2021 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Can You Whistle, Johanna?
Be More Chill
(*)
Ned Vizzini

A Sheepdog Called Sky
A Kitten Called Holly
A Goat Called Willow
The Way Past Winter
The Secret Starling
(*)
Judith Eagle

Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise
Rugby Rivals
(*)
Mike Levitt

Gold Rush Girl
(*)
Avi

Hold Back The Tide
Prairie Lotus
(*)
Linda Sue Park

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
Efren Divided
(*)
Ernesto Cisneros

Kent State
(*)
Deborah Wiles

The Perfect Escape
(*)
Suzanne Park

The Postman From Space
When Stars Are Scattered
The Black Flamingo
(*)
Dean Atta

Gargantis
(*)
Thomas Taylor

Good Girl, Bad Blood
How to Disappear Completely
Nazi Prison Camp Escape
The One and Only Bob
Again Again
(*)
E. Lockhart

Braver
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Dress Coded
(*)
Carrie Firestone

Everything Sad Is Untrue
The Cat Is on My Bed
Cemetery Boys
(*)
Aiden Thomas

Cloud Hopper
(*)
Beth Kephart

Don't Turn Out the Lights
Early Departures
Everything Naomi Loved
Grown
Horrid
How to Get Away with Myrtle
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
The Invisible Boy
Millionaires for the Month
Miss Meteor
Neighbors
(*)
Kasya Denisevich

Our Little Kitchen
Peril at Owl Park
Piranesi
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
Stuck Together
The Summer of Everything
Three Keys
(*)
Kelly Yang

Transcendent Kingdom
Turning Point
(*)
Paula Chase

Vampires Never Get Old
The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found
111 Trees
(*)
Rina Singh

Above All Else
(*)
Dana Alison Levy

Alone in the Woods
Ana on the Edge
(*)
A.J. Sass

Black Sun
Butts Are Everywhere
Cinders and Sparrows
Class Act
(*)
Jerry Craft

The Code for Love and Heartbreak
Crownchasers
Daughters of Jubilation
Dear Justyce
(*)
Nic Stone

Deepfake
(*)
Sarah Littman

Distress Signal
(*)
Mary E. Lambert

Donut Feed the Squirrels
Five Total Strangers Natalie
Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown
Foreshadow
(*)
Nova Ren Suma

Glory on Ice
(*)
Maureen Fergus

If Winter Comes, Tell It I'm Not Here
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
Lucy Lopez: Coding Star
The Magic Fish
(*)
Trung Le Nguyen

My Heart Underwater
My Pencil and Me
(*)
Sara Varon

Of Salt and Shore
(*)
Annet Schaap

A Pig, a Fox, and a Fox
Plain Bad Heroines
(*)
Emily M. Danforth

A Polar Bear in the Snow
The Poppers' Penguins
Poppy and Sam and the Search for Sleep
Rocks and Minerals: Geology from Caverns to the Cosmos
Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses
Spell Starter
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
A Thousand Questions
The Tower of Nero
(*)
Rick Riordan

Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Trowbridge Road
(*)
Marcella Pixley

The Truth Project
(*)
Dante Medema

Twins
(*)
Varian Johnson

Under Shifting Stars
The Wanderer
The Willoughbys Return
The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars
The Crocodile Caper
The Deep End
(*)
Jeff Kinney

Ellie's Dragon
Find Fergus
(*)
Mike Boldt

Fox versus Winter
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
A Long Road on a Short Day
Love & Olives
(*)
Jenna Evans Welch

Mexique
(*)
Maria Jose Ferrada

Muck and Magic
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

Muffled
(*)
Jennifer Gennari

Odessa
(*)
Jonathan Hill

The Purple Puffy Coat
Rebel Sisters
Run, Mo, Run!
(*)
David A. Adler

The Sacrifice of Darkness
Sasha Masha
(*)
Agnes Borinsky

Stick With Me
(*)
Jennifer Blecher

Super Fake Love Song
(*)
David Yoon

Teen Killers Club
These Violent Delights
White Ivy
(*)
Susie Yang

Battle of the Bodkins
Blades of Freedom
(*)
Nathan Hale

The Cousins
Hatch
(*)
Kenneth Oppel

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre
Mighty Justice
(*)
Katie McCabe

Quiet Down, Loud Town!
A Sky Beyond the Storm
The Smartest Kid in the Universe
Survival in the Wilderness
A Wolf for a Spell
365 Days to Alaska
(*)
Cathy Carr

The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas
The Angel of Greenwood
Case File: Little Claws
Chlorine Sky
(*)
Mahogany L. Browne

Clues to the Universe
A Complicated Love Story Set in Space
Concrete Rose
(*)
Angie Thomas

The Doll in the Hall and Other Scary Stories
Halfway to Harmony
I Am Not a Penguin
(*)
Liz Wong

In a Flash
(*)
Donna Jo Napoli

Jump at the Sun
Just Like That
(*)
Gary D. Schmidt

Just Our Luck
(*)
Julia Walton

Katie the Catsitter
Kondo & Kezumi Reach Bell Bottom
Legacy
(*)
Nikki Grimes

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

The Lion of Mars
The Meet-Cute Project
The Million Dollar Race
Moose, Goose, and Mouse
Mr. Corbett Is in Orbit!
Mr. Summerling's Secret Code
Mustache Duckstache
(*)
Amy Young

Outlawed
(*)
Anna North

Peacemaker
(*)
Joseph Bruchac

Root Magic
The Sea in Winter
(*)
Christine Day

Starla Jean
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

Ten Beautiful Things
Time for Kenny
(*)
Brian Pinkney

Unlikely Friends
(*)
Norm Feuti

When You Look Like Us
Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic
Club Zoe
(*)
Elizabeth Gordon

Daughter of the White Rose
Follow That Frog
(*)
Philip C. Stead

Gina---The Girl Who Broke the World
The Girls I've Been
Hoppy Go Lucky
(*)
Jess Keating

Jack Gets Zapped
(*)
Mac Barnett

King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring
Life in the Balance
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
Nubia: Real One
The Obsession
One Jar of Magic
(*)
Corey Ann Haydu

The Pet Parade
A Place to Hang the Moon
Rebel Daughter
Red, White, and Whole
The Retake
Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World
Take Back the Block
This Is Not the Jess Show
We Wait for the Sun
(*)
Katie McCabe

The Wide Starlight
Wolfboy
(*)
Andy Harkness

Yesterday Is History
Amber and Clay
Bruised
(*)
Tanya Boteju

Charlie Thorne and the Lost City
Daisy
(*)
Jessixa Bagley

Dawn Raid
Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money
Flood-a-Geddon!
(*)
James Burks

Fox at Night
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

The Hedgehog of Oz
(*)
Cory Leonardo

Indivisible
(*)
Daniel Aleman

The Initial Insult
Like Home
(*)
Louisa Onome

Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday
The Mirror Season
(*)
Anna-Marie McLemore

My Day with the Panye
The One Thing You'd Save
The Only
(*)
Katherine Applegate

Pride and Premeditation
Rescue
Rivals
(*)
Tommy Greenwald

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
The Shadow War
(*)
Lindsay Smith

Simon B. Rhymin'
(*)
Dwayne Reed

Soul Lanterns
(*)
Shaw Kuzki

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
Sunday Funday in Koreatown
The Thud
(*)
Mikael Ross

Too Small Tola
(*)
Atinuke

Treasure of the World
When We Were Infinite
(*)
Kelly Loy Gilbert

The Wild Mustang: Horses of the American West
Yolk
(*)
Mary H.K. Choi

Almost There and Almost Not
Billy Miller Makes a Wish
The Case of the Burgled Bundle
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Delicious!
(*)
Julie Larios

The Forest of Stolen Girls
The House That Wasn't There
If I Were a Tree
In Deeper Waters
(*)
F.T. Lukens

Kate in Waiting
(*)
Becky Albertalli

Kisses and Croissants
Kondo & Kezumi Are Not Alone
Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
The Messengers
Rule of Wolves
Sunrise Summer
(*)
Matthew Swanson

Terror in the Tower of London
THAO
(*)
Thao Lam

Triceratopposite
(*)
Bridget Heos

View from Pagoda Hill
War and Millie McGonigle
Watercress
(*)
Andrea Wang

The Way of the Hive
(*)
Jay Hosler

Witches Steeped in Gold
The Wonder Walkers
(*)
Micha Archer

Bea Is for Blended
Better Than the Movies
(*)
Lynn Painter

Between Perfect and Real
Brave as a Mouse
(*)
Nicolo Carozzi

The Bruce Swap
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Bubbles . . . Up!
Enduring Freedom
(*)
Trent Reedy

Etty Darwin and the Four Pebble Problem
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
(*)
Joya Goffney

Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea
Hello, Moon
(*)
Julie Downing

How to Become a Planet
Iggy Is the Hero of Everything
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

Mix It Up!
(*)
Herve Tullet

The Museum of Everything
My Tree
(*)
Hope Lim

Not My Problem
(*)
Ciara Smyth

An Occasionally Happy Family
Off the Record
(*)
Camryn Garrett

The Ones We're Meant to Find
Ophie's Ghosts
Paper Heart
(*)
Cat Patrick

The Road to Wherever
Run, Little Chaski!
Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs
The Shape of Thunder
A Sitting in St. James
The Sleepover: and Other Stories
Stingers
Take Me Home Tonight
Taking Up Space
(*)
Alyson Gerber

Thanks a Lot, Universe
Thrive
(*)
Kenneth Oppel

Tremendous Things
(*)
Susin Nielsen

Truly Tyler
(*)
Terri Libenson

Unconventional Vehicles
Upstander
(*)
James Preller

Ways to Grow Love
(*)
Renee Watson