2022 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister
(*)
Chitra Soundar

The Deep Blue Between
(*)
Ayesha Harruna Attah

Horse & Buggy Plant a Seed!
(*)
Ethan Long

The Puffin Keeper
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

Our Violent Ends
(*)
Chloe Gong

Ancestor Approved
(*)
Cynthia Leitich Smith

Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
(*)
Matthew Swanson

The Crossroads at Midnight
(*)
Abby Howard

Merci Suarez Can't Dance
(*)
Meg Medina

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie
(*)
Erin Soderberg Downing

A Day for Rememberin'
(*)
Leah Henderson

Teaflet and Roog Make a Mess
(*)
Jeanne Birdsall

Hollow Chest
(*)
Brita Sandstrom

Black Boy Joy
(*)
Kwame Mbalia

Cutting Through the Noise
(*)
Brynn Kelly

The First Blade of Sweetgrass
(*)
Suzanne Greenlaw

Playing a Dangerous Game
(*)
Patrick Ochieng

The Wherewood
(*)
Gabrielle Prendergast

Across the Minefields
(*)
Pamela D. Toler

All Pets Allowed
(*)
Adele Griffin

Artie and the Wolf Moon
(*)
Olivia Stephens

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
(*)
Alda P. Dobbs

Born Behind Bars
(*)
Padma Venkatraman

The Bronzed Beasts
(*)
Roshani Chokshi

Captain Bun & Super Bonbon
(*)
Jess Keating

Change Sings
(*)
Amanda Gorman

The Corpse Queen
(*)
Heather M. Herrman

Cuba in My Pocket
(*)
Adrianna Cuevas

Defending Champ
(*)
Mike Lupica

Egg Marks the Spot
(*)
Amy Timberlake

Final Season
(*)
Tim Green

Flubby Will Not Go to Sleep
(*)
J.E. Morris

Flubby Will Not Take a Bath
(*)
J.E. Morris

How to Find What You're Not Looking For
(*)
Veera Hiranandani

I Really Dig Pizza!
(*)
Candy James

I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900
(*)
Lauren Tarshis

Infestation
(*)
Heidi Lang; Kati Bartkowski

The Leopard Behind the Moon
(*)
Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev

Little Witch Hazel
(*)
Phoebe Wahl

Lost Things
(*)
Carey Sookocheff

Meranda and the Legend of the Lake
(*)
Meagan Mahoney

Narwhal's School of Awesomeness
(*)
Ben Clanton

Negative Cat
(*)
Sophie Blackall

Norman Didn't Do It! (Yes, He Did)
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Not Here to Be Liked
(*)
Michelle Quach

Paradise on Fire
(*)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Partly Cloudy
(*)
Tanita S. Davis

The Quest for Snacks
(*)
Susie Yi

The Raven Heir
(*)
Stephanie Burgis

Room to Dream
(*)
Kelly Yang

Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City
(*)
Christian McKay Heidicker

See the Dog
(*)
David LaRochelle

Shadowghast
(*)
Thomas Taylor

Sidelined
(*)
Kara Bietz

Things We Couldn't Say
(*)
Jay Coles

Time is a Flower
(*)
Julie Morstad

When We Make It
(*)
Elisabet Velasquez

White Smoke
(*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Willodeen
(*)
Katherine Applegate

The 143-Story Treehouse
(*)
Andy Griffiths

Across the Desert
(*)
Dusti Bowling

Across the Rainbow Bridge
(*)
Kevin Crossley-Holland

All Eyes on Ozzy!
(*)
K-Fai Steele

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
(*)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

As Good As Dead
(*)
Holly Jackson

Barakah Beats
(*)
Maleeha Siddiqui

Barb the Last Berzerker
(*)
Dan Abdo

The Beatryce Prophecy
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Before We Disappear
(*)
Shaun David Hutchinson

A Bird Will Soar
(*)
Alison Green Myers

Blancaflor, The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America
(*)
Nadja Spiegelman

Burying the Moon
(*)
Andre Poulin

Children of the Fox
(*)
Kevin Sands

Clarice the Brave
(*)
Lisa McMann

Cold-Blooded Myrtle
(*)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

Everybody in the Red Brick Building
(*)
Anne Wynter

The Final Treasure
(*)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Frankie & Bug
(*)
Gayle Forman

Guess What!?
(*)
Mo Willems

Hurricane
(*)
John Rocco

It Fell from the Sky
(*)
Terry Fan; Eric Fan

Jade Fire Gold
(*)
June C.L. Tan

Keeping It Real
(*)
Paula Chase

Long Road to the Circus
(*)
Betsy Bird

Mad About Meatloaf
(*)
Maureen Fergus

Mighty Inside
(*)
Sundee T. Frazier

Mr. Watson's Chickens
(*)
Jarrett Dapier

My Words Flew Away Like Birds
(*)
Debora Pearson

Opposites Abstract
(*)
Mo Willems

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
(*)
Jonathan Stroud

Playing the Cards You're Dealt
(*)
Varian Johnson

Polo Cowboy
(*)
G. Neri

Puddle Trouble
(*)
Charise Mericle Harper

Shelter
(*)
Christie Matheson

Something Good
(*)
Marcy Campbell

Susie B. Won't Back Down
(*)
Margaret Finnegan

Tell It True
(*)
Tim Lockette

The Thing Lenny Loves Most About Baseball
(*)
Andrew Larsen

Tonight We Rule the World
(*)
Zack Smedley

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
(*)
Kwame Mbalia

Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge
(*)
Raul the Third

Violets Are Blue
(*)
Barbara Dee

Within These Wicked Walls
(*)
Lauren Blackwood

All of Us Villains
(*)
Amanda Foody; Christine Lynn Herman

Amos McGee Misses the Bus
(*)
Philip C. Stead

Big Shot
(*)
Jeff Kinney

Born on the Water
(*)
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Candidly Cline
(*)
Kathryn Ormsbee

