National Book Award for Young People's Literature
{{short description|Annual literary award in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox award
| name = National Book Award for Young People's Literature
| current_awards =
| image =
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| caption =
| awarded_for = Outstanding work of Young People's Literature by U.S. citizens.
| presenter =
| country =
| location = New York City
| year = 1967–1983, 1996
| year2 =
| reward = $10,000 USD (winner)
$1,000 USD (finalists)
| website = [http://www.nationalbook.org/index.html National Book Foundation]
}}
The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".[http://www.nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html "History of the National Book Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003005153/http://nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html |date=October 3, 2018 }}. National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-01-05. The judging panel are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field".[http://www.nationalbook.org/nba_process.html "How the National Book Awards Work"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609202556/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba_process.html |date=June 9, 2011 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
The category Young People's Literature was established in 1996. From 1969 to 1983, prior to the Foundation, there were some "Children's" categories.[http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html "National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528173755/http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html |date=May 28, 2012 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
The award recognizes one book written by a US citizen and published in the US from December 1 of the previous year to November 30 in the award year. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires mailing nominated books to the panelists by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.[http://www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html "National Book Award Selection Process"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613084047/http://www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html |date=June 13, 2008 }}. NBFs. Retrieved 2011-11-17.{{efn|name=moredata |1=
Beginning 2005, the official annual webpages (see References) provide more information: the panelists in each award category, the publisher of each finalist, some audio-visual interviews with authors, etc. For 1996 to date, annual webpages generally provide transcripts of acceptance speeches by winning authors.}}
There were 230 books nominated for the 2010 award.[http://www.nationalbook.org/faq.html "Frequently Asked Questions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119202042/http://www.nationalbook.org/faq.html |date=November 19, 2017 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05. This had risen to 333 submissions by 2024.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2024-09-10 |title=US National Book Award Longlists: Young People's Literature |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/09/us-national-book-award-longlists-young-peoples-literature/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}
Finalists
=Children's books, 1969 to 1979=
Books for "children" were first recognized by the National Book Awards in 1969 (publication year 1968). Through 1979, a single award category existed, called either "Children's Literature" or "Children's Books."[http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html "National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528173755/http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html |date=May 28, 2012 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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|+Children's Books winners and finalists, 1969 to 1979 ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" width="30%" | Author ! scope="col" width="50%" | Title ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
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! rowspan="5" |1969 |{{sortname|Meindert|DeJong}} |Journey from Peppermint Street |Winner |{{Cite web |title=National Book Awards 1969 |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1969/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=June 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614234616/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1969/ |url-status=live }} {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=As_bHXewVnsC&dq=%22journey+from+peppermint+street%22+%22national+book%22&pg=PA370 |title=200 Years of Children |date=1978 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn= |editor-last=Henderson Grotberg |editor-first=Edith |location= |page=370}} |
| {{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander}}
|{{Sort|High King|The High King}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Patricia|Clapp}}
|Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth |
| {{sortname|Esther|Hautzig}}
|{{Sort|Endless Steppe|The Endless Steppe}} |
| {{sortname|Milton|Meltzer}}
|Langston Hughes: A Biography |
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! rowspan="5" |1970 |{{sortname|Isaac|Bashevis Singer}} |{{Sort|Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw|A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Vera and Bill|Cleaver|nolink=1}}
|Where the Lilies Bloom | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Edna|Mitchell Preston|nolink=1}}
|Popcorn and Ma Goodness |
| {{sortname|William|Steig|nolink=}} |
| {{sortname|Edwin|Tunis|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Young United States, 1783–1830|The Young United States, 1783–1830}} |
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! rowspan="5" |1971 |{{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian|The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Vera and Bill|Cleaver|nolink=1}}
|Grover | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Paula|Fox|nolink=}}
|Blowfish Live in the Sea |
| {{sortname|Arnold|Lobel|nolink=}} |
| {{sortname|E. B.|White|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Trumpet of the Swan|The Trumpet of the Swan}} |
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! rowspan="6" |1972 |{{sortname|Donald|Barthelme|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or The Hithering Thithering Djinn|The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or The Hithering Thithering Djinn}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jan|Adkins|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Art and Industry of Sandcastles|The Art and Industry of Sandcastles}} | rowspan="5" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|John|Donovan|John Donovan (writer)|nolink=}}
|Wild in the World |
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Tombs of Atuan|The Tombs of Atuan}} |
| {{sortname|Virginia|Hamilton|nolink=}} |
| {{sortname|Clyde|Watson|nolink=1}} |
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! rowspan="8" |1973 |{{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Farthest Shore|The Farthest Shore}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Betsy|Byars|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|House of Wings|The House of Wings}} | rowspan="7" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Ingri and Edgar|Parin d'Aulaire|nolink=}}
|d'Aulaires' Trolls |
| {{sortname|Jean|Craighead George|nolink=}} |
| {{Sortname|Betty Jean|Lifton}} and Thomas C. Fox
|Children of Vietnam |
| {{sortname|Georgess|McHargue|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Impossible People|The Impossible People}} |
| {{sortname|Zilpha|Keatley Snyder|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Witches of Worm|The Witches of Worm}} |
| {{sortname|William|Steig|nolink=}}
|Dominic |
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! rowspan="10" |1974 |{{sortname|Eleanor |Cameron|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Court of the Stone Children|The Court of the Stone Children}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Alice |Childress|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich|A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich}} | rowspan="9" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Vera and Bill|Cleaver|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee|The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee}} |
| {{sortname|Julia |Cunningham|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Treasure is the Rose|The Treasure is the Rose}} |
| {{sortname|Bette |Greene|nolink=}} |
| {{sortname|Kristin |Hunter|nolink=}}
|Guests in the Promised Land |
| {{sortname|E. L. |Konigsburg|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver|A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver}} |
| {{sortname|Norma |Fox Mazer|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Figure of Speech|A Figure of Speech}} |
| {{sortname|F.N.|Monjo|nolink=|Monjo Company#The Monjo family}}
|Poor Richard in France |
| {{sortname|Harve|Zemach|nolink=1}} and Margot Zemach |
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! rowspan="10" |1975 |{{sortname|Virginia |Hamilton|nolink=}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Natalie |Babbitt|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Devil's Storybook|The Devil's Storybook}} | rowspan="9" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Bruce |Buchenholz|nolink=1}}
|Doctor in the Zoo |
| {{sortname|Bruce |Clements|nolink=1}}
|I Tell a Lie Every So Often |
| {{sortname|James Lincoln |Collier|nolink=}} and Christopher Collier |
| {{sortname|Jason |Laure|nolink=1}} with {{sortname|Ettagale |Laure|nolink=1}}
|Joi Bangla! The Children of Bangladesh |
| {{sortname|Milton |Meltzer|nolink=}}
|World of our Fathers: The Jews of Eastern Europe |
| {{sortname|Milton |Meltzer|nolink=}}
|Remember the Days |
| {{sortname|Adrienne |Richard|nolink=1}}
|Wings |
| {{sortname|Mary |Stolz|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Edge of Next Year|The Edge of Next Year}} |
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! rowspan="7" |1976 |{{sortname|Walter D. |Edmonds|nolink=}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Eleanor |Cameron|nolink=}}
|To the Green Mountains | rowspan="6" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Norma |Farber|nolink=}}
|As I Was Crossing Boston Common |
| {{sortname|Isabelle |Holland|nolink=}}
|Of Love and Death and Other Journeys |
| {{sortname|David |McCord|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Star in the Pail|The Star in the Pail}} |
| {{sortname|Nicholasa |Mohr|nolink=}}
|El Bronx Remembered |
| {{sortname|Brenda |Wilkinson|nolink=}}
|Ludell |
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! rowspan="5" |1977 |{{sortname|Katherine |Paterson|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Master Puppeteer|The Master Puppeteer}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Milton |Meltzer|nolink=}}
|Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|John |Ney|nolink=1}}
|Ox Under Pressure |
| {{sortname|Mildred D. |Taylor|nolink=}} |
| {{sortname|Barbara |Wersba|nolink=}} |
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! rowspan="5" |1978 |{{sortname|Judith|Kohl|nolink=1}} and Herbert Kohl |{{Sort|View From the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures|The View From the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Betty Sue |Cummings|nolink=1}}
|Hew Against the Grain | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Ilse |Koehn|nolink=1}}
|Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany |
| {{sortname|David |McCord|nolink=}}
|One at a Time |
| {{sortname|William |Steig|nolink=}}
|Caleb + Kate |
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! rowspan="5" |1979 |{{sortname|Katherine |Paterson|nolink=}} |{{Sort|Great Gilly Hopkins|The Great Gilly Hopkins}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Lloyd |Alexander|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha|The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Vera and Bill|Cleaver|nolink=1}}
|Queen of Hearts |
| {{sortname|Sid |Fleischman|nolink=}}
|Humbug Mountain |
| {{sortname|Paula |Fox|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Little Swineherd and Other Tales|The Little Swineherd and Other Tales}} |
= Children's books, 1980 to 1983 =
In 1980 under the new name The American Book Awards (TABA), the number of literary award categories jumped to 28, including two for Children's Books: hardcover and paperback. In the following three years there were three, five, and five Children's Book award categories—thus fifteen in four years—before the program was revamped with only three annual awards and none for children's books.[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980 "National Book Awards – 1980"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426083421/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980/ |date=April 26, 2020 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-02-08. (Select 1980 to 1989 from the top left menu.)
