Youth Literature Award Winners

Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by
Joseph Medicine Crow; Herman Viola

Crossing Bok Chitto by
Tim Tingle; Jeanne Rorex Bridges (Illustrator)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by
Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)

Red Glass by Laura Resau

Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico! : Americas' sproutings by Pat Mora

Little Night by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)

Raining Sardines by Enrique Flores-Galbis

Hiroshima Dreams
by Kelly Easton

Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
by Ellie Crowe; Richard Waldrep (Illustrator)

Keeping Corner
by Kashmira Sheth

Hiromi's Hands
by Lynne Barasch

Brave Story by
Miyuki Miyabe

The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by
Jutta Richter; Anna Brailovsky (Translator); Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrator)

Nicholas and the Gang by
René Goscinny; Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator); Anthea Bell (Translator)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Wall by Peter Sis

At Night by Jonathan Bean (Illustrator)

Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Frogs by Nic Bishop (Photographer)

What to Do about Alice? by Barbara Kerley; Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)

Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt; Tricia Tusa (Illustrator)

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (Illustrator)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by
Brian Selznick

Henry's Freedom Box by
Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

First the Egg by
Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by
Peter Sís

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by
Mo Willems

Elijah of Buxton by
Christopher Paul Curtis

Let It Shine by
Ashley Bryan

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by
Sundee T. Frazier

November Blues by
Sharon M. Draper

Twelve Rounds to Glory by
Charles R. Smith; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

The Secret Olivia Told Me by
N. Joy; Nancy Devard (Illustrator)

Jazz on a Saturday Night by
Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

Leaves
by David Ezra Stein

The Apple Pie that Papa Baked
by Lauren Thompson; Jonathan Bean (Illustrator)

There Is a Bird on Your Head! by
Mo Willems

First the Egg by
Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Hello, Bumblebee Bat by
Darrin P. Lunde; Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)

Jazz Baby by
Lisa Wheeler; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Vulture View by
April Pulley Sayre; Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)

The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story by
Mary Downing Hahn

Eragon by
Christopher Paolini

Twilight by
Stephenie Meyer

Hero by
Perry Moore

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by
Peter Cameron

Saints of Augustine by
P E Ryan

Freak Show by
James St. James

Parrotfish by
Ellen Wittlinger

What I Saw and How I Lied
by Judy Blundell

Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Underneath
by Kathi Appelt; David Small (Illustrator)

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart

The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jennifer Bryant; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein; Ed Young (Illustrator)

The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin; Rosana Faría (Illustrator)

The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger

Wave by Suzy Lee

A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet by Stephen T. Johnson

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman; Meilo So (Illustrator)

Skim by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by
Laura Amy Schlitz; Robert Byrd (Illustrator)

Elijah of Buxton by
Christopher Paul Curtis

The Wednesday Wars by
Gary D. Schmidt

Feathers by
Jacqueline Woodson

M. L. K.: A Journey of a King by
Tonya Bolden

Black and White Airmen: Their True History by
John Fleischman

Spiders by
Nic Bishop

Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by
George Sullivan

Muckrakers by
Ann Bausum

Venom by
Marilyn Singer

The White Darkness by
Geraldine McCaughrean

Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by
Elizabeth Knox

One Whole and Perfect Day by
Judith Clarke

Repossessed by
A. M. Jenkins

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by
Stephanie Hemphill

The Poet Slave of Cuba by
Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by
Marisa Montes; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)

Frida: Viva La Vida by
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand; Frida Kahlo (Illustrator)

Martina una Cucarachita Muy Linda by
Carmen Agra Deedy; Michael Austin (Illustrator); Cristina De la Torre (Translator)

My Name Is Gabito/Me Llamo Gabito by
Monica Brown; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)

My Colors, My World by
Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)

Hurt Go Happy by
Ginny Rorby

Reaching for Sun by
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Kami and the Yaks by
Andrea Stenn Stryer; Bert Dodson (Illustrator)

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by
Peter Sís

Lightship by
Brian Floca

Spiders by
Nic Bishop

The Bedtime Sh'ma by Sarah Gershman & Kristina Swarner (Illustrator)

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin

The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller & Boris Kulikov (Illustrator)

Letter on the Wind: A Channukah Tale by Sarah Marwil Lamstein & Neil Waldman (Illustrator)

Light by Jane Breskin Zalben

Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People by Angela Gluck Wood & Dan Stone

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story by Peter Lane Taylor & Christos Nicola

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Mirjam Pressler & Erik J. Macki (Translator)

Thank You Bear by
Greg Foley

At Night by
Jonathan Bean

Pictures from Our Vacation by
Lynne Rae Perkins

Dragon Dancing by
Carole Lexa Schaefer; Pierr Morgan (Illustrator)