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)
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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)
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HONOR 
Mesmerized
written ​by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)
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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)
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WINNER
You Don't Know Everything,
​Jilly P!
by Alex Gino
​(Scholastic, 2018)
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WINNER
Bull
by David Elliott
(BFYR/HMH, 2017)
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WINNER
Now or Never!
by Ray Shepard
(Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills, 2017)
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WINNER
Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Courtney Stevens
(HarperTeen/HC, 2017)
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WINNER
Over and Under the Pond
by Kate Messner
(Chronicle, 2017)
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WINNER
Overturned
by Lamar Giles
(Scholastic, 2017)
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WINNER
Fuzzy
by Tom Angleberger
(Abrams, 2016)
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WINNER
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs
by Crystal Allen
(Balzer & Bray/HC, 2016)
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WINNER
Lowriders in Space
by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)
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WINNER
Scythe 
by Neal Shusterman 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)
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WINNER
Livia Lone (Lone #1)
by Barry Eisler 
(Thomas & Mercer/Amazon, 2016)
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WINNER
I'm New Here
by Anne Sibley O'Brien
(Charlesbridge, 2015)
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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)
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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)
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WINNER
Hanukkah Bear 
written ​by Eric Kimmel 
(Holiday House, 2013)


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ODYSSEY AUDIO AWARD

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

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HONOR
The Music of Life
written ​by Elizabeth Rusch 
(Atheneum/S&S, 2017)
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HONOR
I Dissent
written ​by Debbie Levy 
(BFYR/S&S, 2016)
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HONOR
Mesmerized
written ​by Mara Rockliff
(Candlewick, 2015)
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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)
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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)
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WINNER
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by Raúl the Third
(Chronicle, 2016)
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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)
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HONOR
This Promise of Change
written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Bloomsbury, 2019)
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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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​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)
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HONOR
Fox & Chick: The Party (and Other Stories)
by Sergio Ruzzier 
(Chronicle, 2018)
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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)