AUTHOR AWARD WINNER

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

AUTHOR HONOR BOOKS

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD WINNER

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth

ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOKS

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes

Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome