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2023 ALA Youth Media Award Winners

 

Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.

The 2023 Youth Media Awards were announced on January 30. Browse this year's winners below.

For the full list including honor titles, or to learn more about each award, visit the ALA's website. If you're looking for the Odyssey Awards for best audiobook recordings, check out our digital audiobooks!

View the 2023 American Library Association Youth Media Award Winners below!

 

Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner) By Amina Luqman-Dawson Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316056618
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 1st, 2022
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John Newbery Medal winner
Coretta Scott King Author Award

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Hot Dog: (Winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal) By Doug Salati Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593308431
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - May 24th, 2022
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Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner


All My Rage: A Novel By Sabaa Tahir Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593202340
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Published: Razorbill - March 1st, 2022
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Printz Award Winner


I Did It! (I Like to Read Comics) By Michael Emberley Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780823446513
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Published: Holiday House - October 11th, 2022
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner


Staff Pick Badge
Stuntboy, in the Meantime By Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
$13.99
ISBN: 9781534418165
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - November 30th, 2021
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Odyssey Award: Children


The Honeys By Ryan La Sala Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338745313
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Published: PUSH - August 16th, 2022
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Odyssey Award: Young Adult


Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration By Lauren Tamaki (Illustrator), Elizabeth Partridge Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781452165103
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 25th, 2022
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Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner


Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II By Lia Levi, Jess Mason (Illustrator), Sylvia Adrian Notini (Translated by) Cover Image
By Lia Levi, Jess Mason (Illustrator), Sylvia Adrian Notini (Translated by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063065086
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Published: HarperCollins - March 22nd, 2022
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Mildred L. Batchelder Award


Where Wonder Grows By Xelena González, Adriana M. Garcia (Illustrator) Cover Image
$20.95
ISBN: 9781947627468
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Published: Cinco Puntos Press - January 11th, 2022
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Pura Belpré Award: Children's Illustration


Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250259639
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Published: First Second - October 18th, 2022
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Pura Belpré Award: Children's Author


Burn Down, Rise Up By Vincent Tirado Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781728246000
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Published: Sourcebooks Fire - May 3rd, 2022
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Pura Belpré Award: Young Adult Author


Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice By Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324052159
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Published: Norton Young Readers - September 27th, 2022
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults


The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen By Isaac Blum Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593525821
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Published: Philomel Books - September 13th, 2022
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William C. Morris Award


Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual By Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593306345
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 20th, 2022
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award


Staff Pick Badge
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement By Angela Joy, Janelle Washington (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Angela Joy, Janelle Washington (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250220950
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - September 6th, 2022
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: Illustrator


We Deserve Monuments By Jas Hammonds Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250816559
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - November 29th, 2022
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: Author


Love, Violet By Charlotte Sullivan Wild, Charlene Chua (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780374313722
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - January 4th, 2022
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Stonewall Book Award: Children


When the Angels Left the Old Country By Sacha Lamb Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781646141760
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Published: Levine Querido - October 18th, 2022
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Stonewall Book Award: Young Adult
Sydney Taylor Book Award: Young Adult


Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion By Shannon Stocker, Devon Holzwarth (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Shannon Stocker, Devon Holzwarth (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593109694
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Published: Dial Books - April 12th, 2022
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Schneider Family Book Award: Young Children


Wildoak By C. C. Harrington Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338803860
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 20th, 2022
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Schneider Family Book Award: Middle Grade


The Words We Keep By Erin Stewart Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984848864
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Published: Delacorte Press - March 15th, 2022
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Schneider Family Book Award: Teens


The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs By Chana Stiefel, Susan Gal (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Chana Stiefel, Susan Gal (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338225891
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Published: Scholastic Press - October 4th, 2022
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Sydney Taylor Book Award: Picture Book


Aviva vs the Dybbuk By Mari Lowe Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781646141258
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Published: Levine Querido - February 22nd, 2022
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Sydney Taylor Book Award: Middle Grade


From the Tops of the Trees By Kao Kalia Yang, Rachel Wada (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kao Kalia Yang, Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781541581302
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Published: Carolrhoda Books (R) - October 5th, 2021
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature: Picture Book


Maizy Chen's Last Chance: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) By Lisa Yee Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984830258
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - February 1st, 2022
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature: Children's Literature


Himawari House By Harmony Becker Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250235572
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Published: First Second - November 9th, 2021
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature: YA Literature


A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: A Novel By Sophie Irwin Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780593491348
Published: Pamela Dorman Books - July 12th, 2022

Alex Award


Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution By R. F. Kuang Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063021426
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Published: Harper Voyager - August 23rd, 2022
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Alex Award


Chef's Kiss By Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine (Illustrator), Hank Jones (Colorist), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer) Cover Image
By Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine (Illustrator), Hank Jones (Colorist), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781620109045
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Published: Oni Press - April 12th, 2022
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Alex Award


Daughter of the Moon Goddess: A Fantasy Romance Novel (Celestial Kingdom #1) By Sue Lynn Tan Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780063031319
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Published: Harper Voyager - October 11th, 2022
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Alex Award


I'm Glad My Mom Died By Jennette McCurdy Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781982185824
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Published: Simon & Schuster - August 9th, 2022
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Alex Award


Solito: A Memoir By Javier Zamora Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593498064
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Published: Hogarth - September 6th, 2022
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Alex Award


The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. By James Spooner Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9780358659112
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Published: Harper - May 17th, 2022
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Alex Award


The Kaiju Preservation Society By John Scalzi Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250878533
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Published: Tor Books - January 24th, 2023
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Alex Award


True Biz: A Novel By Sara Novic Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593241509
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Published: Random House - April 5th, 2022
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Alex Award


Wash Day Diaries By Jamila Rowser, Robyn Smith Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781797205458
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Published: Chronicle Books - July 5th, 2022
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Alex Award