YALSA Award for Excellence in NonfictionNominee2019

Given by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Other Names: Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award
39 Works 11,004 Books 471 Reviews 4.0
YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. The winner is announced annually at show more the ALA Youth Media Awards, with a shortlist of up to five titles named the first week of December. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (15), Finalist (60), Nominee (308)
Years:
All, 2023 (28), 2022 (16), 2021 (21), 2020 (22), 2019 (39), 2018 (15), 2017 (14), 2016 (14), 2015 (18), 2014 (17), 2013 (14), 2012 (28), 2011 (20), 2010 (42)
Announced:
January 22: Winner2024 Recent

Nominee 39

WorkYear
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown2019
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix2019
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka2019
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge2019
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor by Sonia Sotomayor2019
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar2019
1968: Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change by Marc Aronson2019
The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus) by Neal Bascomb2019
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine by Melba Pattillo Beals2019
Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend by Karen Blumenthal2019
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man by Tonya Bolden2019
Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: The Origin Myths of Mexico by David Bowles2019
Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner2019
Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island by Loree Griffin Burns2019
The Wilhelm Gustloff Story (Famous Ships) by Michael Capek2019
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon2019
Back from the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction by Nancy Castaldo2019
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling2019
Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice: Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World by Ilene Cooper2019
More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War by Kenneth C. Davis2019
Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America by Marc Favreau2019
Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice (Scholastic Focus) by Lawrence Goldstone2019
My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope by Diane Guerrero2019
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose2019
D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson2019
Nevertheless, we persisted : 43 voices of defiance, strength, and courage by In This Together Media2019
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow2019
Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles by Maureen Johnson2019
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean2019
The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery2019
Things We Haven't Said: Stories of Abuse and Recovery by Erin Moulton2019
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero2019
Walking is a Way of Knowing by Madhuri Ramesh2019
Google It: A History of Google by Anna Crowley Redding2019
Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator by Catherine Reef2019
Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress by Susan Goldman Rubin2019
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi2019
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman2019
Deep Dark Blue: A Memoir of Survival by Polo Tate2019

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