Youth Literature Award Winners

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood; Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)

The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz

Malaika's Costume by Nadia L. Hohn; Irene Luxbacher

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

Outrun the Moon
by Stacey Lee

The Land of Forgotten Girls
by Erin Entrada Kelly

Puddle
by Hyewon Yum

Watched
by Marina Budhos

Momotaro Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters
by Margaret Dilloway; Choong Yung (Illustrator)

Cry, Heart, but Never Break
by Glenn Ringtved

Over the Ocean
by Taro Gomi

As Time Went By
by José Sanabria

The Ballad of a Broken Nose
by Arne Svingen

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)

Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman

Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

One Last Word by Nikki Grimes

The Best Man by Richard Peck

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin

Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe

Leave Me Alone!
by Vera Brosgol

Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Du Iz Tak?
by Carson Ellis

They All Saw a Cat
by Brendan Wenzel

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe

The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon

As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds

Freedom Over Me
by Ashley Bryan

Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

In Plain Sight
by Richard Jackson; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
by Karen Blumenthal

In the Shadow of Liberty
by Kenneth C. Davis

Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S. Turner

This Land is Our Land
by Linda Barrett Osborne

A Piece of Home
by Jeri Watts; Hyewon Yum (Illustrator)

Daniel Finds a Poem
by Micha Archer

The Journey
by Francesca Sanna

Excellent Ed
by Stacy McAnulty; Julia Sarcone-Roach (Illustrator)

The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head
by Daisy Hirst

We Are Growing!
by Laurie Keller; Mo Willems (Illustrator)

Good Night Owl
by Greg Pizzoli

Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!
by Mike Twohy

Go, Otto, Go!
by David Milgrim

The Infamous Ratsos
by Kara LaReau; Matt Myers (Illustrator)

The Book With No Pictures
by B. J. Novak

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire 1871
by Lauren Tarshis

Backlash
by Sarah Darer Littman

American Sniper
by Chris Kyle; Scott McEwen; Jim DeFelice

Girl Mans Up
by M-E Girard

Beast
by Brie Spangler

Gravity
by Juliann Rich

Highly Illogical Behavior
by John Corey Whaley

Not Your Sidekick
by C. B. Lee

Our Chemical Hearts
by Krystal Sutherland

Symptoms of Being Human
by Jeff Garvin

The Midnight Star
by Marie Lu

The Serpent King
by Jeff Zentner

Girl Mans Up
by M-E Girard

Rani Patel in Full Effect
by Sonia Patel

The Smell of Other People's Houses
by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Tell Me Something Real
by Calla Devlin

Far From the Tree
by Robin Benway

What Girls Are Made Of
by Elana K. Arnold

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

American Street
by Ibi Zoboi

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin; Evan Turk (Illustrator)

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown; John Parra (Illustrator)

On a Magical Do-Nothing Day
by Beatrice Alemagna

Plume
by Isabelle Simler

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Jonah Winter; Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)

The Way Home in the Night
by Akiko Miyakoshi

Town Is by the Sea
by Joanne Schwartz; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)

A River
by Marc Martin

King of the Sky
by Nicola Davies; Laura Carlin (Illustrator)

Feather
by Rémi Courgeon

The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill

Freedom Over Me
by Ashley Bryan

The Inquisitor's Tale
by Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)

Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk

Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
by Melissa Sweet

Animals by the Numbers
by Steve Jenkins

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman

Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy

¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!
by Lulu Delacre

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Asking for It
by Louise O'Neill

The Passion of Dolssa
by Julie Berry

Scythe
by Neal Shusterman

The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon

Juana and Lucas
by Juana Medina

Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by Cathy Camper; Gonzalez Raul (Illustrator)

The Only Road
by Alexandra Diaz

Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood; Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)

The Princess and the Warrior
by Duncan Tonatiuh

When We Collided
by Emery Lord

As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
by Jen Bryant

March: Book Three
by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming; Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
by Caren Stelson

Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
by Albert Marrin

We Will Not Be Silent
by Russell Freedman

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor
by Rick Riordan

If I Was Your Girl
by Meredith Russo

When the Moon Was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore

Unbecoming
by Jenny Downham

Pride
by Robin Stevenson

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz & Hatem Aly (Illustrator)

Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love
by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy
by Richard Michelson & Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

Dreidels on the Brain
by Joel Ben Izzy

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)

Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie

Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming

Alan's Big, Scary Teeth
by Jarvis