig, a Fox, and a Box. By Jonathan Fenske. Illus. by the author.

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree. By Ellen Potter. Illus. by Qin Leng.

The Popcorn Astronauts: And Other Biteable Rhymes. By Deborah Ruddell. Illus. by Joan Rankin.

The Princess and the Pony. By Kate Beaton. Illus. by the author.

Raindrops Roll. By April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by the author.

Red. By Jan De Kinder. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Laura Watkinson.

Roger Is Reading a Book. By Koen Van Biesen. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Laura Watkinson.

Sidewalk Flowers. By JonArno Lawson. Illus. by Sydney Smith.

The Skunk. By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Patrick McDonnell.

Special Delivery. By Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Matthew Cordell

Supertruck. By Stephen Savage. Illus. by the author.

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova. By Laurel Snyder. Illus. by Julie Morstad

Tiptoe Tapirs. By Hanmin Kim. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Sera Lee

Trombone Shorty. By Troy Andrews. Illus. by Bryan Collier.

Two Mice. By Sergio Ruzzier. Illus. by the author..

Wait. By Antoinette Portis. Illus. by the author.

Waiting. By Kevin Henkes. Illus. by the author.

Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle. By Miranda Paul. Illus. by Jason Chin.

Who Done It? By Olivier Tallec. Illus. by the author.

Wolfie the Bunny. By Ame Dyckman. Illus. by Zachariah OHora.

The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy. By Beatrice Alemagna. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Claudia Zoe Bedrick.

Woodpecker Wham! By April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by Steve Jenkins.

Written and Drawn by Henrietta. By Liniers. Illus. by the author. Tr. by the author. 

Middle Readers

28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World. By Charles R. Smith Jr. Illus. by Shane W. Evans.

Adam and Thomas. By Aharon Appelfeld. Illus. by Philippe Dumas. Tr. by Jeffrey M. Green.

Adventures with Waffles. By Maria Parr. Illus. by Kate Forrester. Tr. by Guy Puzey.

Blackbird Fly. By Erin Entrada Kelly.

The Blackthorn Key. By Kevin Sands

Echo. By Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings. By Matthew Burgess. Illus. by Kris Di Giacomo.

Fish in a Tree. By Lynda Mullaly Hunt.

Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass. By Doreen Rappaport. Illus. by London Ladd.

Full Cicada Moon. By Marilyn Hilton

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras. By Duncan Tonatiuh. Illus. by the author.

Fuzzy Mud. By Louis Sachar.

George. By Alex Gino.

Gone Crazy in Alabama. By Rita Williams-Garcia.

Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible. By Ursula Vernon. Illus. by the author.

Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story. By Reem Faruqi. Illus. by Lea Lyon

Lost in the Sun. By Lisa Graff.

Mad about Monkeys. By Owen Davey. Illus. by the author.

Mars Evacuees. By Sophia McDougall

The Marvels. By Brian Selznick. Illus. by the author.

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France. By Mara Rockliff. Illus. by Iacopo Bruno.

My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey. By Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illus. by James E. Ransome.

My Two Blankets. By Irena Kobald. Illus. by Freya Blackwood.

Murder Is Bad Manners. By Robin Stevens.

The Nest. By Kenneth Oppel. Illus. by Jon Klassen.

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton. By Don Tate. Illus. by the author.

Red Butterfly. By A. L. Sonnichsen. Illus. by Amy June Bates.

Roller Girl. By Victoria Jamieson. Illus. by the author.

Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU. By Cory Silverberg. Illus. by Fiona Smyth.

Stella by Starlight. By Sharon M. Draper.

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America. By Susan Campbell Bartoletti. illus.

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. By Greg Pizzoli. Illus. by the author.

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. By Kelly Jones. Illus. by Katie Kath.

The War That Saved My Life. By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. 

Older Readers

 Baba Yaga’s Assistant. By Marika McCoola. Illus. by Emily Carroll.

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. By Phillip Hoose. illus. 

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War. By Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine. Illus. by Claudia Dávila.

Cuckoo Song. By Frances Hardinge

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. By Don Brown. Illus. by the author.

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir. By Margarita Engle.

First Flight around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race. By Tim Grove. illus.

Goodbye Stranger. By Rebecca Stead.

The Hired Girl. By Laura Amy Schlitz.

The Lightning Queen. By Laura Resau

Listen, Slowly. By Thanhhà Lại.

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War. By Steve Sheinkin. illus.

