Because of COVID-19 closures, we were not able to gather votes and award a winner for 2020. The 2020-21 lists are below (you will notice some repeats from last year). Because we could not award a winner, we also had to create lists for the next award.
Stamped |
Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi |
The faithful spy |
John Hendrix |
Ivy Aberdeen’s letter to the world |
Ashley Herring Blake |
Drive |
Joyce Moyer Hostetter |
The miscalculations of lightning girl |
Stacy McAnulty |
Marcus Vega doesn’t speak Spanish |
Pablo Cartaya |
New kid |
Jerry Craft |
They call me Güero |
David Bowles |
Nyxia |
Scott Reintgen |
Imposters |
Scott Westerfeld |
Stamped |
Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi |
With the fire on high |
Elizabeth Acevedo |
Children of blood and bone |
Tomi Adeyemi |
What if it’s us |
Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera |
Dread nation |
Justina Ireland |
A very large expanse of sea |
Taherah Mafi |
The black flamingo |
David Atta |
Aurora rising |
Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff |
They called us enemy |
George Takei |
Dry |
Neal & Jarrod Shusterman |