Thumbs Up! AwardTop Ten

Given by Michigan Library Association

Other Names: Michigan Library Association's Thumbs Up! Award
80 Works 108,181 Books 5,133 Reviews 4.2
The Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence, and to celebrate the uniqueness of Teen/Young Adult literature. A committee, consisting of Young Adult and Teen show more Librarians, meets several times during the year to determine the winner. Beginning in 2001, the Thumbs Up! Committee has included a teen vote. Winners and Honor Books The Thumbs Up! Award is given annually by the Teen Services Division to an author for an outstanding contribution to teen literature having both literary quality and teen appeal. "Teen" for the award's purpose is someone between 12-18 years of age. The book must appeal to this age group, both in respect to its characters and setting, as well as in terms of subject and theme. To be eligible for the 2008 Thumbs Up! Award, books must be original works commercially published in the U.S. during 2008, from January 1st to December 31st. Books may be hardcover or original paperback. Books may be either fiction or nonfiction. Authors may include co-authors or editor(s). show less
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Top Ten 80

WorkYear
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys2023
Jumper by Melanie Crowder2023
The Getaway by Lamar Giles2023
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh2023
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala2023
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston2023
Squire by Nadia Shammas2023
The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart2023
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir2023
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas2023
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner2022
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley2022
All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody2022
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe2022
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas2022
Muted by Tami Charles2022
You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow2022
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney2022
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo2022
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon2022
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi2021
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown2021
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles2021
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson2021
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf2021
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo2021
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender2021
What I Carry by Jennifer Longo2021
Burn by Patrick Ness2021
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds2021
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis2020
SLAY by Brittney Morris2020
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller2020
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo2020
Lovely War by Julie Berry2020
Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson2020
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer2020
The Grace Year: A Novel by Kim Liggett2020
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas2020
How We Became Wicked by Alexander Yates2020
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi2019
Sadie by Courtney Summers2019
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang2019
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo2019
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake2019
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti2019
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland2019
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson2019
I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall2019
I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope by Chessy Prout2019
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas2018
Solo by Kwame Alexander2018
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus2018
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds2018
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia2018
Landscape with Invisible Hand by M. T. Anderson2018
Bull by David Elliott2018
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee2018
Warcross by Marie Lu2018
Who Killed Christopher Goodman?: Based on a True Crime by Allan Wolf2018
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner2017
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin2017
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton2017
March: Book Three by John Lewis2017
Draw the Line by Laurent Linn2017
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo2017
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys2017
Scythe by Neal Shusterman2017
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley2017
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters2017
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds2016
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo2016
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown2016
Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola2016
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness2016
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel2016
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman2016
Nimona by ND Stevenson2016
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten2016
The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones2016

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