The American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2025

The 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards were released in January. Every year, the ALA gathers to present these prestigious awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Awards. These prize winners are the books that shape childhoods. The following winners are available to borrow at the Sussex County Library System!!

Updated January 27, 2025
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The American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2025

The 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards were released in January. Every year, the ALA gathers to present these prestigious awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Awards. These prize winners are the books that shape childhoods. The following winners are available to borrow at the Sussex County Library System!!

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Blackout /
Paper Book
Featured title at ALA Midwinter Virtual Librarian Brunch (1/23) Featured title at "Harper Librarian Preview"/media partner: Booklist (3/11) Standalone Announcement Advertising: SLJ and Booklist e-blasts (week of 3/29, tentative) Standalone, ...

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.

Brownstone
Teer, Samuel,
Paper Book
An Indie Next List Selection! A Harvey Award Nominee! "Angsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone who's ever felt totally out of place." --Gabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath An exciting teen coming...

Michael L. Printz Award: Presented to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Brownstone /
Teer, Samuel,
Paper Book
An Indie Next List Selection! A Harvey Award Nominee! "Angsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone who's ever felt totally out of place." --Gabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath An exciting teen coming...

Michael L. Printz Award: Presented to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

The first state of being /
Kelly, Erin Entrada,
Paper Book
Advertising in key school & library media, such as School Library Journal, The Horn Book and Booklist  Educators' Guide Pitch Booklist podcast author interview, keynote opportunities  Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote...

John Newbery Medal Winner: Honors author of the most distinguided contribution to American Literature for children.

The girl who sang
Nadel, Estelle,
Paper Book
A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable. Born to a Jewish family in a...

Sydney Taylor Book Awards: Recognizes titles for children and teens that exemplify high literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. This is a young adult graphic novel.

The girl who sang
Nadel, Estelle,
Paper Book
A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable. Born to a Jewish family in a...

Sydney Taylor Book Awards: Recognizes titles for children and teens that exemplify high literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. This is a young adult graphic novel.

Kin :
Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Paper Book
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Boston Globe-Horn Book Poetry Award Winner An "imaginative and moving" (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by ALSC Children's...

Children's Literature Legacy Award: Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences. Winner: Carole Boston Weatherford

Me and the family tree /
Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Ebook

Children's Literature Legacy Award: Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences. Winner: Carole Boston Weatherford (BOARD BOOK)

My daddy is a cowboy /
Seales, Stephanie,
Paper Book
Tall. High as the clouds. Strong as a horse's back. Like a cowboy. In the early hours before dawn, a young girl and her father greet their horses and ride together through the waking city streets. As they trot along, Daddy tells cowboy stories filled with fun and...

Coretta Scott King Author Award: Honors outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. This is for best illustrator (picture book)

Not like other girls /
Adamo, Meredith
Paper Book
"Powerful, brilliantly plotted, voicey, gripping, beautiful, heart-wrenching, hilarious . . . Read this book." -Liz Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of The Agathas William C. Morris Debut Award Winner When Jo-Lynn Kirby 's former best...

William C. Morris Award: Honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.

Shut up, this is serious /
Ixta, Carolina
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PURA BELPRÉ YA AUTHOR AWARD *  A Morris Award Finalist * Parade Best Young Adult Books of All Time * Indie Next List Pick * An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that the world is brimming with...

Pura Belpre Awards: Presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and young adult. This award was given to best young adult author.

Twenty-four seconds from now :
Reynolds, Jason.
Paper Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! "Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish...This is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and...

Coretta Scott King Author Award: Honors outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. This is for a young adult book.

The weight of blood /
Jackson, Tiffany D.
Paper Book
* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's history and...

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.

White smoke /
Jackson, Tiffany D.
Ebook
The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson! Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep...

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.

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