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|+Children's Books winners and finalists, 1980 to 1983 ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" width="10%" | Category ! scope="col" width="30%" | Author ! scope="col" width="30%" | Title ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
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! rowspan="9" |1980 ! rowspan="4" |Hardcover |{{sortname|Joan|Blos}} |{{Sort|Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–82|A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–82}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|David|Kherdian}}
|{{Sort|Road from Home|The Road from Home}} | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|E. L.|Konigsburg}}
|Throwing Shadows |
| {{sortname|Ouida|Sebestyen}}
|Words by Heart |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Paperback |{{sortname|Madeleine|L'Engle}} |{{Sort|Swiftly Tilting Planet|A Swiftly Tilting Planet}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Myron|Levoy}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Arnold|Lobel}} |
| {{sortname|Maurice|Sendak}}
|Higglety Pigglety Pop!: Or There Must Be More to Life |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Paterson}}
|{{Sort|Great Gilly Hopkins|The Great Gilly Hopkins}} |
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! rowspan="15" |1981 ! rowspan="5" |Fiction, hardcover |{{sortname|Betsy|Byars}} |{{Sort|Night Swimmers|The Night Swimmers}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Paula|Fox}}
|{{Sort|Place Apart|A Place Apart}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Ouida|Sebestyen}}
|Far From Home |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Paterson}} |
| {{sortname|Jan|Slepian}}
|{{Sort|Alfred Summer|The Alfred Summer}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Fiction, paperback |{{sortname|Beverly|Cleary}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Sue Ellen|Bridgers}}
|All Together Now | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|S. E.|Hinton}}
|Tex |
| {{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander}}
|{{Sort|High King|The High King}} |
| {{sortname|Ellen|Raskin}}
|{{Sort|Westing Game|The Westing Game}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Nonfiction |{{sortname|Alison|Cragin Herzig}} and Jane Lawrence Mali |Oh, Boy! Babies |Winner |
| {{sortname|Milton|Meltzer}}
|All Time, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Peter|Spier}}
|People |
| {{sortname|William|Jaspersohn}}
|{{Sort|Ballpark|The Ballpark}} |
| {{sortname|Jean|Fritz}}
|Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? |
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! rowspan="14" |1982 ! rowspan="5" |Fiction, hardcover |{{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Cynthia|Voigt}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Mildred D.|Taylor}} |
| {{sortname|Beverly|Cleary}} |
| {{sortname|Deborah|Hautzig}}
|Second Star to the Right |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="4" |Fiction, paperback |{{sortname|Ouida|Sebestyen}} |Words by Heart |Winner |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Paterson}}
| rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Paterson}}
|{{Sort|Master Puppeteer|The Master Puppeteer}} |
| {{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander}}
|{{Sort|Wizard in the Tree|The Wizard in the Tree}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Nonfiction |{{sortname|Susan|Bonners}} |{{Sort|Penguin Year|A Penguin Year}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Melvin B.|Zisfein}} with Robert Parker (illus.)
