Monday the real YMAs will be announced. Here are the YA books I hope will win:
1. Michael L. Printz Award (Best YA literature of the year)
- The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
2. Schneider Family Book Award (Teen living with a disability)
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (Anxiety and OCD)
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
4. Margaret A. Edwards Award (An author who has made a significant contribution to YA or Children's Lit)
- Name of author _____?_______________
5. Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature (LGBT)
- The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
6. William C. Morris Award (First YA novel by author)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
7. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
- Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman
8. Coretta Scott King Author Award (African American Author)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork
10. Odyssey Award (Audio Book)
- All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater, read by Thom Rivera
Now we wait and see what the Real Committees select. Since I am now retired I didn't read as many potential winners this year as in years past so I very well may have missed some of the best. Results available Monday, Feb. 12th.
