2024 Award Winning Books

Updated May 9, 2024
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Eyes and the Impossible.
Eggers, Dave
A wild, lyrical, hilarious and beautiful story of a wild dog living and surviving in an urban park Johannes, a free dog, lives in a park hemmed in on three sides by dense human neighborhoods, and on one side by the ocean. His job is to be the Eyes--to see...

Recommended for grades 6 & 7; 2024 Newbery Medal Winner

Eagle Drums.
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**A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK** A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition. As his family prepares for winter, a young, skilled hunter must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for...
Recommended for grades 6 & 7; Newbery Honor Book, 2024
Mexikid
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER * An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico "One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it."-...
Recommended for grades 6 & 7; Newbery Honor book
Mona Lisa Vanishes : A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
A "witty thriller" (The New York Times) for middle-grade readers about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world--and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all. ...
Recommended for grades 6 & 7; Sibert award winner
Parachute kids
Tang, Betty
  An extraordinary story about living on your own as  an undocumented immigrant. Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first trip to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks, she and her siblings learn that they will remain indefinitely...
Recommended for grades 6 & 7
Stars in Their Eyes: a Graphic Novel
Walton, Jessica
A Stonewall Honor Book In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of falling in love for the first time. Maisie is on her way to Fancon! She's looking forward to meeting her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her...
Recommended for grades 8 -10
The many assassinations of Samir, the seller of dreams
Nayeri, Daniel.
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER BEST OF THE YEAR: NPR - Booklist - School Library Journal - Chicago Public Library - Evanston Public Library - Kirkus - Wall Street Journal The Silk Road comes to life in this...
Recommended for grades 8 -10; Newbery Honor book
Rez ball
Graves, Byron
This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be. These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school...
Recommended for grades 8 -10; Morris Award Winner
Gather
Cadow, Kenneth M.
A 2023 National Book Award Finalist A Michael L. Printz Honor Book "Arguably one of the finest novels of the year."--Booklist (starred review) A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from...
Recommended for grades 10+; 2024 Printz honor book
She is a haunting.
Tran, Trang Thanh
William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller This house eats and is eaten . . . "A riveting debut from a remarkable new voice! Trang Thanh Tran weaves an impressive gothic mystery in which...
Recommended for grades 10 +; Finalist for 2024 Morris Award
Once there was.
Monsef, Kiyash
A New York Times bestseller! A Morris Award Finalist Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Neil Gaiman in this "striking and heartfelt" (Kirkus Reviews) novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a...
Recommended for grades 10+; 2024 Morris Award finalist
Prophet song.
Lynch, Paul, 1977-
Recommended for grades 10+; 2023 Booker Prize winner
Bee Sting : A Novel.
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One of The New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year Winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year, the Nero Gold Prize, and the Nero Book Award for Fiction Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Writers' Prize for Fiction ...
Recommended for grades 10+; 20023 Booker Award finalist
This other Eden.
Harding, Paul, 1967-
Finalist, Booker Prize and National Book Award for Fiction Longlisted, Dublin Literary Award One of Barack Obama's 15 favorite books of 2023 * A New YorkerBest Books of 2023 * An NPR 2023 "Book We Love" Pick and Top 10 Book of 2023 * One of Time's 100 Must-Read...
Recommended for grades 10+; 2023 Booker Award finalist
Chain Gang All Stars : A Novel.
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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from...
Recommended for grades 10+; 2024 Alex Award winner
Fourth wing.
Yarros, Rebecca
A #1 New York Times bestseller * Optioned for TV by Amazon Studios * Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 * Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 * Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 * NPR "Books We Love" 2023 * Audible Best Books of 2023 * Hudson Book of the Year * Google Play Best...

Recommended for grades 10+; 2024 Alex Award winner

The talk [graphic novel] /
Bell, Darrin.
Winner of the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Graphic Novels Winner of the Libby Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel of the Year Named The Year's Best Graphic Novel by Publishers Weekly Named one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Best Books of 2023<...
Recommended for grades 10+; 2024 Alex Award winner

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