|Flight: A Panorama of Aviation | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Patricia|Lauber}} with James Wexler (photos)
|Seeds: Pop, Stick and Glide |
| {{sortname|James|Howe}} with Mal Warshaw (photos)
|{{Sort|Hospital Book|The Hospital Book}} |
| {{sortname|Jean|Fritz}}
|Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold |
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! rowspan="25" |1983 ! rowspan="5" |Fiction, hardcover{{efn|The 1983 panels split three awards, including two in the five Children's categories. Split awards have been prohibited continuously from 1984 (the same reform that eliminated the Children's categories).|name=split}} |{{sortname|Jean|Fritz}} |Homesick: My Own Story |Winner |
| {{sortname|Zibby|Oneal}}
|{{Sort|Formal Feeling|A Formal Feeling}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Virginia|Hamilton}} |
| {{sortname|Lloyd|Alexander}}
|{{Sort|Kestrel|The Kestrel}} |
| {{sortname|Edward|Fenton|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Refugee Summer|The Refugee Summer}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Fiction, paperback |{{sortname|Paula|Fox}} |{{Sort|Place Apart|A Place Apart}} | rowspan="2" |Winner (tie) |
| style="background:lightyellow"
|{{sortname|Joyce Carol|Thomas}} |Marked by Fire (original){{efn|Books marked "original" may have been paperback reprints during the same calendar year as their hardcover first editions, whence "original" is a misnomer. "Original" books were not eligible for any previous National Book Award, however, as all were first published during the calendar year preceding the award year.|name=original}} |
| {{sortname|Lois|Lowry}}
| rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Sue Ellen|Bridgers}}
|Notes for Another Life |
| {{sortname|Judy|Blume}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Nonfiction |{{sortname|James|Cross Giblin}} |Chimney Sweeps |Winner |
| {{sortname|Patricia|Lauber}}
|Journey to the Planets | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|John|Nance|nolink=1}}
|Lobo of the Tasaday |
| {{sortname|Linda|Grant DePauw}}
|Seafaring Women |
| {{sortname|Judith|St. George}}
|{{Sort|Brooklyn Bridge|The Brooklyn Bridge}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Picture books, hardcover |{{sortname|William|Steig}} | rowspan="2" |Winner (tie) |
| style="background:lightyellow"
|{{sortname|Barbara|Cooney}} |
| {{sortname|Marcia|Brown}} (Illus.)
|Shadow (translation of a poem by Blaise Cendrars) | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Karla|Kuskin}} and Marc Simont (illus.)
|{{Sort|Philharmonic Gets Dressed|The Philharmonic Gets Dressed}} |
| {{sortname|Cynthia|Rylant}} and Diane Goode (illus.) |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Picture books, paper |{{sortname|Mary Ann|Hoberman}} with Betty Fraser (illus.) |{{Sort|House is a House for Me|A House is a House for Me}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Peter|Koeppen}} (Illus.)
|{{Sort|Swinger of Birches|A Swinger of Birches}} (poems by Robert Frost) | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Steven|Kellogg}}
|Pinkerton, Behave! |
| {{sortname|Edward|Marshall|James Marshall (author)}}
|Space Case |
| {{sortname|Ellen|Shire}}
|{{Sort|Bungling Ballerinas|The Bungling Ballerinas}} (original) |
= Young people's literature, 1996 to date =
From 1984 to 1995, the National Book Foundation did not present awards for young people's literature.[http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html "National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528173755/http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html |date=May 28, 2012 }}. NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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|+Young People's Literature, 1996 to date ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" width="30%" | Author ! scope="col" width="50%" | Title ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
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! rowspan="5" |1996 |{{sortname|Victor|Martinez|Victor Martinez (author)}} |Parrot in the Oven, Mi Vida |Winner |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Farmer}}
|{{Sort|Girl Named Disaster|A Girl Named Disaster}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Han|Nolan}}
|Send Me Down a Miracle |
| {{sortname|Helen|Kim|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Long Season of Rain|The Long Season of Rain}} |
| {{sortname|Carolyn|Coman}} |
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! rowspan="5" |1997 |{{sortname|Han|Nolan}} |Dancing on the Edge |Winner |
| {{sortname|Tor|Seidler}}
|Mean Margaret | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Adele|Griffin}}
|Sons of Liberty |
| {{sortname|Brock|Cole}}
|{{Sort|Facts Speak for Themselves|The Facts Speak for Themselves}} |
| {{sortname|Mary Ann|McGuigan}}
|Where You Belong |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |1998 |{{sortname|Louis|Sachar}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Richard|Peck|Richard Peck (writer)}}
|{{Sort|Long Way from Chicago|A Long Way from Chicago}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Jack|Gantos}} |
| {{sortname|Anita|Lobel}}
|No Pretty Pictures |
| {{sortname|Ann|Cameron|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods|The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |1999 |{{sortname|Kimberly|Willis Holt}} |When Zachary Beaver Came to Town |Winner |
