Youth Literature Award Winners

Herizon by Daniel Vandever & Corey Begay (Illustrator)

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young

Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth

Diné Bich’eekę Yishłeeh / Becoming Miss Navajo by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell & Natasha Donovan (Illustrator)

Learning My Rights with Mousewoman by Morgan Asoyuf

I Sang You down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner & Michaela Goade (Illustrator)

We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorell & Frané Lessac (Illustrator)

Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson & Tashia Hart (Illustrator)

Indigenous Peoples' Day by Katrina M. Phillips

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley & Tara Audibert (Illustrator)

Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking & Tashia Hart (Illustrator)

The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene & Ciara Sana (Illustrator)

Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry & Rahsan Ekedal (Illustrator)

Child of the Flower-Song People by Gloria Amescua; Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)

My Two Border Towns by David Bowles; Erika Meza (Illustrator)

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs

Niños by María José Ferrada; María Elena Valdez (Illustrator)

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin (Illustrator)

Amina's Song by Hena Khan

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

A Boy Named Isamu by James Yang

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee

Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba; Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator); Miho Satake (Illustrator)

Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost by Betina Birkjær, Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard (Illustrator), & Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov (Translator)

In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi, Nooshin Safakhoo (Illustrator), & Sara Khalili (Translator)

The Most Beautiful Story by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn, Øyvind Torseter (Illustrator), & Kari Dickson (Translator)

Sato the Rabbit by Yuki Ainoya & Michael Blaskowsky (Translator)

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon, Amanda Mijangos (Illustrator), & David Bowles (Translator)

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds; Jason Griffin (Illustrator)

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert

Moon Pops by Heena Baek; Jieun Kiaer (Translator)

War by José Jorge Letria; Andre Letria (Illustrator)

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Borders by Thomas King; Natasha Donovan (Illustrator)

The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not yet Found by Dina Nayeri; Anna Bosch Miralpeix (Illustrator)

Your Legacy by Schele Williams; Tonya Engel (Illustrator)

Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin (Illustrator)

Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris

Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford & Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Regis Bethencourt (Artist), & Kahran Bethencourt (Artist)

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

Revolution in Our Time: the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi & Loveis Wise (Illustrator)

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd & Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, & Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator)

Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham & C. G. Esperanza (Illustrator)

Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown

The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield

Out into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge; Josée Bisaillon (Illustrator)

Lala's Words by Gracey Zhang

Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho; Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)

Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter; Oge Mora (Illustrator)

Every Little Kindness by Marta Bartolj

Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing by Kenesha Sneed

Fox at Night by Corey R. Tabor

Beak and Ally #1: Unlikely Friends by Norm Feuti

I Hop by Joe Cepeda

Nothing Fits a Dinosaur by Jonathan Fenske

Perfect by Max Amato

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Calvin by J. R. Ford; Vanessa Ford; Kayla Harren (Illustrator)

The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Vampires, Hearts and Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith; Derrick Barnes

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

The New Rooster by Rilla Alexander (Illustrator)

The Upside Down Hat by Stephen Barr; Gracey Zhang (Illustrator)

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

The Writer by Davide Cali; Monica Barengo (Illustrator)

Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)

Night Lunch by Eric Fan; Dena Seiferling (Illustrator)

Where Butterflies Fill the Sky by Zahra Marwan

Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari; Beatrice Alemagna (Illustrator)

Bedtime for Bo by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold; Mari Kanstad Johnsen (Illustrator); Kari Dickson (Translator)

Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie; Julie Flett (Illustrator, Illustrator)

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin (Illustrator)

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd & Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin

Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreams by Juliet Menéndez

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell & Natasha Donovan (Illustrator)

Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chambers

Unbound: the Life and Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, & Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Revolution in Our Time: the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Third; Elaine Bay (colorist)

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Boogie Boogie, Y'all by C. G. Esperanza

Bright Star by Yuyi Morales

De Aquí Como el Coquí by Nomar Perez & Farah Perez (Translator)

May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart & Loris Lora (Illustrator)

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda Dobbs

Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua by Gloria Amescua & Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf & Ashley Barron (Illustrator)

A Bird Will Soar by Alison Green Myers

The Words In My Hands by Asphyxia

A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott

A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman & Peggy Collins (Illustrator)

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds & Raúl the Third (Illustrator)

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley

The People's Painter by Cynthia Levinson & Evan Turk (Illustrator)

The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff & Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)

Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin

We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorell & Frané Lessac (Illustrator)

Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa Stewart & Sarah Brannen (Illustrator)

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford & Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate

The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel; Sean Rubin (Illustrator)

How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin; Bethany Stancliffe (Illustrator)

The Christmas Mitzvah by Jeff Gottesfeld; Michelle Laurentia Agatha (Illustrator)

Nicky and Vera by Peter Sís

Linked by Gordon Korman

The Genius under the Table by Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)

Whistle: a New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockhart; Manuel Preitano (Illustrator)

The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds

The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina & Sonia Sanchez (Illustrator)

Catch That Chicken! by Atinuke; Angela Brooksbank (Illustrator)

The Cot in the Living Room by Hilda Eunice Burgos & Gaby D'Alessandro (Illustrator)

I Talk Like a River
by Jordan Scott & Sydney Smith (Illustrator)

Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly

My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano & Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)