2023 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
(*)
Judd Winick

A Spoonful of Murder
(*)
Robin Stevens

Loveless
(*)
Alice Oseman

Heartbreak Boys
(*)
Simon James Green

Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls
(*)
Atinuke

A Sliver of Moon and a Shard of Truth
(*)
Chitra Soundar

Little Echo
(*)
Al Rodin

Unraveller
(*)
Frances Hardinge

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
(*)
Ram V

Bitter
(*)
Akwaeke Emezi

Dream, Annie, Dream
(*)
Waka T. Brown

Falling Short
(*)
Ernesto Cisneros

The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck
(*)
Matt Phelan

The Real Riley Mayes
(*)
Rachel Elliott

Blood Brothers
(*)
Rob Sanders

Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe
(*)
Lindsay S. Zrull

Mother Bruce: Ballet Bruce
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Counting Scars
(*)
Melinda Anne Di Lorenzo

Mouse Calls
(*)
Anne Marie Pace

Yasmin the Detective
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

Yasmin the Doctor
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

Yasmin the Farmer
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

Yasmin the Ice Skater
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

The Bluest Sky
(*)
Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Bubbie & Rivka's Best-Ever Challah (So Far!)
(*)
Sarah Lynne Reul

Cece Rios and the King of Fears
(*)
Kaela Rivera

Fairy Tale
(*)
Stephen King

The Getaway
(*)
Lamar Giles

Hey, Bruce!
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910
(*)
Lauren Tarshis

Izzy's Tail of Trouble
(*)
Caroline Adderson

The Moon from Dehradun
(*)
Shirin Shamsi

Sal Boat
(*)
Thyra Heder

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
(*)
Anna-Marie McLemore

Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting
(*)
Roseanne Brown

Shot Clock
(*)
Caron Butler; Justin A. Reynolds

The Slugger's Shadow
(*)
Bob Temple

The Tryout
(*)
Christina Soontornvat

Winterkill
(*)
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock
(*)
Linda Bailey

Best Brother Ever!
(*)
Janee Trasler

Billy and Rose: Forever Friends
(*)
Amy Hest

Children of Stardust
(*)
Edudzi Adodo

Crazy for Comics
(*)
Steve Metzger

The Decomposition of Jack
(*)
Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

The First to Die at the End
(*)
Adam Silvera

Garvey in the Dark
(*)
Nikki Grimes

Get on the Ice, Mo!
(*)
David A. Adler

Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One
(*)
Maggie Horne

How To Succeed in Witchcraft
(*)
Aislinn Brophy

How to Teach Your Cat a Trick
(*)
Nicola Winstanley

Hydroponic Hijinks
(*)
Rie Neal

I Can't Draw
(*)
Stephen W. Martin

I Miss You, I Hate This
(*)
Sara Saedi

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: The Graphic Novel
(*)
Lauren Tarshis

I'm Ogre It
(*)
Jeffrey Ebbeler

In Myrtle Peril
(*)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

It Looks Like Us
(*)
Alison Ames

Leon the Extraordinary
(*)
Jamar Nicholas

Madame Alexander
(*)
Susan Goldman Rubin

Madani's Best Game
(*)
Fran Pintadera

Marikit and the Ocean of Stars Caris
(*)
Avendano Cruz

Mushroom Lullaby
(*)
Kenneth Kraegel

My Nest of Silence
(*)
Matt Faulkner

Narwhalicorn and Jelly
(*)
Ben Clanton

Nikhil Out Loud
(*)
Maulik Pancholy

Oh, Sal
(*)
Kevin Henkes

Once Upon a Messy Whisker
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

Owl and Penguin
(*)
Vikram Madan

A Place to Call Home
(*)
Lauren Castillo

Play Like a Girl
(*)
Misty Wilson

A Rover's Story
(*)
Jasmine Warga

A Scatter of Light
(*)
Malinda Lo

Sir Ladybug and the Bookworms
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Stomp
(*)
Stephanie Calmenson

Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis
(*)
Tom Humberstone

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(*)
Mac Barnett

Tish
(*)
Edwina Wyatt

The Turquoise Room // El cuarto turquesa
(*)
Monica Brown

Two Degrees
(*)
Alan M. Gratz

Undercover Latina
(*)
Aya De Leon

Vampiric Vacation
(*)
Kiersten White

Walter Had a Best Friend
(*)
Deborah Underwood

We Are the Scribes
(*)
Randi Pink

We the People!
(*)
Don Brown

Well Done, Mommy Penguin
(*)
Chris Haughton

When the Angels Left the Old Country
(*)
Sacha Lamb

Where the Lost Ones Go
(*)
Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Wolf Suit
(*)
Sid Sharp

The Year the Maps Changed
(*)
Danielle Binks

Zara's Rules for Finding Hidden Treasure
(*)
Hena Khan

13 Stories About Ayana
(*)
Amy Schwartz

Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin
(*)
Andrew Weiss

The Atlas Paradox
(*)
Olivie Blake

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
(*)
Shauna Robinson

A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree
(*)
Daniel Bernstrom

Bloodmarked
(*)
Tracy Deonn

The Bridge Battle
(*)
Jacqueline Davies

Butterfly Child
(*)
Marc Majewski

Cloaked in Courage
(*)
Beth Anderson

A Consuming Fire
(*)
Laura E. Weymouth

Controlled Burn
(*)
Erin Soderberg Downing

Diper Overlode
(*)
Jeff Kinney

The Do-Over
(*)
Lynn Painter

The Greatest in the World!
(*)
Ben Clanton

Heart Finds
(*)
Jaime Berry

History Comics
(*)
Andy Hirsch

The Hunger Between Us
(*)
Marina Scott

Hunt a Killer
(*)
Caleb Roehrig

Izzy Paints
(*)
Tim Miller

A Land of Books
(*)
Duncan Tonatiuh

The Luminaries
(*)
Susan Dennard

Maddie and Mabel Take the Lead
(*)
Kari Allen

Morning Sun in Wuhan
(*)
Ying Chang Compestine

New Kids and Underdogs
(*)
Margaret Finnegan

Now Is Not the Time to Panic
(*)
Kevin Wilson

Nubia: The Awakening
(*)
Omar Epps; Clarence A. Haynes

Oscar From Elsewhere
(*)
Jaclyn Moriarty

Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-You Note
(*)
Susan Verde

Salt and Sugar
(*)
Rebecca Carvalho

Save Noah
(*)
Yarrow Cheney

She's Gone
(*)
David Bell

Show Us Who You Are
(*)
Elle McNicoll

Shuna's Journey
(*)
Hayao Miyazaki

Snow Horses
(*)
Patricia MacLachlan

Sophie's World: A Graphic Novel About the History of Philosophy Vol I: From Socrates to Newton
(*)
Jostein Gaarder

Sugaring Off
(*)
Gillian French

Super Family!
(*)
Cale Atkinson

Torch
(*)
Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Tread of Angels
(*)
Rebecca Roanhorse

We Are All We Have
(*)
Marina Budhos

Welcome to Feral
(*)
Mark Fearing

Wolfish
(*)
Christiane M. Andrews

The Wondrous Wonders
(*)
Camille Jourdy

The World's Longest Sock
(*)
Juliann Law

The Yawn Book
(*)
Diana Kim

Dark on Light
(*)
Dianne White

Five Survive
(*)
Holly Jackson

Horse & Buggy on Ice
(*)
Ethan Long

Polar Bear
(*)
Candace Fleming

The Sun Is Late and So Is The Farmer
(*)
Philip C. Stead

The Walk in the Dark and Other Scary Stories
(*)
Max Brallier

Whiteout
(*)
Dhonielle Clayton

All That It Ever Meant
(*)
Blessing Musariri

An American Story
(*)
Kwame Alexander

As You Walk On By
(*)
Julian Winters

Bad Cree
(*)
Jessica Johns

Begin Again
(*)
Emma Lord

Botched
(*)
Shannon Gibney

The Buried and the Bound
(*)
Rochelle Hassan

Camp Creepy
(*)
Kiersten White

Dog Can Hide
(*)
Laura Gehl

For Lamb
(*)
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
(*)
Talia Hibbert

The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing
(*)
Molly B. Burnham

The Lost Year
(*)
Katherine Marsh

The Love Match
(*)
Priyanka Taslim

The Many Fortunes Of Maya
(*)
Nicole D. Collier

Moonrise Over New Jessup
(*)
Jamila Minnicks

Nine Liars
(*)
Maureen Johnson

Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard
(*)
Ronald Wimberly

Officer Clawsome: Lobster Cop
(*)
Brian Smitty Smith

Princess of the Wild Sea
(*)
Megan Frazer Blakemore

Santiago!
(*)
Jay Hosler

Shubeik Lubeik
(*)
Deena Mohamed

Sincerely Sicily
(*)
Tamika Burgess

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
(*)
Amelie Wen Zhao

Sun Keep Rising
(*)
Kristen R. Lee

The Superteacher Project
(*)
Gordon Korman

They're Watching You
(*)
Chelsea Ichaso

Tomorrow Is New Year's Day
(*)
Aram Kim

We Are All So Good at Smiling
(*)
Amber McBride

What's in a Name?
(*)
Melissa Iwai

Who Owns the Clouds?
(*)
Mario Brassard

And Other Mistakes
(*)
Erika Turner

The Big Sting
(*)
Rachelle Delaney

The Carrefour Curse
(*)
Dianne K. Salerni

Cinderella--with Dogs!
(*)
Linda Bailey

City of the Dead
(*)
James Ponti

The Grip
(*)
Marcus Stroman

In Every Life
(*)
Marla Frazee

Jump In!
(*)
Shadra Strickland

My Flawless Life
(*)
Yvonne Woon

Nathan Chen Picture Book
(*)
Nathan Chen

NerdCrush
(*)
Alisha Emrich

No No, Baby!
(*)
Anne Hunter

Platanos Go with Everything
(*)
Lissette Norman

Promise Boys
(*)
Nick Brooks

Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling
(*)
Elise Bryant

Simon Sort of Says
(*)
Erin Bow

Sunny and Oswaldo
(*)
Nicole Melleby

Where the Black Flowers Bloom
(*)
Ronald L. Smith

Win-Over
(*)
Jennifer Torres

Aniana Del Mar Jumps In
(*)
Jasminne Mendez

A First Time for Everything
(*)
Dan Santat

Guardian of Fukushima
(*)
Fabien Grolleau

The Guardian Test
(*)
Christina Soontornvat

The House Swap
(*)
Yvette Clark

How to Talk Like a Bear
(*)
Charlie Grandy

Leeva at Last
(*)
Sara Pennypacker

My Baba's Garden
(*)
Jordan Scott

Robin
(*)
Kami Garcia

When Sea Becomes Sky
(*)
Gillian McDunn

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