Read the official press release here.
Or watch these videos to find out about the great YA books nominated and presented with awards.
And come into the library and check out a winner or nominee.
Michael L. Prinz Award for Excellence in Literature written for Young Adults
Nominees: Stolen by Lucy Christopher; Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King; Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi; Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick; Nothing by Janne Teller
The Winner: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Ship Breaker
The Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
Middle School Age (11-13) Category: After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Teen (13-18) Category: Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
The Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Odyssey Honor Recordings
Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman; The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness; Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly; will grayson, will grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award for books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered expereince
The Nominees: will grayson, will grayson by John Green and David Levithan; Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher; Love Drugged by James Klise; Freaks and Revelations by Davida Willis Hurwin; The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
The Winner: Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
The Nominees: Hush by Eishes Chayil; Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey; Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride; Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber; The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
The Winner: The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
The Nominees: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel; They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers; The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko; Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw.
The Winner: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel
