YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.

FINALISTS

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team Cover

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People by Elizabeth Rusch

WINNER

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

William C. Morris Award

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first given in 2009, honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

FINALISTS

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

WINNER

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

Odyssey Award

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of “the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States”.

HONOR AUDIOBOOKS

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

WINNER

Kent State by Deborah Wiles

Margaret A. Edwards Award

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Kekla Magoon

ALEX Awards

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice — Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O’Brady

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

WINNER

RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Frank Morrison, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

HONOR

Magnificent Homespun Brown by Kaylani Juanita, written by Samara Cole Doyon

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Cozbi A. Cabrera, written by by Suzanne Slade

Me & Mama by Cozbi Cabrera

AUTHOR AWARD

HONOR

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

WINNER

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Coretta Scott King Book Awards – Virginia Hamilton Award

January 25, 2021 | Tasha

Dorothy L. Guthrie

Stonewall Book Awards

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller’s Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.

HONOR BOOKS

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

WINNER

Beautiful photos of real-life families showcase all the wonderful forms of family, while poetic text builds both vocabulary and family connection.

We Are Little Feminists: Families by Archaa Shrivastav

Schneider Family Book Awards

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 | Tasha

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

YOUNG CHILDREN’S

WINNER