The 2019 Indies Choice Book Award winners were announced this week. Voted on by booksellers at American Booksellers Association member stores across the country, the awards are given in a variety of categories, including several for young readers. Here are the winners in those categories:
YOUNG ADULT
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
THE E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD FOR PICTURE BOOKS
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
THE E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD FOR MIDDLE READERS
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
PICTURE BOOK HALL OF FAME WINNERS
Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon