2021 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Can You Whistle, Johanna?
(*)
Ulf Stark

Be More Chill
(*)
Ned Vizzini

Mix It Up!
(*)
Herve Tullet

A Sheepdog Called Sky
(*)
Helen Peters

A Kitten Called Holly
(*)
Helen Peters

A Goat Called Willow
(*)
Helen Peters

The Way Past Winter
(*)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Secret Starling
(*)
Judith Eagle

Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise
(*)
Alex T. Smith

Too Small Tola
(*)
Atinuke

Rugby Rivals
(*)
Mike Levitt

Gold Rush Girl
(*)
Avi

Hold Back The Tide
(*)
Melinda Salisbury

Prairie Lotus
(*)
Linda Sue Park

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
(*)
Roshani Chokshi

Efren Divided
(*)
Ernesto Cisneros

Kent State
(*)
Deborah Wiles

The Perfect Escape
(*)
Suzanne Park

The Postman From Space
(*)
Guillaume Perreault

When Stars Are Scattered
(*)
Victoria Jamieson; Omar Mohamed

The Black Flamingo
(*)
Dean Atta

Gargantis
(*)
Thomas Taylor

Good Girl, Bad Blood
(*)
Holly Jackson

How to Disappear Completely
(*)
Ali Standish

Nazi Prison Camp Escape
(*)
Michael Burgan

The One and Only Bob
(*)
Katherine Applegate

Again Again
(*)
E. Lockhart

Braver
(*)
Suzanne Selfors; Walker Ranson

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
(*)
Roseanne A. Brown

Dress Coded
(*)
Carrie Firestone

Everything Sad Is Untrue
(*)
Daniel Nayeri

The Cat Is on My Bed
(*)
Charise Mericle Harper

Cemetery Boys
(*)
Aiden Thomas

Cloud Hopper
(*)
Beth Kephart

Don't Turn Out the Lights
(*)
Jonathan Maberry

Early Departures
(*)
Justin A. Reynolds

Everything Naomi Loved
(*)
Katie Yamasaki

Grown
(*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Horrid
(*)
Katrina Leno

How to Get Away with Myrtle
(*)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
(*)
Lauren Tarshis

The Invisible Boy
(*)
Alyssa Hollingsworth

Millionaires for the Month
(*)
Stacy McAnulty

Miss Meteor
(*)
Tehlor Kay Mejia

Neighbors
(*)
Kasya Denisevich

Our Little Kitchen
(*)
Jillian Tamaki

Peril at Owl Park
(*)
Marthe Jocelyn

Piranesi
(*)
Susanna Clarke

Punching the Air
(*)
Ibi Zoboi

Puppy Problems
(*)
Paige Braddock

Ruthie Fear
(*)
Maxim Loskutoff

Skunk and Badger
(*)
Amy Timberlake

Slaughterhouse-Five
(*)
Ryan North

Spindlefish and Stars
(*)
Christiane M. Andrews

Stuck Together
(*)
Brian Smitty Smith

The Summer of Everything
(*)
Julian Winters

Three Keys
(*)
Kelly Yang

Transcendent Kingdom
(*)
Yaa Gyasi

Turning Point
(*)
Paula Chase

Vampires Never Get Old
(*)
Zoraida Cordova

The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found
(*)
Karina Yan Glaser

111 Trees
(*)
Rina Singh

Above All Else
(*)
Dana Alison Levy

Alone in the Woods
(*)
Rebecca Behrens

Ana on the Edge
(*)
A.J. Sass

Black Sun
(*)
Rebecca Roanhorse

Butts Are Everywhere
(*)
Jonathan Stutzman

Cinders and Sparrows
(*)
Stefan Bachmann

Class Act
(*)
Jerry Craft

The Code for Love and Heartbreak
(*)
Jillian Cantor

Crownchasers
(*)
Rebecca Coffindaffer

Daughters of Jubilation
(*)
Kara Lee Corthron

Dear Justyce
(*)
Nic Stone

Deepfake
(*)
Sarah Littman

Distress Signal
(*)
Mary E. Lambert

Donut Feed the Squirrels
(*)
Mika Song

Five Total Strangers Natalie
(*)
D. Richards

Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown
(*)
Ann E. Burg

Foreshadow
(*)
Nova Ren Suma

Glory on Ice
(*)
Maureen Fergus

If Winter Comes, Tell It I'm Not Here
(*)
Simona Ciraolo

In the City
(*)
Chris Raschka

In the Half Room
(*)
Carson Ellis

Junk Boy
(*)
Tony Abbott

King of the Birds
(*)
Elise Gravel

Loretta Little Looks Back
(*)
Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

Lucy Lopez: Coding Star
(*)
Claudia Mills

The Magic Fish
(*)
Trung Le Nguyen

My Heart Underwater
(*)
Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

My Pencil and Me
(*)
Sara Varon

Of Salt and Shore
(*)
Annet Schaap

A Pig, a Fox, and a Fox
(*)
Jonathan Fenske

Plain Bad Heroines
(*)
Emily M. Danforth

A Polar Bear in the Snow
(*)
Mac Barnett

The Poppers' Penguins
(*)
Eliot Schrefer

Poppy and Sam and the Search for Sleep
(*)
Cathon

Rocks and Minerals: Geology from Caverns to the Cosmos
(*)
Andy Hirsch

Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses
(*)
Beth Anderson

Spell Starter
(*)
Elsie Chapman

Ten Ways to Hear Snow
(*)
Cathy Camper

A Thousand Questions
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

The Tower of Nero
(*)
Rick Riordan

Tristan Strong Destroys the World
(*)
Kwame Mbalia

Trowbridge Road
(*)
Marcella Pixley

The Truth Project
(*)
Dante Medema

Twins
(*)
Varian Johnson

Under Shifting Stars
(*)
Alexandra Latos

The Wanderer
(*)
Peter van den Ende

The Willoughbys Return
(*)
Lois Lowry

The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars
(*)
Shivaun Plozza

The Crocodile Caper
(*)
A.B. Greenfield

The Deep End
(*)
Jeff Kinney

Ellie's Dragon
(*)
Bob Graham

Find Fergus
(*)
Mike Boldt

Fox versus Winter
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
(*)
Jessica Townsend

A Long Road on a Short Day
(*)
Gary D. Schmidt

Love & Olives
(*)
Jenna Evans Welch

Mexique
(*)
Maria Jose Ferrada

Muck and Magic
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

Muffled
(*)
Jennifer Gennari

Odessa
(*)
Jonathan Hill

The Purple Puffy Coat
(*)
Maribeth Boelts

Rebel Sisters
(*)
Tochi Onyebuchi

Run, Mo, Run!
(*)
David A. Adler

The Sacrifice of Darkness
(*)
Roxane Gay

Sasha Masha
(*)
Agnes Borinsky

Stick With Me
(*)
Jennifer Blecher

Super Fake Love Song
(*)
David Yoon

Teen Killers Club
(*)
Lily Sparks

These Violent Delights
(*)
Chloe Gong

White Ivy
(*)
Susie Yang

Battle of the Bodkins
(*)
Lincoln Peirce

Blades of Freedom
(*)
Nathan Hale

The Cousins
(*)
Karen M. McManus

Hatch
(*)
Kenneth Oppel

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre
(*)
Robin Talley

Mighty Justice
(*)
Katie McCabe

Quiet Down, Loud Town!
(*)
Alastair Heim

A Sky Beyond the Storm
(*)
Sabaa Tahir

The Smartest Kid in the Universe
(*)
Chris Grabenstein

Survival in the Wilderness
(*)
Steven Otfinoski

A Wolf for a Spell
(*)
Karah Sutton

365 Days to Alaska
(*)
Cathy Carr

The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas
(*)
Kimberly Willis Holt

The Angel of Greenwood
(*)
Randi Pink

Case File: Little Claws
(*)
Eliot Schrefer

Chlorine Sky
(*)
Mahogany L. Browne

Clues to the Universe
(*)
Christina Li

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space
(*)
Shaun David Hutchinson

Concrete Rose
(*)
Angie Thomas

The Doll in the Hall and Other Scary Stories
(*)
Max Brallier

Halfway to Harmony
(*)
Barbara O'Connor

I Am Not a Penguin
(*)
Liz Wong

In a Flash
(*)
Donna Jo Napoli

Jump at the Sun
(*)
Alicia D. Williams

Just Like That
(*)
Gary D. Schmidt

Just Our Luck
(*)
Julia Walton

Katie the Catsitter
(*)
Colleen A.F. Venable

Kondo & Kezumi Reach Bell Bottom
(*)
David Goodner

Legacy
(*)
Nikki Grimes

The Life I'm In
(*)
Sharon G. Flake

The Lion of Mars
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

The Meet-Cute Project
(*)
Rhiannon Richardson

The Million Dollar Race
(*)
Matthew Ross Smith

Moose, Goose, and Mouse
(*)
Mordicai Gerstein

Mr. Corbett Is in Orbit!
(*)
Dan Gutman

Mr. Summerling's Secret Code
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Mustache Duckstache
(*)
Amy Young

Outlawed
(*)
Anna North

Peacemaker
(*)
Joseph Bruchac

Root Magic
(*)
Eden Royce

The Sea in Winter
(*)
Christine Day

Starla Jean
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

Ten Beautiful Things
(*)
Molly Beth Griffin

Time for Kenny
(*)
Brian Pinkney

Unlikely Friends
(*)
Norm Feuti

When You Look Like Us
(*)
Pamela N. Harris

Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic
(*)
Wauter Mannaert

Club Zoe
(*)
Elizabeth Gordon

Daughter of the White Rose
(*)
Diane Zahler

Follow That Frog
(*)
Philip C. Stead

Gina---The Girl Who Broke the World
(*)
Judd Winick

The Girls I've Been
(*)
Tess Sharpe

Hoppy Go Lucky
(*)
Jess Keating

Jack Gets Zapped
(*)
Mac Barnett

King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Life in the Balance
(*)
Jen Petro-Roy

Love in English
(*)
Maria E. Andreu

Marsha Is Magnetic
(*)
Beth Ferry

Mel Fell
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

My First Day
(*)
Phung Nguyen Quang

Noah the Con Artist
(*)
Elizabeth Gordon

Nubia: Real One
(*)
L.L. McKinney

The Obsession
(*)
Jesse Q. Sutanto

One Jar of Magic
(*)
Corey Ann Haydu

The Pet Parade
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

A Place to Hang the Moon
(*)
Kate Albus

Rebel Daughter
(*)
Lori Banov Kaufmann

Red, White, and Whole
(*)
Rajani LaRocca

The Retake
(*)
Jen Calonita

Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World
(*)
Jacqueline Davies

Take Back the Block
(*)
Chrystal D. Giles

This Is Not the Jess Show
(*)
Anna Carey

We Wait for the Sun
(*)
Katie McCabe

The Wide Starlight
(*)
Nicole Lesperance

Wolfboy
(*)
Andy Harkness

Yesterday Is History
(*)
Kosoko Jackson

Amber and Clay
(*)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Bruised
(*)
Tanya Boteju

Charlie Thorne and the Lost City
(*)
Stuart Gibbs

Daisy
(*)
Jessixa Bagley

Dawn Raid
(*)
Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money
(*)
Tom Sullivan

Flood-a-Geddon!
(*)
James Burks

Fox at Night
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

The Hedgehog of Oz
(*)
Cory Leonardo

Indivisible
(*)
Daniel Aleman

The Initial Insult
(*)
Mindy McGinnis

Like Home
(*)
Louisa Onome

Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday
(*)
Anna Humphrey

The Mirror Season
(*)
Anna-Marie McLemore

My Day with the Panye
(*)
Tami Charles

The One Thing You'd Save
(*)
Linda Sue Park

The Only
(*)
Katherine Applegate

Pride and Premeditation
(*)
Tirzah Price

Rescue
(*)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Rivals
(*)
Tommy Greenwald

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
(*)
Jeff Kinney

The Shadow War
(*)
Lindsay Smith

Simon B. Rhymin'
(*)
Dwayne Reed

Soul Lanterns
(*)
Shaw Kuzki

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
(*)
Jaclyn Moriarty

Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
(*)
Supriya Kelkar

Sunday Funday in Koreatown
(*)
Aram Kim

The Thud
(*)
Mikael Ross

Treasure of the World
(*)
Tara Sullivan

When We Were Infinite
(*)
Kelly Loy Gilbert

The Wild Mustang: Horses of the American West
(*)
Chris Duffy

Yolk
(*)
Mary H.K. Choi

Almost There and Almost Not
(*)
Linda Urban

Billy Miller Makes a Wish
(*)
Kevin Henkes

The Case of the Burgled Bundle
(*)
Michael Hutchinson

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
(*)
Kaela Rivera

Delicious!
(*)
Julie Larios

The Forest of Stolen Girls
(*)
June Hur

The House That Wasn't There
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

If I Were a Tree
(*)
Andrea Zimmerman; David Clemesha

In Deeper Waters
(*)
F.T. Lukens

Kate in Waiting
(*)
Becky Albertalli

Kisses and Croissants
(*)
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

Kondo & Kezumi Are Not Alone
(*)
David Goodner

Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
(*)
Carlie Sorosiak

The Messengers
(*)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Rule of Wolves
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

Sunrise Summer
(*)
Matthew Swanson

Terror in the Tower of London
(*)
W.N. Brown

THAO
(*)
Thao Lam

Triceratopposite
(*)
Bridget Heos

View from Pagoda Hill
(*)
Michaela MacColl

War and Millie McGonigle
(*)
Karen Cushman

Watercress
(*)
Andrea Wang

The Way of the Hive
(*)
Jay Hosler

Witches Steeped in Gold
(*)
Ciannon Smart

The Wonder Walkers
(*)
Micha Archer

Bea Is for Blended
(*)
Lindsey Stoddard

Better Than the Movies
(*)
Lynn Painter

Between Perfect and Real
(*)
Ray Stoeve

Brave as a Mouse
(*)
Nicolo Carozzi

The Bruce Swap
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Bubbles . . . Up!
(*)
Jacqueline Davies

Enduring Freedom
(*)
Trent Reedy

Etty Darwin and the Four Pebble Problem
(*)
Lauren Soloy

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
(*)
Joya Goffney

Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea
(*)
Ashley Herring Blake

Hello, Moon
(*)
Julie Downing

How to Become a Planet
(*)
Nicole Melleby

Iggy Is the Hero of Everything
(*)
Annie Barrows

Jude Banks, Superhero
(*)
Ann Hood

Last Chance Books
(*)
Kelsey Rodkey

Long Lost
(*)
Jacqueline West

Luck of the Titanic
(*)
Stacey Lee

Made in Korea
(*)
Sarah Suk

The Mending Summer
(*)
Ali Standish

The Museum of Everything
(*)
Lynne Rae Perkins

My Tree
(*)
Hope Lim

Not My Problem
(*)
Ciara Smyth

An Occasionally Happy Family
(*)
Cliff Burke

Off the Record
(*)
Camryn Garrett

The Ones We're Meant to Find
(*)
Joan He

Ophie's Ghosts
(*)
Justina Ireland

Paper Heart
(*)
Cat Patrick

The Road to Wherever
(*)
John Ed Bradley

Run, Little Chaski!
(*)
Mariana Llanos

Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs
(*)
Laurie Morrison

The Shape of Thunder
(*)
Jasmine Warga

A Sitting in St. James
(*)
Rita Williams-Garcia

The Sleepover: and Other Stories
(*)
Sergio Ruzzier

Stingers
(*)
Randy Wayne White

Take Me Home Tonight
(*)
Morgan Matson

Taking Up Space
(*)
Alyson Gerber

Thanks a Lot, Universe
(*)
Chad Lucas

Thrive
(*)
Kenneth Oppel

Tremendous Things
(*)
Susin Nielsen

Truly Tyler
(*)
Terri Libenson

Unconventional Vehicles
(*)
Michael Hearst

Upstander
(*)
James Preller

Ways to Grow Love
(*)
Renee Watson

We All Play
(*)
Julie Flett

Where the Rhythm Takes You
(*)
Sarah Dass

Wishes
(*)
Muon Thi Van

The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken
(*)
Jennifer Frank

The (Un)Popular Vote
(*)
Jasper Sanchez

Ace of Spades
(*)
Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Almost Flying
(*)
Jake Maia Arlow

