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AWARD WINNERS


MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD

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HONOR 
Scythe 
by Neal Shusterman 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

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HONOR 
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater 
(Scholastic, 2011)


JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL

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MEDAL WINNER
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
 
​by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2018)

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HONOR 
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 
(Amulet/Abrams, 2014)



NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

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LONGLIST
You Bring the Distant Near
by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2017)

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LONGLIST
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina

(Candlewick, 2016)

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WINNER
Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)


RANDOLPH CALDECOTT MEDAL

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HONOR
Going Down Home with Daddy
written by Kelly Starling Lyons
(Peachtree, 2019)



APALA ASIAN/PACIFIC LITERATURE AWARD

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YA AWARD WINNER
Orchards 
by Holly Thompson
(Delacorte/Random House, 2011)

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE HONOR
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2010)

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PICTURE BOOK HONOR
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji
illustrated by Ken Min

(Lee & Low, 2011)


AMELIA ELIZABETH WALDEN AWARD

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FINALIST
Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)

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FINALIST
The Milk of Birds
by Sylvia Whitman
(Atheneum/S&S, 2014)

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FINALIST
Wolves, Boys, & Other Things That Might Kill Me
by Kristen Chandler
(Viking/PRH, 2010)


AMÉRICAS AWARD

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WINNER
Between Us and Abuela
written by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2019)


BARRY AWARD

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NOMINEE
Extremis ​(Rain #5)
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)


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WINNER
Winner Take All (Rain #3) 
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)
​

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WINNER
Clean Kill in Tokyo (Rain #1)
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)


BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK AWARD

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WINNER
This Promise of Change 

written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Bloomsbury, 2019)

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WINNER
Challenger Deep

by Neal Shusterman
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)


BRITISH BOOK AWARDS

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BEST READ OF THE YEAR FINALIST
​
Love in the Present Tense

by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(Flying Dolphin/PRH, 2006)

BUXTEHUDER BULLE

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WINNER
Every Last Word
by Tamara Ireland Stone
(Disney*Hyperion, 2015)


CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD

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GOLD MEDAL WINNER YA LITERATURE
Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)

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GOLD MEDAL WINNER JUVENILE LITERATURE
George
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2016)


CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL

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WINNER
Keeper of the Lost Cities
by Shannon Messenger
(Aladdin/S&S, 2013)


CARTER G. WOODSON AWARD

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WINNER
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)

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WINNER
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
illustrated by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)


CHARLOTTE HUCK AWARD

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HONOR
Between Us and Abuela
written by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2019)

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HONOR
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
 
​by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2018)

Picture
HONOR
Strictly No Elephants 
written by Lisa Mantchev
(Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2015)

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HONOR
Tiger Boy
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2015)

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HONOR
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 

(Amulet/Abrams, 2014)


CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW AWARD

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HONOR 
Niko Draws a Feeling
written by Bob Raczka
illustrated by Simone Shin

(Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2017)

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HIGHLY COMMENDED 
My Blue is Happy 
written by Jessica Young (Candlewick, 2013)

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HONOR 
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood 
written by Tameka Brown 
(Viking/PRH, 2013)

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HONOR 
Me and Momma and Big John 
written by Mara Rockliff 
(Candlewick, 2012)

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HIGHLY COMMENDED 
Tía Isa Wants a Car
written by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2011)


CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD

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​3RD-4TH GRADE WINNER
Back to the Future
illustrated by Kim Smith
(Quirk, 2018)

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​DEBUT AUTHOR WINNER
George
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2016)


CHRISTOPHER

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WINNER
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)


CRYSTAL KITE AWARD 

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WINNER
Beastly Brains
written by Nancy Castaldo
​
(BFYR/HMH, 2017)

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WINNER
If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed
written by Denise Vega
​
(Knopf/PRH, 2017)

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WINNER
I Dissent
written by Debbie Levy 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

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WINNER
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)

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WINNER
Wherever You Go
Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler

(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2014)

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WINNER
Faking Normal
by Courtney Stevens

(HarperTeen/HC, 2014)

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WINNER
Sniffer Dogs
by Nancy Castaldo

(BFYR/HMH, 2014)

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WINNER
Once Upon a Memory
written by Nina Laden

(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2013)

