Award Winners

AWARD WINNERS

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ

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

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

NEWBERY

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

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

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

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

LONGLIST
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2016)

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

APALA ASIAN/PACIFIC LITERATURE

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

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

PICTURE BOOK HONOR
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji
illustrated by Ken Min
(Lee & Low, 2011)

AMELIA ELIZABETH WALDEN

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

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

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

BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK

WINNER
This Promise of Change
by Debbie Levy
(Bloomsbury, 2019)

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

BUXTEHUDER BULLE

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

CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD

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

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

CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL

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

CARTER G. WOODSON

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

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

CHARLOTTE HUCK

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

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

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

HONOR
Tiger Boy
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2015)

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

CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW

HONOR 
Niko Draws a Feeling
by Bob Raczka
art by Simone Shin
(Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2017)

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

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

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

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

CHILDREN'S CHOICE

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

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

CHRISTOPHER

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

CRYSTAL KITE

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

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

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

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

WINNER
Wherever You Go
Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2014)

WINNER
Faking Normal
by Courtney Stevens
(HarperTeen/HC, 2014)

WINNER
Sniffer Dogs
by Nancy Castaldo
(BFYR/HMH, 2014)

WINNER
Once Upon a Memory
by Nina Laden
(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2013)

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

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

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

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

WINNER
Mostly Monsterly
by Kate Messner
(Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2010)

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

CYBILS

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

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

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)

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

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

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

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

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

EB WHITE READ-ALOUD

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

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

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

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

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

EDGARS

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

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

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

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

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

EZRA JACK KEATS

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

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

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

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

GOLDEN KITE

HONOR
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens
(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

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

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

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

HONOR
Mesmerized
by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

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

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

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

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

GREEN EARTH

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

WINNER
The Brilliant Deep
by Kate Messner
(Chronicle, 2018)

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

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

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

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

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

ILLINOIS BLUESTEM

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

INDIES CHOICE

HONOR
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2010)

HONOR
Shiver
by Maggie Steifvater
(Scholastic, 2009)

IRA CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULTS' BOOK

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

KIRKUS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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

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

WINNER
Final Draft
by Riley Redgate
(Abrams, 2018)

WINNER
You Don't Know Everything,
Jilly P!
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2018)

WINNER
Bull
by David Elliott
(BFYR/HMH, 2017)

WINNER
Now or Never!
by Ray Shepard
(Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills, 2017)

WINNER
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens
(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

WINNER
Over and Under the Pond
by Kate Messner
(Chronicle, 2017)

WINNER
Overturned
by Lamar Giles
(Scholastic, 2017)

WINNER
Fuzzy
by Tom Angleberger
(Abrams, 2016)

WINNER
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs
by Crystal Allen
(Balzer & Bray/HC, 2016)

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

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

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

WINNER
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater
(Scholastic, 2015)

KIRKUS PRIZE IN YOUNG READER'S LITERATURE

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

FINALIST
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
(Candlewick, 2016)

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

LA PROVENCE PRIX

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

LAMBDA LITERARY

AWARD WINNER
George
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2016)

"LISTEN UP"

AWARD WINNER
The Tell-Tale Start
by Gordon McAlpine
Illustrated by Sam Zuppardi
(Viking/PRH, 2013)

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK

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

AWARD WINNER
Hanukkah Bear
by Eric Kimmel
(Holiday House, 2013)

ODYSSEY AUDIO

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

ORBIS PICTUS

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

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

HONOR
Mesmerized
by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

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

PARENT'S CHOICE

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

GOLD AWARD
Rook
by Sharon Cameron
(Scholastic, 2015)

GOLD AWARD
Mesmerized
by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

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

PURA BELPRÉ

AWARD WINNER
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)

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

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

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

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

RAINBOW BOOK LIST

TOP TEN OF 2017
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens
(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)

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

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

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

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