| {{sortname|Walter Dean|Myers}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Laurie|Halse Anderson}} |
| {{sortname|Louise|Erdrich}}
|{{Sort|Birchbark House|The Birchbark House}} |
| {{sortname|Polly|Horvath}}
|{{Sort|Trolls|The Trolls}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2000 |{{sortname|Gloria|Whelan}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Adam|Bagdasarian}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Stanley}}
|Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California |
| {{sortname|Carolyn|Coman}}
|Many Stones |
| {{sortname|Michael|Cadnum}}
|{{Sort|Book of the Lion|The Book of the Lion}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2001 |{{sortname|Virginia|Euwer Wolff}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Marilyn|Nelson}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|An|Na}}
|{{Sort|Step From Heaven|A Step From Heaven}} |
| {{sortname|Kate|DiCamillo}}
|{{Sort|Tiger Rising|The Tiger Rising}} |
| {{sortname|Phillip|Hoose}}
|We Were There Too! Young People in U.S. History |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2002 |{{sortname|Nancy|Farmer}} |{{Sort|House of the Scorpion|The House of the Scorpion}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Naomi|Shihab Nye}}
|19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|M. T.|Anderson}}
|Feed |
| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Woodson}}
|Hush |
| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Partridge}}
|This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2003 |{{sortname|Polly|Horvath}} |{{Sort|Canning Season|The Canning Season}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jim|Murphy|Jim Murphy (author)}}
|An American Plague: The Time and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (about the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793) | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Paul|Fleischman}}
|Breakout |
| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Woodson}}
|Locomotion |
| {{sortname|Richard|Peck|Richard Peck (writer)}}
|{{Sort|River Between Us|The River Between Us}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2004 |{{sortname|Pete|Hautman}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Laban|Carrick Hill}}
|Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance (about the Harlem Renaissance) | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Deb|Caletti}}
|Honey, Baby, Sweetheart |
| {{sortname|Julie Anne|Peters}} |
| {{sortname|Shelia P.|Moses}}
|{{Sort|Legend of Buddy Bush|The Legend of Buddy Bush}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2005 |{{sortname|Jeanne|Birdsall}} |{{Sort|Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy|The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Walter Dean|Myers}}
|Autobiography of My Dead Brother | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Deborah|Wiles}} |
| {{sortname|Chris|Lynch}} |
| {{sortname|Adele|Griffin}}
|Where I Want to Be |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2006 |{{sortname|M. T.|Anderson}} |{{Sort|Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party|The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Gene Luen|Yang}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Martine|Leavitt}}
|Keturah and Lord Death |
| {{sortname|Patricia|McCormick|Patricia McCormick (author)}}
|Sold |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Werlin}}
|{{Sort|Rules of Survival|The Rules of Survival}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2007 |{{sortname|Sherman|Alexie}} |{{Sort|Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian|The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Kathleen|Duey}}
|Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Sara|Zarr}} |
| {{sortname|Brian|Selznick}}
|{{Sort|Invention of Hugo Cabret|The Invention of Hugo Cabret}} |
| {{sortname|M. Sindy|Felin}}
|Touching Snow |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|Judy|Blundell}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Laurie|Halse Anderson}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|E.|Lockhart}}
|{{Sort|Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks|The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks}} |
| {{sortname|Tim|Tharp}}
|{{Sort|Spectacular Now|The Spectacular Now}} |
| {{sortname|Kathi|Appelt}}
|{{Sort|Underneath|The Underneath}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2009 |{{sortname|Phillip|Hoose}} |Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice |Winner |
| {{sortname|Deborah|Heiligman}}
|Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Rita|Williams-Garcia}}
|Jumped |
| {{sortname|Laini|Taylor}}
|Lips Touch, Three Times |
| {{sortname|David|Small}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2010 |{{sortname|Kathryn|Erskine}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Laura|McNeal}}
|Dark Water | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Walter Dean|Myers}}
|Lockdown |
| {{sortname|Rita|Williams-Garcia}} |
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|Thanhha|Lai}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Franny|Billingsley}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Albert|Marrin}}
|Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy (about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire) |
| {{sortname|Debby|Dahl Edwardson}} |
