AWARDS FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
This post wraps up the Youth Media Awards for 2022. The next award is the Bluebonnet - but that won't be announced until March.
I don't read a lot of young adult (YA) lit these days. I read about it, though, and so was happy to see some familiar titles and authors pop up during the awards!
for excellence in literature written for young adults is Firekeeper’s Daughter written by Angeline Boulley. Four Printz Honor Books were also named: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas; Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo; Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon; and Starfish by Lisa Fipps.
Starfish is excellent - a book I think everyone should read. It's all about body image and bullying; also appropriate for tweens. I was glad to see it win an award but a bit surprised to see it in YA. I have Firekeeper's Daughter on my TBR pile and I have wanted to read Kekla Magoon's book for ages. Because she is a great writer and I know very little about the Black Panthers.
Alex Awards
are presented for the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences. The 2022 Alex Award winners are: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki; The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin, The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec; The Library of the Dead by T.L Huchu; How Lucky by Will Leitch; Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell; “The Rose Code,” by Kate Quinn; Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser, Lore Olympus, Vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe, and Malice by Heather Walter.
for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults goes to A.S. King whose books include Ask the Passengers, Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, and Please Ignore Vera Dietz among many other titles. Vera Dietz is one of my all-time favorite YA books.
honor Latinx young adult books that best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is the Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award winner. Three Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book were named: Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea; and Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson.
Schneider Family Book Award
is presented for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. The Words in My Hands written and illustrated by Asphyxia, is the winner for teens. One honor book for teens was selected: A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome written by Ariel Henley. 
This Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award is given annually to
Last Night at the Telegraph Club written by Malinda Lo is the 2022 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award.
One young adult Honor Book was selected: The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow, is the 2022 Excellence winner. Four other books were finalists for the award: Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race
Massacre Brandy Colbert Bray, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry:
The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian
American Movement, by Paula Yoo, In the Shadow of the
Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and
Years after the 9/11 Attacks written and illustrated by Don Brown, and The
Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her
Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield. (Does anyone else think YA non-fictions has absurdly long titles? Who would remember all of that? Just a thought...)
American Indian Youth Literature Awards
are announced in even years (e.g. 2022, 2024, 2026) and were established to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians and Alaska Natives. Selected titles present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts. This year's winner for Young Adult Book: Apple (Skin to the Core) written by Eric Gansworth [Onondaga], cover art by Filip Peraić. There were five honor books: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger [Lipan Apache Tribe], cover art and illustrations by Rovina Cai;Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley [Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians], cover art by Moses Lunham [Ojibway and Chippewa]; Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline [Métis Nation of Ontario], cover art by Stephen Gladue [Fishing Lake Métis Settlement] Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene [Cherokee Nation], illustrated by Ciara Sana [Chamoru], Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry [Yurok, Maidu and Achumawi], illustrated by Rahsan Ekedal.
promotes Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and is awarded based on literary and artistic merit. The award offers three youth categories including Picture Book, Children’s Literature and Youth Literature. The award is administered by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association. This year’s winners include:
The Youth Literature winner is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. The committee selected one Youth Literature honor title: We Are Not Free by Traci Chee.
The Sydney Taylor Book Award
is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries since 1968, the award encourages the publication and widespread use of quality Judaic literature. This year’s Gold Medalist Young Adult winner: The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros.
Sydney Taylor Young Adult honors: The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier, Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockhart, illustrated by Manuel Preitano; and The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds.The Sydney Taylor
The Odyssey Award
is presented for the best audiobooks produced for children and young adults, available in English in the United States: When You Look Like Us written by Pamela N. Harris and narrated by Preston Butler III is this year's winner.There was one young adult Honor book - Perfectly Parvin written by Olivia Abtahi and narrated by Mitra Jouhari.
Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians and other children’s experts, the awards encourage original and creative work. For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit www.ala.org/yma.
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