The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
Circe by Madeline Miller
Educated by Tara Westover
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
Green by Sam Graham-Felsen
Home After Dark by David Small
How Long Til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
HONOR BOOKS
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline- Ransome
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
WINNER
A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
HONOR BOOKS
Hidden Figures by Laura Freeman, written by Margot Lee Shetterly
Let the Children March by Frank Morrison
Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop by R. Gregory Christie
WINNER
The Stuff of Stars by Ekua Holmes, written by Marion Dane Bauer
ILLUSTRATOR
Oge Mora for Thank You, Omu!
AUTHOR
Tiffany D. Jackson for Monday’s Not Coming
HONOR BOOKS
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
WINNERS
Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
YOUNG CHILDREN HONOR BOOK
The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
YOUNG CHILDREN WINNER
Rescue & Jessica by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon
MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOK
The Collectors by Jacqueline West
MIDDLE GRADE WINNER
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
TEEN HONOR BOOK
(Don’t) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen
TEEN WINNER
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries:
YOUNGER READERS WINNER
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
OLDER READERS
Sweep by Jonathan Auxier
TEEN READERS
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
PICTURE BOOK WINNER
Drawn Together by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WINNER
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
YA LITERATURE WINNER
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Once again I’ll be live blogging ALA’s Youth Media Awards from their online feed. Expect some misspelling on names and some author names missed altogether. My apologies as I try to type as fast as I can!
I admit that cheering and occasional tears also slow me down a bit. These are my Oscars for the year. Good luck to all of the talented and amazing authors and illustrators!
You can join in the fun too on the online feed!
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