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WINNER
How to Babysit a Grandpa 
written by Jean Reagan 
(Knopf/Random House, 2013)

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WINNER
The Dark Unwinding
by Sharon Cameron
(Scholastic, 2012)

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WINNER
Capture the Flag 
by Kate Messner 
(Scholastic, 2012)

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WINNER
Orchards 
by Holly Thompson
(Delacorte/Random House, 2011)

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WINNER
Mostly Monsterly
written by Tammi Sauer
(Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2010)

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WINNER
Sugar and Ice
by Kate Messner 
(Walker/Candlewick, 2010)


CYBILS AWARD

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ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE NONFICTION WINNER
Hatching Chicks in Room 6
written ​by Caroline Arnold
​(Charlesbridge, 2017)

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YA SPECULATIVE FICTION WINNER
Scythe 
by Neal Shusterman 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

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ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth

​by Raúl the Third 
(Chronicle,
 2016)

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YA FICTION WINNER
Every Last Word
by Tamara Ireland Stone
(Disney*Hyperion, 2015)

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ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE NONFICTION WINNER
I, Fly
written by Bridget Heos
​(Holt/Macmillan, 2015)

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ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 
(Amulet/Abrams, 2014)

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MIDDLE GRADE FICTION WINNER
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda 
by Tom Angleberger
(Amulet/Abrams, 2010)


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YA NONFICTION WINNER
The Frog Scientist 
by Pamela Turner
(Houghton Mifflin/HMH, 2009)



EB WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD

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PICTURE BOOK HONOR
Over and Under the Snow 
written by Kate Messner 
(Chronicle, 2011)

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MIDDLE READER AWARD WINNER
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda 
by Tom Angleberger
(Amulet/Abrams, 2010)


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YOUNG ADULT HONOR
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2010

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OLDER READERS AWARD WINNER
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. 
​by Kate Messner
(Walker/Bloomsbury, 2009)


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PICTURE BOOK HONOR
Once Upon a Twice 
written by Denise Doyen 
(Random House, 2009)


EDGAR AWARD

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BEST YA NOMINEE
Endangered
by Lamar Giles
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)

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BEST YA NOMINEE
Fake ID
by Lamar Giles
(Amistad/HC, 2014)

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BEST YA WINNER
The Art of Secrets
by James Klise
(Algonquin, 2014)

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BEST JUVENILE NOMINEE
Fake Mustache 
by Tom Angleberger
(Amulet/Abrams, 2013)


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BEST JUVENILE NOMINEE
Horton Halfpott 
by Tom Angleberger
(Amulet/Abrams, 2011)



EZRA JACK KEATS AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)

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AWARD WINNER
Rain! 
written by Linda Ashman
​(HMH, 2013)

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AWARD WINNER
Tía Isa Wants a Car 
written by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2011)

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HONOR 
My Heart Will Not Sit Down
written by Mara Rockliff
​
(Knopf/Random House, 2013)


GOLDEN KITE AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
Mario and the Hole in the Sky
written by Elizabeth Rusch
(Charlesbridge, 2019)

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HONOR
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens

(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

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AWARD WINNER
Challenger Deep

by Neal Shusterman
(HarperTeen/HC, 2015)

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AWARD WINNER
The Detective's Assistant
by Kate Hannigan
(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2015)

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HONOR
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
by Stephanie Oaks
(Dial/PRH, 2015)

Picture
HONOR 
Mesmerized
written ​by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

Picture
HONOR
The Dolphins of Shark Bay 
written ​by Pamela S. Turner
(HMH
, 2013)

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AWARD WINNER
Me and Momma and Big John 
written ​by Mara Rockliff 
(Candlewick, 2013)

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AWARD WINNER
Over and Under the Snow 
written ​by Kate Messner 
(Chronicle, 2011)

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AWARD WINNER
A Life in the Wild 
written ​by Pamela S. Turner
(FSG/Macmillan, 2008)


GREEN EARTH AWARD

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WINNER
Dry
by Neal Shusterman 
(BFYR/S&S, 2018)

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WINNER
The Brilliant Deep 
written by Kate Messner

(Chronicle, 2018)

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WINNER
The Story of Seeds
written by Nancy Castaldo
​
(BFYR/HMH, 2016)

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HONOR
The Next Wave
written ​by Elizabeth Rusch 
(BFYR/S&S, 2014)