| {{sortname|Gary|Schmidt|Gary D. Schmidt}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{sortname|William|Alexander|William Alexander (author)}} |Goblin Secrets |Winner |{{cite web|date=2012-11-14|title=2012 National Book Awards Go to Erdrich, Boo, Ferry, Alexander|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/54764-2012-national-book-awards-go-to-erdrich-boo-perry-alexander.html|access-date=2022-01-24|work=Publishers Weekly|archive-date=November 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115173037/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/54764-2012-national-book-awards-go-to-erdrich-boo-perry-alexander.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Leslie Kaufman|date=November 14, 2012|title=Novel About Racial Injustice Wins National Book Award|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html|access-date=2012-11-15|work=The New York Times|archive-date=July 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702004517/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Steve|Sheinkin}}
|Bomb: The Race to Build―and Steal―the World's Most Dangerous Weapon | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Eliot|Schrefer}}
|Endangered |
| {{sortname|Patricia|McCormick|Patricia McCormick (author)}}
|Never Fall Down |
| {{sortname|Carrie|Arcos}}
|Out of Reach |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{sortname|Cynthia|Kadohata}} |{{Sort|Thing About Luck|The Thing About Luck}} |Winner |{{cite web|author=Clare Swanson|date=November 20, 2013|title=2013 National Book Awards Go to McBride, Packer, Szybist, Kadohata|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/60089-2013-national-book-awards-go-to-mcbride-packer-szybist-kadohata.html|access-date=December 3, 2013|work=Publishers Weekly|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202180606/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/60089-2013-national-book-awards-go-to-mcbride-packer-szybist-kadohata.html?|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Gene Luen|Yang}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |[http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/59564-national-book-award-finalists-announced.html "2013 National Book Award Finalists Announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019003337/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/59564-national-book-award-finalists-announced.html |date=October 19, 2013 }}. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2013-10-21. |
| {{sortname|Tom|McNeal}}
|Far Far Away |
| {{sortname|Meg|Rosoff}}
|Picture Me Gone |
| {{sortname|Kathi|Appelt}}
|{{Sort|True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp|The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{sortname|Jacqueline|Woodson}} |Winner |{{Cite web|title=National Book Awards 2014|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2014/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318071355/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2014/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|date=November 19, 2014|title=National Book Award Goes to Phil Klay for His Short Story Collection|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/books/national-book-award-goes-to-phil-klay-for-redeployment.html?_r=0|access-date=November 20, 2014|work=The New York Times|archive-date=November 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123120058/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/books/national-book-award-goes-to-phil-klay-for-redeployment.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|John Corey|Whaley}}
|Noggin | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|title=Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/15/354568850/get-to-know-the-finalists-for-the-2014-national-book-award|access-date=2020-11-08|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506180735/https://www.npr.org/2014/10/15/354568850/get-to-know-the-finalists-for-the-2014-national-book-award|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Deborah|Wiles}}
|Revolution |
| {{sortname|Steve|Sheinkin}}
|{{Sort|Port Chicago 50|The Port Chicago 50}} |
| {{sortname|Eliot|Schrefer}}
|Threatened |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{sortname|Neal|Shusterman}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Laura|Ruby}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Steve|Sheinkin}}
|Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War |
| {{sortname|ND|Stevenson}} |
| {{sortname|Ali|Benjamin}}
|{{Sort|Thing About Jellyfish|The Thing About Jellyfish}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2016 |{{sortname|John|Lewis}}, Nate Powell, and Andrew Aydin |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jason|Reynolds}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Kate|DiCamillo}}
|Raymie Nightingale |
| {{sortname|Nicola|Yoon}}
|{{Sort|Sun Is Also a Star|The Sun Is Also a Star}} |
| {{sortname|Grace|Lin}}
|When the Sea Turned to Silver |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|Robin|Benway}} |Far from the Tree |Winner |
| {{sortname|Ibi|Zoboi}}
|American Street | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Rita|Williams-Garcia}}
|Clayton Byrd Goes Underground |
| {{sortname|Erika L.|Sánchez}}
|I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter |
| {{sortname|Elana K.|Arnold}}
