YALSA Award for Excellence in NonfictionNominee2011

Given by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Other Names: Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award
20 Works 2,310 Books 194 Reviews ½ 3.8
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 20

WorkYear
Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel2011
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2011
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers2011
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko2011
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by Jill Rubalcaba2011
Frederick Douglass: A Noble Life by David A. Adler2011
FDR's Alphabet Soup: New Deal America 1932-1939 by Tonya Bolden2011
Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau2011
Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces by Hadley Dyer2011
Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World by Sid Fleischman2011
The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy by James Cross Giblin2011
Sex: A Book for Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and Safety by Nikol Hasler2011
Teen Cyberbullying Investigated: Where Do Your Rights End and Consequences Begin? by Thomas A. Jacobs J.D.2011
We Are Not Beasts of Burden: Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, California, 1965-1970 (Civil Rights Struggles Around the World) by Stuart A. Kallen2011
Get Real: What Kind of World are YOU Buying? by Mara Rockliff2011
The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History by Adam Selzer2011
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us by Tanya Lee Stone2011
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally M. Walker2011
The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge2011
Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till by Simeon Wright2011

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