Blackout
(*)
Dhonielle Clayton

The Box in the Woods
(*)
Maureen Johnson

A Boy Named Isamu
(*)
James Yang

Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite!
(*)
Ashley Spires

Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
(*)
Jared Reck

An Emotion of Great Delight
(*)
Tahereh Mafi

Every Body Shines
(*)
Cassandra Newbould

The Fifth Quarter
(*)
Michael Dawson

Instructions for Dancing
(*)
Nicola Yoon

The Islanders
(*)
Mary Alice Monroe; Angela May

It All Begins with Jelly Beans
(*)
Nova Weetman

The Legend of Auntie Po
(*)
Shing Yin Khor

Little Ghoul Goes to School
(*)
Jef Czekaj

The Lucky List
(*)
Rachael Lippincott

The Magical Imperfect
(*)
Chris Baron

The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe
(*)
Tricia Springstubb

Much Ado About Baseball
(*)
Rajani LaRocca

The Orpheus Plot
(*)
Christopher Swiedler

The Passing Playbook
(*)
Isaac Fitzsimons

Shark Summer
(*)
Ira Marcks

Speak for Yourself
(*)
Lana Wood Johnson

Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous
(*)
Suzanne Park

The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of
(*)
Kristin Levine

Vrooom, Vrooom!
(*)
Mary Lyn Ray

The Betrayed
(*)
Kiera Cass

Bird Boy
(*)
Matthew Burgess

Blueberry Cake
(*)
Sarah Dillard

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor
(*)
Shaenon K. Garrity

A Discovery of Dragons
(*)
Lindsay Galvin

Escape from . . . Hurricane Katrina
(*)
Judy Allen Dodson

The Girl in the Headlines
(*)
Hannah Jayne

A Glasshouse of Stars
(*)
Shirley Marr

Hardly Haunted
(*)
Jessie Sima

Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School
(*)
Emily Jenkins

The House of Serendipity
(*)
Lucy Ivison

In the Same Boat
(*)
Holly Green

Lala's Words
(*)
Gracey Zhang

Linked
(*)
Gordon Korman

Not Little
(*)
Maya Myers

Rise to the Sun
(*)
Leah Johnson

Samira Surfs
(*)
Rukhsanna Guidroz

Storm Warning
(*)
Elizabeth Raum

Summer Island
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

The Taking of Jake Livingston
(*)
Ryan Douglass

Temple Alley Summer
(*)
Sachiko Kashiwaba

That Weekend
(*)
Kara Thomas

Amelia Erroway: Castaway Commander
(*)
Betsy Peterschmidt

Being Clem
(*)
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Blood Donor
(*)
Karen Bass

Boogie Bass, Sign Language Star
(*)
Claudia Mills

Both Sides Now
(*)
Peyton Thomas

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
(*)
Helen Rutter

Call Me Athena
(*)
Colby Cedar Smith

Dark Waters
(*)
Katherine Arden

Dead Wednesday
(*)
Jerry Spinelli

Down to Earth
(*)
Betty Culley

Follow the River
(*)
Paul Greci

Fred & Marjorie
(*)
Deborah Kerbel

Henry at Home
(*)
Megan Maynor

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
(*)
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

How We Fall Apart
(*)
Katie Zhao

I Am the Subway
(*)
Hyo-eun Kim

I Can Make a Train Noise
(*)
Michael Emberley

I Dare You
(*)
Jeff Ross

Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai
(*)
Debbi Michiko Florence

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess
(*)
Tom Gauld

The Many Meanings of Meilan
(*)
Andrea Wang

Mystery on Magnolia Circle
(*)
Kate Klise

Original Cat, Copy Cat
(*)
Sarah Kurpiel

The Perfect Place to Die
(*)
Bryce Moore

Rainbow in the Dark
(*)
Sean McGinty

The Silver Blonde
(*)
Elizabeth Ross

Sink or Swim
(*)
Tash McAdam

Stowaway
(*)
John David Anderson

Sugar Town Queens
(*)
Malla Nunn

Unraveled
(*)
Leanne Hatch

When Grandfather Flew
(*)
Patricia MacLachlan

Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack
(*)
Stacy McAnulty

Courageous Chang, Defender of Bears
(*)
Trang Nguyen

The Dollhouse
(*)
Charis Cotter

Fast Pitch
(*)
Nic Stone

The Flyers
(*)
Beth Turley

Jailbreak at Alcatraz: Frank Morris & The Anglin Brothers' Great Escape
(*)
Tom Sullivan

The Jasmine Project
(*)
Meredith Ireland

Kaleidoscope
(*)
Brian Selznick

Kneel
(*)
Candace Buford

Kraken Me Up
(*)
Jeff Ebbeler

The List of Unspeakable Fears
(*)
J. Kasper Kramer

Maybe...
(*)
Chris Haughton

My Two Border Towns
(*)
David Bowles

Noodleheads Do the Impossible
(*)
Mitch Weiss; Martha Hamilton; Tedd Arnold

Obie Is Man Enough
(*)
Schuyler Bailar

One Kid's Trash
(*)
Jamie Sumner

Pax, Journey Home
(*)
Sara Pennypacker

The Robber Girl
(*)
Franny Billingsley

The Samosa Rebellion
(*)
Shanthi Sekaran

Set Me Free
(*)
Ann Clare LeZotte

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix
(*)
Bethany C. Morrow

Tobyn: The It Girl
(*)
Ashley Woodfolk

Where I Belong
(*)
Marcia Argueta Mickelson

The Woods Are Always Watching
(*)
Stephanie Perkins

Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
(*)
Saadia Faruqi

Bluebird
(*)
Sharon Cameron

City of Shattered Light
(*)
Claire Winn

How to Train Your Dad
(*)
Gary Paulsen

Jadie in Five Dimensions
(*)
Dianne K. Salerni

The Last Cuentista
(*)
Donna Barba Higuera

The Lost Language
(*)
Claudia Mills

On the Line
(*)
Kari-Lynn Winters

Pony
(*)
R.J. Palacio

The Grimrose Girls
(*)
Laura Pohl

Room for Everyone
(*)
Naaz Khan

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