2022 Award Winning Books | Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries

The wild robot.

Brown, Peter, 1979-

Soon to be a DreamWorks movie, coming to theaters 9/27/24! Wall-E meets Hatchet in this #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown Can a robot...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7;
MCBA Award winner, 2021-2022

The last cuentista.

Higuera, Donna Barba.

Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Pura Belpré Award From Pura Belpré Award winner and Newbery Medalist, Donna Barba Higuera--a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7;
Winner of 2022 Newbery Medal

When you trap a tiger.

Keller, Tae.

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7; Winner of 2021 Newbery Medal

Too bright to see.

Lukoff, Kyle.

A Newbery Honor Book . Winner of the Stonewall Book Award . A National Book Award Finalist "A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." -The New York Times Book Review Cover may vary. It's the summer before middle school and eleven...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7; Winner for Stonewall Book award; National Book Award finalist

Front desk.

Yang, Kelly.

Four starred reviews and over ten best-of-year lists!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewWinner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Children's Literature!* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7; MCBA winner, 2020-21

Last night at the Telegraph Club.

Lo, Malinda.

Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller "The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch....

Recommended for grades 8 - 10; National Book Award winner, 2021

Everything sad is untrue : (a true story).

Nayeri, Daniel.

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award Christopher Award Winner Middle East Book Award Winner National Indie Bestseller NPR Best Book of the Year New York Times Best of the Year Amazon Best of the Year Booklist Editors' Choice ...

Recommended for grades 8 -10; Winner of 2021 Printz Award

Black sun.

Roanhorse, Rebecca.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the "engrossing and vibrant" (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a...

Recommended for grades 8 - 10

The promise.

Galgut, Damon, 1963-

WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A modern family saga written in gorgeous prose by three-time Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch....

Recommended for grades 10+; 2021 Booker Prize winner

Bewilderment.

Powers, Richard, 1957-

OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Overstory. Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by...

Recommended for grades 10+ ; Shortlisted for 2021 Booker Prize

Hiver ♭a Sokcho

Recommended for grades 10+

Hell of a book.

Mott, Jason

***2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER*** ***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER*** Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chautauqua Prize Finalist, Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing Shortlist, 2021 Aspen...

Recommended for grades 10+; 2021 National Book Award winner

Cuba : an American history /

Ferrer, Ada.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY "Full of...lively insights and lucid prose" (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States--from before the...

Recommended for grades 10+; Winner of Pulitzer Prize in History

Palmares.

Jones, Gayl

2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction A NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 Selection A New York Times "Biggest New Books Coming Out in September" Selection · A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Pick · A Guardian "50 Biggest Books of...

Recommended for grades 10+; Finalist for 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction

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