2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

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Book cover for "Ace of spades"
Star rating for Ace of spades
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Notes:
Morris Award finalist
Description:
At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on track toward valedictorian and bright college futures, but this prank quickly turns into a very dangerous game and they are at more than one disadvantage as it looks like things could turn deadly.
Book cover for "Firekeeper's daughter"
Star rating for Firekeeper's daughter
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
Printz winner, Morris winner, Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten book, and American Indian Young Adult honor book
Description:
Daunis, who's part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.
Book cover for "Too bright to see"
Star rating for Too bright to see
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Stonewall Children's winner and Newbery honor book
Description:
In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity.