ALA Youth Media Awards 2020

The YMA Awards were announced this morning and the YA winners are: (For the full list click here)

My list only reflects YA winners(with a few middle grade titles thrown in here and there.)

1. Michael L. Printz Award (Best YA literature of the year) 

• Dig by A.S. King- Award
• The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi- Honor
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki- Honor
• Ordinary Hazards: a Memoir by Nikki Grimes-Honor
• Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean- Honor

2. Schneider Family Book Award (Teen living with a disability)

• Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein (Ages 13-18)-Award
• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais- Honor 

3. Alex Awards - 10 Best adult books that appeal to teen audiences   

• A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World (Fletcher)
• Do You Dream of Terra-Two? (Oh)
• Dominicana (Cruz)
• Gender Queer: a Memoir (Kobabe)
• High School (Quin and Quin)
• In Waves (Dungo)
• Middlegame (McGuire)
• The Nickel Boys (Whitehead)
• Read, White, and Royal Blue (McQuiston)
• The Swallows (Lutz)

4. Margaret A. Edwards Award (An author who has made a significant contribution to YA or Children's Lit)

• Name of author : Steve Sheinkin

5. Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature (LGBTQ+) :

• Black Flamingo by Dean Atta- YA Award
• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - Honor
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian- Honor 
• (The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy-Honor, Middle Grade title)

6. William C. Morris Award (First YA novel by author)

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillippe- Award

7. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 

• Free Lunch by Rex Ogle- Award

8. Coretta Scott King Book Award (African American Author) 

• New Kid by Jerry Craft-Award
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
• Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

9. Coretta Scott King Author-Steptoe New Talent

• Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams

10. Pura Belpre (Latinx Author) 

• (The Award and honor books are all for middle grade or children readers this year.)

11. Odyssey Award (Audio Book)

• Hey Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt With Family Addiction by Jarrett Krosoczka- Award
• Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt- Honor
• (The other three honor books are middle grade or children's books)

12. Sibert Informational  Book Award (Distinguished Informational books)

• This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy-Honor
• Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes
• (The award winner and two other honor books for children or middle grade readers)

13. Mildred Batchelder Award (Translated into English)

• The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi - Honor, translated from Japanese
• (The award book and other titles were for younger readers)

14. Children's Literature Legacy Award (An author or illustrator whose work has had a substantial and lasting effect on Children's literature)

• Author name: Kevin Henkes

15. Newbery Medal (Most outstanding contribution to children's literature)

• New Kid by Jerry Craft-Award
• Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams
• (Three honor books are for younger readers)

16. Caldecott Medal

• (All Award book and honor books are for children readers.)

17. The Sydney Taylor Award (Jewish experience)

• Someday We Will Fly by Rachel deWosken - YA Award
• Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz- Honor
• Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

18.  American Indian Youth Literature award

• Hearts Unbroken, written by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee)- YA Award
• Surviving the City, written by Tasha Spillett (Nehiyaw-Trinidadian)- Honor
• Reawakening Our Ancestors’ Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing, gathered and compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston (Inuk)- Honor
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, written by Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh) and Jean Mendoza -Honor
• Apple in the Middle, written by Dawn Quigley (Ojibwe, Turtle Mountain Band)- Honor

19.  Asian/Pacific American Literature Award

• They Called Us Enemy, written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott, illustrated by Harmony Becker- YA Award
• Frankly in Love, written by David Yoon

So many good books. Let's get reading. (Highlighted books or authors are those I have read.)