Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2017

2017

American Indian Youth Literature Award (ALA / AILA)

Américas Award (CLASP)

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood; Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 784 H
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Américas Award Winner
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: Y DIA
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Américas Award Winner
Malaika's Costume by Nadia L. Hohn; Irene Luxbacher
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Américas Award Honorable Mention
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
Call Number: Y B GRA
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (ALA / APALA)

Outrun the Moon
by Stacey Lee
Call Number: Y LEE
Publication Date: 2016
2017 APAAL Young Adult Winner
The Land of Forgotten Girls
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 APAAL Children's Winner
Puddle
by Hyewon Yum
Call Number: YE YUM
Publication Date: 2016
2017 APAAL Picture Book Winner
Watched
by Marina Budhos
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Momotaro Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters
by Margaret Dilloway; Choong Yung (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 APAAL Children's Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

Cry, Heart, but Never Break
by Glenn Ringtved
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Batchelder Award Winner
Over the Ocean
by Taro Gomi
Call Number: YE GOM
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Batchelder Honor
As Time Went By
by José Sanabria
Call Number: YE SAN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Batchelder Honor
The Ballad of a Broken Nose
by Arne Svingen
Call Number: Y SVI
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
Call Number: Y THO
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman
Call Number: Y B GOG
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 B
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2017-01-03
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
The Best Man by Richard Peck
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: Y 796 S
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: Y B WHI
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Call Number: YE COR
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SCH
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: Y B BAS
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Caldecott Medal Winner
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Leave Me Alone!
by Vera Brosgol
Call Number: YE BRO
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Caldecott Honor
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 976 W
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2017 Caldecott Honor
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
2016 NYT Best Illustrated
Du Iz Tak?
by Carson Ellis
Call Number: YE ELL
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Caldecott Honor
They All Saw a Cat
by Brendan Wenzel
Call Number: YE WEN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 L
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2017 ENYA Winner
2017 Printz Award Winner
2017 Sibert Medal Winner
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: Y B BAS
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
2017 Caldecott Medal Winner
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Call Number: Y YOO
Publication Date: 2016
2019 Iowa High School Book Award
2017 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
2017 Printz Honor
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: Y REY
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
2017 Schneider Family Middle School Book Award Winner
Freedom Over Me
by Ashley Bryan
Call Number: Y 821 B
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Author & Illustrator Honors
2017 Newbery Honor
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 976 W
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2017 Caldecott Honor
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
2016 NYT Best Illustrated
In Plain Sight
by Richard Jackson; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE JAC
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (ALA / YALSA)

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 L
Publication Date: 2016
2017 ENYA Winner
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2017 Printz Award Winner
2017 Sibert Medal Winner
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
by Karen Blumenthal
Call Number: Y B CLI
Publication Date: 2016
2017 ENYA Finalist
In the Shadow of Liberty
by Kenneth C. Davis
Call Number: Y 978 D
Publication Date: 2016
2017 ENYA Finalist
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S. Turner
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 ENYA Finalist
This Land is Our Land
by Linda Barrett Osborne
Call Number: Y 304 O
Publication Date: 2016
2017 ENYA Finalist

Ezra Jack Keats Award (Ezra Jack Keats Foundation + USM)

A Piece of Home
by Jeri Watts; Hyewon Yum (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Daniel Finds a Poem
by Micha Archer
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner
The Journey
by Francesca Sanna
Call Number: YE SAN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Ezra Jack Keats Writer & Illustrator Honor
Excellent Ed
by Stacy McAnulty; Julia Sarcone-Roach (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Honor
The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head
by Daisy Hirst
Call Number: YE HIR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (ALA / ALSC)

We Are Growing!
by Laurie Keller; Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE KEL
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Geisel Award Winner
Good Night Owl
by Greg Pizzoli
Call Number: YE PIZ
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Geisel Honor
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!
by Mike Twohy
Call Number: YE TWO
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Geisel Honor
Go, Otto, Go!
by David Milgrim
Call Number: YE MIL
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Geisel Honor
The Infamous Ratsos
by Kara LaReau; Matt Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE LAR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Geisel Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

The Book With No Pictures
by B. J. Novak
Call Number: YE NOV
Publication Date: 2014
2017 Iowa Goldfinch Award
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire 1871
by Lauren Tarshis
Call Number: Y TAR
Publication Date: 2015
2017 Iowa Children's Choice Award
Backlash
by Sarah Darer Littman
Call Number: Y LIT
Publication Date: 2015
2017 Iowa Teen Book Award
American Sniper
by Chris Kyle; Scott McEwen; Jim DeFelice
Call Number: UNI STACKS DS79.76.K95
Publication Date: 2012
2017 Iowa Teen Book Award

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Girl Mans Up
by M-E Girard
Call Number: Y GIR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Winner
2017 Morris Finalist
Beast
by Brie Spangler
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Gravity
by Juliann Rich
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Highly Illogical Behavior
by John Corey Whaley
Call Number: Y WHA
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Not Your Sidekick
by C. B. Lee
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Our Chemical Hearts
by Krystal Sutherland
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Symptoms of Being Human
by Jeff Garvin
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2017
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
The Midnight Star
by Marie Lu
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist

