2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

Showing 81 - 87 of 87  There are a total of 87 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "We wait for the sun"
Star rating for We wait for the sun
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator honor book
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A biography of civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree.
Book cover for "What beauty there is"
Star rating for What beauty there is
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Morris Award finalist
Description:
A stunning debut novel about brutality and beauty, and about broken people trying to survive--perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Laura Ruby, and Meg Rosoff.
Book cover for "Where I belong"
Star rating for Where I belong
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5 stars
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Pura Belpre Young Adult honor book
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"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
Book cover for "Whistle"
Star rating for Whistle
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3.5 stars
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Sidney Taylor Young Adult honor book
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Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she's attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc, and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she'll need to make the right choices.
Book cover for "Winter's orbit"
Star rating for Winter's orbit
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Alex Award (adult books for teens)
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"Summoned before the Emperor, Prince Kiem-a famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild-is commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire. But the Jainan suspects his late husband's death was no accident. And Prince Kiem discovers that Jainan is a suspect himself. But broken bonds between the empire...
Book cover for "The witch's heart"
Star rating for The witch's heart
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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Alex Award (adult books for teens)
Description:
"When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this fierce, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse myth. Angrboda's story begins where most witch's tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to give him knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who...
Book cover for "Wonder walkers"
Star rating for Wonder walkers
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Caldecott honor book
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"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them"--