The American Library Association has announced this year’s Youth Media Award Winners and honor books. Included are:
Michael L. Printz Award (excellence in literature for Young Adults)
- Winner: We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Honors:
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Review)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
Coretta Scott King Award (recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults)
- Winner: Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
- Honors:
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Schneider Family Book Award (for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience)
- Winner (Teens): You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
Stonewall Book Award–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award (for English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience)
- Winner: Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert & The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- Honors:
- As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (Review)
William C. Morris Award (for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens) – Check out all the finalists here!
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults – Check out all the finalists here!
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (for most distinguished informational book for children)
- Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner
Odyssey Award (for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States)
- Winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, read by Bahni Turpin
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