2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

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Book cover for "Elatsoe"
Star rating for Elatsoe
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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American Indian Young Adult honor book
Description:
"Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should...
Book cover for "The library of the dead"
Star rating for The library of the dead
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Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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Alex Award (adult books for teens)
Description:
Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker, and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead--carrying messages to the living--but when she learns someone is bewitching children she investigates and discovers an occult library, a taste for hidden magic, and a wealth of Edinburgh's dark secrets.
Book cover for "A snake falls to Earth"
Star rating for A snake falls to Earth
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Notes:
Newbery honor book
Description:
"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...