Award Winners

AWARD WINNERS

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD

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

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

JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL

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)

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT MEDAL

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

APALA ASIAN/PACIFIC LITERATURE AWARD

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 AWARD

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)

AMÉRICAS AWARD

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

BARRY AWARD

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

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

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

BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK AWARD

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

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

BRITISH BOOK AWARDS

BEST READ OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Love in the Present Tense
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
(Flying Dolphin/PRH, 2006)

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 AWARD

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

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

CHARLOTTE HUCK AWARD

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

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

HONOR
Strictly No Elephants
written 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 AWARD

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

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

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

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

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

CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD

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 AWARD

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

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

WINNER
I Dissent
written 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
written by Nina Laden
(Little, Brown/Hachette, 2013)

WINNER
How to Babysit a Grandpa
written 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
written by Tammi Sauer
(Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2010)

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

CYBILS AWARD

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADE NONFICTION WINNER
Hatching Chicks in Room 6
written 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
written 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 AWARD

PICTURE BOOK HONOR
Over and Under the Snow
written 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
written by Denise Doyen
(Random House, 2009)

EDGAR AWARD

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

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

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

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

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

GOLDEN KITE AWARD

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

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
written by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

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

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

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

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

GREEN EARTH AWARD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gumshoe Award

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

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

ILA TEACHER'S CHOICE

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

ILLINOIS BLUESTEM AWARD

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

INDIES CHOICE AWARD

HONOR
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
(Charlesbridge, 2010)

HONOR
Shiver
by Maggie Steifvater
(Scholastic, 2009)

IRA CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULTS' BOOK AWARD

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
Livia Lone (Lone #1)
by Barry Eisler
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 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 WINNER
Dry
by Neal Shusterman
(S&S, 2018)

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD

WINNER
George
by Alex Gino
(Scholastic, 2016)

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

"LISTEN UP" AWARD

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

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD

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

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

ODYSSEY AUDIO AWARD

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

ORBIS PICTUS AWARD

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

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

HONOR
Mesmerized
written by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)

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

PARENT'S CHOICE AWARD

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

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

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

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

Premio Piemonte Grinzane Noir

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

PURA BELPRÉ MEDAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

RAINBOW AWARD

WINNER FOR
BEST LESBIAN CONTEMPORARY GENERAL FICTION
The Language of Hoofbeats
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
(Lake Union/Amazon, 2014)

WINNER FOR
BEST LESBIAN NOVEL
Where We Belong
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
(Amazon, 2013)

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

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)

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

ROBERT F. SIBERT AWARD

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

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

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

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

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

VIOLET DOWNEY AWARD

SHORTLIST
Dog Driven
by Terry Lynn Johnson
(HMH, 2019)