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HONOR
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees
written by Sandra Markle
(Millbrook, 2013)

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HONOR 
Get Real: What Kind of World are YOU Buying?
written ​by Mara Rockliff 
(Running Press Kids/ Hachette, 2012)

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WINNER
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
written by Laurie David
​
(Orchard, 2007)


Gumshoe Award 

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WINNER
Winner Take All (Rain #3) 
​
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)
​​

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WINNER
Clean Kill in Tokyo (Rain #1)
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)


ILA TEACHER'S CHOICE

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READING LIST 2000
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(S&S, 2000)

ILLINOIS BLUESTEM AWARD

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WINNER
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 

(Amulet/Abrams, 2014)


INDIES CHOICE AWARD

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HONOR
Bamboo People 
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2010)

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HONOR
Shiver 
by Maggie Steifvater 
(Scholastic, 2009)


IRA CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULTS' BOOK AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
Privateer's Apprentice 
by Susan Verrico
​(Peachtree, 2013)


JANE ADDAMS CHILDREn's book award

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WINNER
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom
(Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2020)

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HONOR
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret
by Jess Keating
(Tundra/PRH Canada, 2020)

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HONOR
Black Is a Rainbow Color
by Angela Joy
​(Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2020)


KIRKUS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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WINNER
Dragons in a Bag
by Zetta Elliott
​
(BFYR/PRH, 2018)

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WINNER
Home and Away
by Candice Montgomery
(Page Street/Macmillan, 2018)

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WINNER
Final Draft
by Riley Redgate
​
(Abrams, 2018)

Picture
WINNER
You Don't Know Everything,
​Jilly P!

by Alex Gino
​(Scholastic, 2018)

Picture
WINNER
Bull
by David Elliott

(BFYR/HMH, 2017)

Picture
WINNER
Now or Never!
by Ray Shepard

(Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills, 2017)

Picture
WINNER
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens

(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

Picture
WINNER
Over and Under the Pond
by Kate Messner

(Chronicle, 2017)

Picture
WINNER
Overturned
by Lamar Giles

(Scholastic, 2017)

Picture
WINNER
Fuzzy
by Tom Angleberger

(Abrams, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs
by Crystal Allen

(Balzer & Bray/HC, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
Lowriders in Space
by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
Scythe 
by Neal Shusterman 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
Livia Lone (Lone #1)
by Barry Eisler 
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
I'm New Here
by Anne Sibley O'Brien
(Charlesbridge, 2015)

Picture
WINNER
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater

(Scholastic, 2015)


KIRKUS PRIZE IN YOUNG READER'S LITERATURE

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FINALIST
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2018)

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FINALIST
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina

(Candlewick, 2016)

Picture
FINALIST
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 

(Abrams/Amulet, 2014)


LA PROVENCE PRIX 

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YA WINNER
Dry
by Neal Shusterman 
(S&S, 2018)


LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD

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WINNER
George
by Alex Gino
​(Scholastic, 2016)

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FINALIST
Jumpstart the World
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(Knopf/PRH, 2010)


"LISTEN UP" AWARD

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WINNER
The Tell-Tale Start 
written ​by Gordon McAlpine
Illustrated by Sam Zuppardi

(Viking/PRH, 2013)


NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD 

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WINNER
I Dissent
written ​by Debbie Levy 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

Picture
WINNER
Hanukkah Bear 
written ​by Eric Kimmel 
(Holiday House, 2013)


​


ODYSSEY AUDIO AWARD

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HONOR
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
(Scholastic Audiobooks, 2011)
​


ORBIS PICTUS AWARD

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HONOR
The Music of Life
written ​by Elizabeth Rusch 
(Atheneum/S&S, 2017)

Picture
HONOR
I Dissent
written ​by Debbie Levy 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)

Picture
HONOR
Mesmerized
written ​by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

Picture
HONOR
The Mighty Mars Rovers 
written ​by Elizabeth Rusch 
(Houghton/HMH, 2012)


PARENT'S CHOICE AWARD

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SILVER HONOR
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
illustrated by Don Tate
(Peachtree, 2015)

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GOLD AWARD WINNER
Rook
by Sharon Cameron
(Scholastic, 2015)

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GOLD AWARD WINNER
Mesmerized
written ​by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