My Seneca Village. By Marilyn Nelson.

Orbiting Jupiter. By Gary D. Schmidt.

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip through the Motown Sound. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. illus.

The Seventh Most Important Thing. By Shelley Pearsall.

The Smoking Mirror. By David Bowles.

The Thing about Jellyfish. By Ali Benjamin.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March. By Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. Illus. by P. J. Loughran. 

All Ages

Bird and Diz. By Gary Golio. Illus. by Ed Young.

Counting Lions. By Katie Cotton. Illus. by Stephen Walton

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker. By Robbie Robertson. Illus. by David Shannon.

Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure. By Nadja Spiegelman. Illus. by Sergio García Sánchez

My Pen. By Christopher Myers. Illus. by the author

National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More Than 200 Poems with Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom!Ed. by J. Patrick Lewis. illus.

The Only Child. By Guojing. Illus. by the author.

Pool. By JiHyeon Lee. Illus. by the author.

Sail Away. By Langston Hughes. Illus. by Ashley Bryan

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. By Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Ekua Holmes.

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER:

Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph written by Roxane Orgill, illustrated by Francis Vallejo

FICTION AWARD WINNER:

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

NONFICTION AWARD WINNER:

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin

PICTURE BOOK HONOR WINNERS:

Thunder Boy Jr. written by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

One Day, the End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-than-Ever Stories written by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrated by Fred Koehler

FICTION HONOR WINNERS:

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

NONFICTION HONOR WINNERS:

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Caldecott Medal and Honors

Medal

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by  Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick

Honors

Trombone Shorty, pictures by Bryan Collier and words by Troy Andrews

Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes

Voice of Freedom:  Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson and written by Matt de la Peña,

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Author Award Winner

Rita Williams-Garcia- Gone Crazy in Alabama

Illustrator Award Winner

Bryan Collier, illustrator  - Trombone Shorty - Troy Andrews, author

Author Honor

All American Boys  Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

The Boy in the Black Suit  Jason Reynolds

X: A Novel  Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon

John Steptoe Award for New Talent

Hoodoo Ronald L. Smith

Illustrator Honor

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Last Stop on Market Street  illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Peña

Edgar Allan Poe Award - Children

Footer Davis Probably is Crazy by Susan Vaught

Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten (YALSA)

Awkward. By Svetlana Chmakova. Illus. by the author.

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. By Don Brown. Illus. by the author.

Lumberjanes. vol. 1. & 2 By Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters. Illus. by Brooke Allen. Boom!

Ms. Marvel. vol. 2: Generation Why. By G. Willow Wilson. Illus. by Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona. And vol. 3: Crushed. By G. Willow Wilson. Illus. by Takeshi Miyazawa and Elmo Bondoc.

Nimona. By Noelle Stevenson. Illus. by the author.

Roller Girl. By Victoria Jamieson. Illus. by the author.

Sacred Heart. By Liz Suburbia. Illus. by the author.

A Silent Voice. Vols. 1, 2, & 3 By Yoshitoki Oima. Illus. by the author.

Trashed. By Derf Backderf. Illus. by the author

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. vol. 1: Squirrel Power. and  vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It’s True. By Ryan North. Illus. by Erica Henderson.

Green Earth Book Awards

Picture Book –  The Stranded Whale, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Melanie Cataldo

Children’s Fiction – The Thing About Jellyfish, written by Ali Benjamin

Young Adult Fiction –  The Beast of Cretacea, written by Todd Strasser

Children’s Nonfiction –  Mission: Sea Turtle Rescue, written by Karen Romano Young and Daniel Raven-Ellison

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy. By Beatrice Alemagna. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Claudia Zoe Bedrick.

Michael L. Printz Award/Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

Award

Bone Gap By Laura Ruby

Honors

The Ghosts of Heaven By Marcus Sedgwick

Out of Darkness By Ashley Hope Pérez

Newbery Medal and Honors

Medal Winner

Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Honors

The War that Saved my Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Roller Girl, written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson

Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan 

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honors for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Award Winner

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown

Honor Books

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh

Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Julie Morstad

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 

Pura Belpré Award and Honors

Author Award Winner  

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir, written by Margarita Engle

Illustrator Award Winner

 Drum Dream Girl, illustrated by Rafael López, written by Margarita Engle 

Author Honor Books

The Smoking Mirror, written by David Bowles

 Mango, Abuela, and Me, written by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez

Illustrator Honor Books

My Tata’s Remedies = Los remedios de mi tata, illustrated by Antonio Castro L., written by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford

Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, written by Meg Medina

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors

Medal Winner

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaverasillustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh

Honor Books

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, written and illustrated by Don Brown

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club, written by Phillip Hoose 

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, written by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, illustrated by PJ Loughran

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

The Hired Girl, by Laura Amy Schlitz

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal and Honors

Medal Winner

Don’t Throw It to Mo! written by David A. Adler, illustrated by Sam Ricks

Honors

A Pig, a Fox, and a Box, written and illustrated by Jonathan Fenske

Waiting, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes

Supertruck, written and illustrated by Stephen Savage

USBBY: Outstanding International Book List

Preschool–Grade 2

Daly, Niki. Thank You, Jackson: How one little boy makes a BIG difference. Illus. by Jude Daly.

De Kinder, Jan. Red. Trans. by Laura Watkinson.

Deacon, Alexis. I Am Henry Finch. Illus. by Viviane Schwartz.

Dubuc, Marianne. The Bus Ride. Trans. by Yvette Ghione.

Dumont, Jean-François. I Am a Bear. Trans. by Leslie Matthews.

Elschner, Géraldine. Like a Wolf. Illus. by Antoine Guilloppé.

Kobald, Irena. My Two Blankets. Illus. by Freya Blackwood.

Lawson, JonArno. Sidewalk Flowers. Illus. by Sydney Smith.

Lee, JiHyeon. Pool.

Meschenmoser, Sebastian. Mr. Squirrel and the Moon. Trans. by David Henry Wilson.

Oral, Feridun. The Red Apple.

Roberton, Fiona. A Tale of Two Beasts.

Steven, Kenneth. Why Dogs Have Wet Noses. Illus. by Øyvind Torseter

Grades 3–5

Amnesty International UK. Dreams of Freedom: In Words and Pictures. Illus. by various artists.

Barman, Adrienne. Creaturepedia: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth.

Buitrago, Jairo. Two White Rabbits. Trans. by Elisa Amado. Illus. by Rafael Yockteng.

Chanchani, Vishakha. The House that Sonabai Built. Photographs by Stephen P. Huyler.

Foreman, Michael. The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship in World War I.

Isabella, Jude. The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle. Illus. by Simone Shin.

Niimi, Nankichi. Gon, The Little Fox. Trans. by Mariko Shii Gharbi. Illus. by Genjirou Mita.

Parr, Maria. Adventures with Waffles. Trans. by Guy Puzey. Illus. by Kate Forrester.

Prévot, Franck. Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees. Trans. by Dominique Clément. Illus. by Aurélia Fronty. 

Grades 6–8

Agard, John. Book. Illus. by Neil Packer.

Almond, David, et al. The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War. Illus. by Jim Kay.

Cohen-Janca, Irène. Mister Doctor: Janusz Korczak & the Orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto. Trans. by Paula Ayer. Illus. by Maurizio A.C. Quarello.

Crossan, Sarah. Apple and Rain: A Story to Fix a Broken Heart.

Kreller, Susan. You Can’t See the Elephants. Trans. by Elizabeth Gaffney.

Lewis, Gill. Moon Bear. Illus. by Alessandro Gottardo.

Mahé, Vincent. 750 Years in Paris.

Morpurgo, Michael. Half a Man. Illus. by Gemma O’Callaghan.

Nielsen, Susin. We Are All Made of Molecules.

Powers, J.L. Amina (Through My Eyes series).

Smith, Dan. My Brother’s Secret.

Thor, Annika. Deep Sea. Trans. Swedish by Linda Schenck.

Tolstikova, Dasha. A Year without Mom. 

Grades 9–12

Arnaktauyok, Germaine and Gyu Oh. My Name is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok. Illus. by Germaine Arnaktauyok.

Benwell, Sarah. The Last Leaves Falling.

de Heer, Margreet. Religion: A Discovery in Comics. Trans. Margreet de Heer and Dan Schiff.

Dragt, Tonke. The Letter for the King. Trans. by Laura Watkinson

LaBoucane-Benson, Patti. The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel. Illus. by Kelly Mellings.

McKay, Sharon E. Prison Boy.

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. Dance of the Banished

YALSA Award and Finalists for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War written by Steve Sheinkin

Finalists

Symphony for the City of the Dead:  Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad written by M.T. Anderson

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir written by Margarita Engle

First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race written by Tim Grove

This Strange Wilderness:  The Life and Art of John James Audubon written by Nancy Plain