|What Girls Are Made Of |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}} |{{Sort|Poet X|The Poet X}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jarrett J.|Krosoczka}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{cite web|author=Constance Grady|date=October 10, 2018|title=The 2018 National Book Award finalists are in. Here's the full list|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/10/17959504/2018-national-book-award-finalists|access-date=October 11, 2018|work=Vox|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044709/https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/10/17959504/2018-national-book-award-finalists|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|M. T.|Anderson}} and Eugene Yelchin
|{{Sort|Assassination of Brangwain Spurge|The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge}} |
| {{sortname|Christopher Paul|Curtis}}
|{{Sort|Journey of Little Charlie|The Journey of Little Charlie}} |
| {{sortname|Leslie|Connor}}
|{{Sort|Truth as Told by Mason Buttle|The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{sortname|Martin W.|Sandler}} |1919: The Year That Changed America |Winner |{{Cite web|title=2019 National Book Awards Longlists announced.|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2019/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128094627/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2019/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Diane|first=Roback|date=2019-11-21|title=2019 National Book Awards for Young People's Literature in Photos|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/81821-2019-national-book-awards-for-young-people-s-literature-in-photos.html|access-date=2019-11-22|website=Publishers Weekly|archive-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123041852/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/81821-2019-national-book-awards-for-young-people-s-literature-in-photos.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Jason|Reynolds}}
|Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Randy|Ribay}}
|Patron Saints of Nothing |
| {{sortname|Akwaeke|Emezi}}
|Pet |
| {{sortname|Laura|Ruby}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{sortname|Kacen|Callender}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Candice|Iloh}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|date=2020-10-07|title=National Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/07/157689/national-book-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024031317/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/07/157689/national-book-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Gavriel|Savit}} |
| {{sortname|Traci|Chee}} |
| {{sortname|Victoria|Jamieson}} and Omar Mohamed |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2021 |{{sortname|Malinda|Lo}} |Last Night at the Telegraph Club |Winner |
| {{sortname|Amber|McBride}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Kekla|Magoon}}
|Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People |
| {{sortname|Shing|Yin Khor}}
|{{Sort|Legend of Auntie Po|The Legend of Auntie Po}} |
| {{sortname|Kyle|Lukoff}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2022 |{{sortname|Sabaa|Tahir}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Kelly|Barnhill|Kelly Barnhill (author)}}
|{{Sort|Ogress and the Orphans|The Ogress and the Orphans}} | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Sonora|Reyes|nolink=}}
|{{Sort|Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School|The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School}} |
| {{sortname|Tommie|Smith|nolink=1}}, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile
|Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice |
| {{sortname|Lisa|Yee}}
|Maizy Chen's Last Chance |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2023 |{{sortname|Dan|Santat}} |{{Sort|First Time for Everything|A First Time for Everything}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Kenneth|Cadow|nolink=1}}
|Gather | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Huda|Fahmy}} |
| {{sortname|Vashti|Harrison}}
|Big |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Marsh}}
|{{Sort|Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine|The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2024 |{{sortname|last=Safadi|first=Shifa Saltagi}} |Kareem Between |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Duncan|first=Violet}}
|Buffalo Dreamer | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Galarza|first=Josh}}
|The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky |
| {{sortname|last=Kelly|first=Erin Entrada}}
|The First State of Being |
| {{sortname|last=Shanté|first=Angela}}
|The Unboxing of a Black Girl |
Authors with two awards
:See Winners of multiple U.S. National Book Awards
Two authors have won two Children's or Young People's awards twice.
- Lloyd Alexander won for The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian (1971) and Westmark (1982), among six titles that were finalists.
- Katherine Paterson won for The Master Puppeteer (1977) and The Great Gilly Hopkins (1979), among three titles that were finalists.
Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Children's Literature award in 1970 for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw and shared the Fiction award in 1974 for A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories.
See also
- List of winners of the National Book Award — all categories, winners only
Notes
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References
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