Picture
WINNER
How to Babysit a Grandpa 
written ​by Jean Reagan 
(Knopf/Random House, 2013)


Premio Piemonte Grinzane Noir

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WINNER
The Killer Ascendant (Rain #6) 
​
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2014)
​​


PURA BELPRÉ MEDAL

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HONOR
¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market
by Raúl the Third
(Versify, 2019)

Picture
WINNER
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth

by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)

Picture
HONOR
Mango, Abuela, and Me
 
​
written by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2015)

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WINNER
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass 
by Meg Medina 
(Candlewick, 2013)

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HONOR (Illustration)
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred 
written ​by Samantha R. Vamos 
(Charlesbridge, 2011)

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HONOR
Me, Frida 
written ​by Amy Novesky
​(Abrams, 2010)


RAINBOW AWARD

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WINNER FOR
​BEST LESBIAN CONTEMPORARY GENERAL FICTION 

The Language of Hoofbeats
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(Lake Union/Amazon, 2014)

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WINNER FOR
​BEST LESBIAN NOVEL 

Where We Belong 
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(Amazon, 2013)

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WINNER FOR ​BEST LESBIAN CONTEMPORARY GENERAL FICTION 
Where We Belong 
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(Amazon, 2013)


RAINBOW BOOK LIST

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TOP TEN OF 2017
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens

(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

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BEST OF 2012
Perfect
by Ellen Hopkins
(Margaret K. McElderry/S&S, 2011)

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BEST OF 2016
George
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2016)

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BEST OF 2010
Tricks
by Ellen Hopkins
(Margaret K. McElderry/S&S, 2009)

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BEST OF 2008
Becoming Chloe
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
(Knopf/PRH, 2006)


ROBERT F. SIBERT AWARD

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HONOR
All in a Drop
written ​by Lori Alexander 
(HMH, 2019)

Picture
HONOR
This Promise of Change
written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Bloomsbury, 2019)

Picture
HONOR
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
by Don Brown
(HMH, 2018)


SID FLEISCHMAN AWARD

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WINNER
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs and the Wall of Fame Game
by Crystal Allen

(Balzer+Bray/HC, 2018)


SOUTH ASIA BOOK AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU

by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2019)

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AWARD WINNER
YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR

by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2017)

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Picture
​AWARD WINNER
Tiger Boy
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2015)


STONEWALL AWARD

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​AWARD WINNER
George
by Alex Gino
​(Scholastic, 2016)

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HONOR
Sparks 
by S.J. Adams 
(Flux/North Star Editions, 2011)


SYDNEY TAYLOR AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
The Key from Spain
written by Debbie Levy
​(Kar-Ben/Lerner, 2019)

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AWARD WINNER
I Dissent
written by Debbie Levy
​(BFYR/S&S, 2016)


TEXAS BLUEBONNET AWARD

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AWARD WINNER
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda 
by Tom Angleberger 
(Amulet/Abrams, 2010)


(THEODOR SEUSS) GEISEL AWARD

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HONOR
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!
by Cece Bell 
(Candlewick, 2019)

Picture
HONOR
Fox & Chick: The Party (and Other Stories)
by Sergio Ruzzier 
(Chronicle, 2018)

Picture
HONOR
My Kite is Stuck! And Other Stories
by Salina Yoon
(Bloomsbury, 2017)

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HONOR
Rabbit and Robot 
by Cece Bell 
(Candlewick, 2012)


VIOLET DOWNEY AWARD

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SHORTLIST
Dog Driven

by Terry Lynn Johnson
(HMH, 2019)

WALTER DEAN MYERS AWARD

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YA HONOR
You Bring the Distant Near
by Mitali Perkins
(FSG/Macmillan, 2017)


WILL EISNER AWARD

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BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS WINNER
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 

(Amulet/Abrams, 2014)



WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD

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FINALIST
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
by Stephanie Oakes
(Dial/PRH, 2015)

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AWARD WINNER
Flash Burnout 
by L.K. Madigan 
(HMH, 2009)

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FINALIST
Madapple 

by Christina Meldrum
(Knopf/PRH, 2008)



YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS

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WINNER
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
​(S&S, 2000)


YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS AWARD

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WINNER
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
by Don Brown
(HMH, 2018)

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