William C. Morris YA Debut Award (ALA / YALSA)

The Serpent King
by Jeff Zentner
Call Number: Y ZEN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Morris Award Winner
Girl Mans Up
by M-E Girard
Call Number: Y GIR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Morris Finalist
2017 Lambda Literary Award Winner
Rani Patel in Full Effect
by Sonia Patel
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Morris Finalist
The Smell of Other People's Houses
by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Morris Finalist
Tell Me Something Real
by Calla Devlin
Call Number: Y DEV
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Morris Finalist

National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (National Book Foundation)

Far From the Tree
by Robin Benway
Call Number: Y BEN
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
What Girls Are Made Of
by Elana K. Arnold
Call Number: Y ARN
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
Call Number: Y SAN
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
American Street
by Ibi Zoboi
Call Number: Y ZOB
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin; Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B WAT
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown; John Parra (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B KAH
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
On a Magical Do-Nothing Day
by Beatrice Alemagna
Call Number: YE ALE
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
Plume
by Isabelle Simler
Call Number: YE SIM
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Jonah Winter; Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B GIN
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
The Way Home in the Night
by Akiko Miyakoshi
Call Number: YE MIY
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
Town Is by the Sea
by Joanne Schwartz; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SCH
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
A River
by Marc Martin
Call Number: YE MAR
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
King of the Sky
by Nicola Davies; Laura Carlin (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE DAV
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated
Feather
by Rémi Courgeon
Call Number: YE COU
Publication Date: 2017
2017 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
Call Number: Y BAR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Newbery Medal Winner
Freedom Over Me
by Ashley Bryan
Call Number: Y 821 B
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Newbery Honor
2017 Coretta Scott King Author & Illustrator Honors
The Inquisitor's Tale
by Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y GID
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Newbery Honor
Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
Call Number: Y WOL
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: Y B WHI
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Animals by the Numbers
by Steve Jenkins
Call Number: Y 590 J
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman
Call Number: Y 344 G
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming
Call Number: Y 594 F
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
2017 Sibert Honor
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy
Call Number: Y B GIN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!
by Lulu Delacre
Call Number: Y 800 SDo
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 L
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Printz Award Winner
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2017 ENYA Winner
2017 Sibert Medal Winner
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Asking for It
by Louise O'Neill
Call Number: Y ONE
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Printz Honor
The Passion of Dolssa
by Julie Berry
Call Number: Y BER
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Printz Honor
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
Call Number: Y SHU
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Printz Honor
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Call Number: Y YOO
Publication Date: 2016
2019 Iowa High School Book Award
2017 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
2017 Printz Honor
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

Pura Belpré Award (ALA / ALSC + YALSA + REFORMA)

Juana and Lucas
by Juana Medina
Call Number: Y MED
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Pura Belpré Author Award Winner
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by Cathy Camper; Gonzalez Raul (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 C
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner
The Only Road
by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: Y DIA
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood; Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B ESQ
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
The Princess and the Warrior
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: YE TON
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
2016 NYT Best Illustrated

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

When We Collided
by Emery Lord
Call Number: Y LOR
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Schneider Family Teen Book Award Winner
As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: Y REY
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Schneider Family Middle School Book Award Winner
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
by Jen Bryant
Call Number: Y B BRA
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Schneider Family Children's Book Award Winner

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (ALA / ALSC)

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 L
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Sibert Medal Winner
2017 Printz Award Winner
2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2017 ENYA Winner
2016 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming; Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 594 F
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Sibert Honor
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
by Caren Stelson
Call Number: Y B YAS
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Sibert Honor
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
by Albert Marrin
Call Number: Y 940 M
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Sibert Honor
We Will Not Be Silent
by Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y 943 F
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Sibert Honor

Stonewall Book Award (ALA / RRT)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor
by Rick Riordan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Stonewall Book Award Winner
If I Was Your Girl
by Meredith Russo
Call Number: Y RUS
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Stonewall Book Award Winner
When the Moon Was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Call Number: Y MCL
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Stonewall Honor
Unbecoming
by Jenny Downham
Call Number: Y DOW
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Stonewall Honor
Pride
by Robin Stevenson
Call Number: Y 306 S
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Stonewall Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B GIN
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz & Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y GID
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love
by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE EDW
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy
by Richard Michelson & Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Dreidels on the Brain
by Joel Ben Izzy
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snow yDay by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Steve Johnson (Illustrator); Lou Fancher (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B KEA
Publication Date: 2016
2017 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers

Charlotte Zolotow Award (CCBC @ UW-Madison)

Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 976 W
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2017 Caldecott Honor
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
2016 NYT Best Illustrated
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: YE ALE
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming
Call Number: Y 594 F
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
2017 Orbis Pictus Honor
2017 Sibert Honor
Alan's Big, Scary Teeth
by Jarvis
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2016
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor