Informational Book for children:

HONOR BOOKS

Drowned City by Don Brown (YEAH!)

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford (HURRAH!)

 

WINNER

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh (AMAZING!)

Books in translation award:

HONOR BOOKS

Adam and Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld

Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village by Fang Suzhen

Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers

 

WINNER

The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna

Jacqueline Woodson!!!

ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOKS

My Tata’s Remedies by Antonio Castro L.

Mango, Abuela and Me by Angela Dominguez (LOVELY!)

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh (HURRAY!)

 

ILLUSTRATOR WINNER

The Drum Dream Girl by Rafael Lopez (GORGEOUS!)

 

AUTHOR HONOR BOOKS

The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles

Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez

 

AUTHOR WINNER

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle (YEEEEAAAAH!)

Best audiobook

HONOR BOOK

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (YEAH!)

 

WINNER

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

HONOR BOOKS

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick (YEAH!)

 

WINNER

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (AMAZING!)

FIVE FINALISTS

Symphony for the City of the Dead by MT Anderson

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle

First Flight around the World by Tim Grove

This Strange Wilderness by Nancy Plain

Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin

 

WINNER

Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin

Debut author award for YA literature:

FIVE FINALISTS

Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

 

WINNER

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YEAAAAH!)

Honors an author for significant contribution to YA literature:

David Levithan!!!!!! YEAH!!!