Youth Literature Award Winners

The Christmas Coat by
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve; Ellen Beier (Illustrator)

Free Throw by
Jacqueline Guest; James Lorimer

Triple Threat by
Jacqueline Guest; James Lorimer

Pipestone by
Adam Fortunate Eagle; Laurence M. Hauptman (Afterword by)

Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light by
Tim Tingle; Karen Clarkson (Illustrator)

Kohala Kuamoo: Nae'ole's Race to Save a King by
Kekaulelenaeole A. Kawaiae; Aaron A Kawaiae (Illustrator)

Mohala Mai'o Hau by
Robert Lono ‘Ikuwa

I See Me by
Margaret Manuel

Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL by
Melanie Florence

Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-Gikinoo’amaageng by
Anton Treuer et al.

Native Defenders of the Environment by
Vincent Schilling

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

The Queen of Water by Maria Virginia Farinango; Laura Resau

Orchards
by Holly Thompson

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China
by Ed Young; Libby Koponen

Level Up
by Gene Luen Yang; Thien Pham (Illustrator)

Vanished
by Sheela Chari

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji
by F. Zia; Ken Min (Illustrator)

Soldier Bear by
Bibi Dumon Tak; Philip Philip Hopman (Illustrator)

The Lily Pond by
Linda Schenck (Translator); Annika Thor

No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Chuck Close by Françoise Mouly; Françoise Mouly

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Life: an Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Georgia in Hawaii by Amy Novesky; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)

The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connell; Timothy Rodwell (Illustrator); Donna M. Jackson

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)

And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis; Gary Kelley (Illustrator)

A Ball for Daisy by
Chris Raschka

Blackout by
John Rocco

Grandpa Green by
Lane Smith

Me... Jane by
Patrick McDonnell

Heart and Soul: The story of America and African Americans by
Kadir Nelson

Underground by
Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

The Great Migration by
Eloise Greenfield

Never Forgotten by
Patricia C. McKissack

The Notorious Benedict Arnold by
Steve Sheinkin

Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by
Marc Aronson; Marina Tamar Budhos

Bootleg by
Karen Blumenthal

Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by
Sue Macy

Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein by
Susan Goldman Rubin

Tia Isa Wants a Car
by Meg Medina; Claudio Muñoz (Illustrator)

Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

Lola's Fandango
by Anna Witte; Micha Archer (Illustrator)

Cinnamon Baby
by Nicola Winstanley; Janice Nadeau (Illustrator)

Not Inside This House!
by Kevin Lewis; David Ercolini (Illustrator)

Tales for Very Picky Eaters by
Josh Schneider

I Broke My Trunk! by
Mo Willems

I Want My Hat Back by
Jon Klassen

See Me Run by
Paul Meisel

Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library by
Vicki Myron; Bret Witter; Steve James (Illustrator)

Smile by
Raina Telgemeier

The Last Thing I Remember by
Andrew Klavan

Th1rteen R3asons Why by
Jay Asher

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by
Bil Wright

Gemini Bites by
Patrick Ryan

Huntress by
Malinda Lo

I Am J by
Cris Beam

Pink by
Lili Wilkinson

Where Things Come Back by
John Corey Whaley

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by
Rae Carson

Paper Covers Rock by
Jenny Hubbard

Under the Mesquite by
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Between Shades of Gray by
Ruta Sepetys

Goblin Secrets
by William Alexander

Out of Reach
by Carrie Arcos

Never Fall Down
by Patricia McCormick

Endangered
by Eliot Schrefer

Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin

Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop

The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins

Bear Despair by Gaëtan Dorémus

Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford; Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator)

Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole

Little Bird by Germano Zullo; Albertine (Illustrator)

The New Sweater by Oliver Jeffers

One Times Square: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World by Joe McKendry

Stephen and the Beetle by Jorge Luján; Chiara Carrer (Illustrator)

House Held up by Trees by Ted Kooser; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Dead End in Norvelt by
Jack Gantos

Inside Out and Back Again by
Thanhhà Lai

Breaking Stalin's Nose by
Eugene Yelchin

Balloons over Broadway by
Melissa Sweet

Amelia Lost by
Candace Fleming

Father Abraham by
Harold Holzer

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by
Monica Brown; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)

Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust by
Ruth Thomson

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by
Susan L. Roth (Illustrator); Cindy Trumbore

Where Things Come Back by
John Corey Whaley

Why We Broke Up by
Daniel Handler; Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

The Returning by
Christine Hinwood

Jasper Jones by
Craig Silvey

The Scorpio Races by
Maggie Stiefvater

Under the Mesquite by
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Diego Rivera by
Duncan Tonatiuh

Hurricane Dancers by
Margarita Engle

Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel by
Xavier Garza

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred by
Samantha R. Vamos; Rafael López (Illustrator)

Marisol Mcdonald Doesn't Match / Marisol Mcdonald no Combina by
Monica Brown; Sara Palacios (Illustrator)

The Running Dream by
Wendelin Van Draanen

Close to Famous by
Joan Bauer

Wonderstruck by
Brian Selznick

Balloons over Broadway by
Melissa Sweet

Black and White by
Larry Dane Brimner

Drawing from Memory by
Allen Say

The Elephant Scientist by
Caitlin O'Connell (Photographer); Donna M. Jackson; Timothy Rodwell (Illustrator, Photographer)

Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by
Rosalyn Schanzer

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by
Bil Wright

Pink by
Lili Wilkinson

With or Without You by
Brian Farrey

A + E 4ever: A Graphic Novel by
Ilike Merey

Money Boy by
Paul Yee

Chanukah Lights by Michael J. Rosen & Robert Sabuda (Illustrator)

Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow

Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan Campbell Bartoletti & Holly Meade (Illustrator)

Around the World in One Shabbat by Durga Yael Bernhard

Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins; Anne Timmons (Illustrator); Margaret Oh (Illustrator)

Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer by Shelley Sommer

Irena's Jars of Secrets by Marcia Vaughan & Ron Mazellan (Illustrator)

Then by Morris Gleitzman

The Blood Lie by Shirley Reva Vernick

Me... Jane by
Patrick McDonnell

Naamah and the Ark at Night by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Holly Meade (Illustrator)

Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by
Jon Katz

Apple Pie ABC by
Alison Murray