2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

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Book cover for "Healer of the water monster"
Star rating for Healer of the water monster
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American Indian Middle Grade winner
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"Brian Young's ... debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster--and comes to realize he's a hero at heart."--Publisher's description.
Book cover for "The sea-ringed world"
Star rating for The sea-ringed world
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Batchelder honor book
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"Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author Mar̕a Garc̕a Esper̤n, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator...
Book cover for "A snake falls to Earth"
Star rating for A snake falls to Earth
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3.5 stars
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Newbery honor book
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"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their...