Cold War Correspondent
(*)
Nathan Hale

Cupcake
(*)
Cookie O'Gorman

Dad Bakes
(*)
Katie Yamasaki

Dream Street
(*)
Tricia Elam Walker

Freedom Swimmer
(*)
Wai Chim

Gladys the Magic Chicken
(*)
Adam Rubin

Himawari House
(*)
Harmony Becker

Huda F Are You?
(*)
Huda Fahmy

Manu
(*)
Kelly Fernandez

Marshmallow & Jordan
(*)
Alina Chau

Miosotis Flores Never Forgets
(*)
Hilda Eunice Burgos

Neverforgotten
(*)
Alejandra Algorta

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
(*)
Mackenzi Lee

Off-Limits
(*)
Helen Yoon

Otto
(*)
Jon Agee

Otto: A Palindrama
(*)
Jon Agee

A Psalm of Storms and Silence
(*)
Roseanne A. Brown

Seven Dirty Secrets
(*)
Natalie Richards

A Snake Falls to Earth
(*)
Darcie Little Badger

The Story of a Story
(*)
Deborah Hopkinson

Stuck
(*)
Jennifer Swender

The Swag Is in the Socks
(*)
Kelly J. Baptist

Sway with Me
(*)
Syed M. Masood

We Light Up the Sky
(*)
Lilliam Rivera

Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
(*)
Marisabina Russo

Wildfire!
(*)
Ashley Wolff

The Year I Stopped Trying
(*)
Katie Heaney

Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Perfection
(*)
Matthew Swanson

Birdie's Billions
(*)
Edith Cohn

Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School
(*)
Kate Messner

Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody
(*)
Jonathan Fenske

Stuntboy, in the Meantime
(*)
Jason Reynolds

The Tangled Web
(*)
Drew Weing

The Upper World
(*)
Femi Fadugba

You'll Be the Death of Me
(*)
Karen M. McManus

Ain't Burned All the Bright
(*)
Jason Reynolds

Ashes of Gold
(*)
J. Elle

The Chosen One
(*)
Echo Brown

Cornbread & Poppy
(*)
Matthew Cordell

Ear Worm!
(*)
Jo Knowles

FEARBOOK CLUB
(*)
Richard Hamilton

A Feast for Friends
(*)
Steph Waldo

Here's to Us
(*)
Becky Albertalli; Adam Silvera

Icebreaker
(*)
A.L. Graziadei

Lawless Spaces
(*)
Corey Ann Haydu

Loveboat Reunion
(*)
Abigail Hing Wen

The Red Palace
(*)
June Hur

Sea Lions in the Parking Lot
(*)
Lenora Todaro

Serendipity
(*)
Marissa Meyer

Snow Angel, Sand Angel
(*)
Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Spike It, Mo!
(*)
David A. Adler

Spin Me Right Round
(*)
David Valdes

The Supervillain's Guide to Being a Fat Kid
(*)
Matt Wallace

Vinyl Moon
(*)
Mahogany L. Browne

The Way I Say It
(*)
Nancy Tandon

We Shall Overcome
(*)
Bryan Collier

When You Get the Chance
(*)
Emma Lord

Where Is Bina Bear?
(*)
Mike Curato

Across a Field of Starlight
(*)
Blue Delliquanti

Also
(*)
E.B. Goodale

Amah Faraway
(*)
Margaret Chiu Greanias

Bathe the Cat
(*)
Alice B. McGinty

Bitter
(*)
Akwaeke Emezi

Color the Sky
(*)
David Elliott

The Counterclockwise Heart
(*)
Brian Farrey

The Family Chao
(*)
Lan Samantha Chang

Field Trip to Volcano Island
(*)
John Hare

Freewater
(*)
Amina Luqman-Dawson

Get Well, Crabby!
(*)
Jonathan Fenske

The Ghoul of Windydown Vale
(*)
Jake Burt

Gina and the Big Secret
(*)
Judd Winick

God Made All Your Feelings
(*)
Amanda Flinn

Just Harriet
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

Kemosha of the Caribbean
(*)
Alex Wheatle

Loyalty
(*)
Avi

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
(*)
Lisa Yee

Mina
(*)
Matthew Forsythe

Mirror Girls
(*)
Kelly McWilliams

Murder of Crows
(*)
K. Ancrum

The New Girl
(*)
Jesse Q. Sutanto

No Filter and Other Lies
(*)
Crystal Maldonado

One Last Job
(*)
Sean Rodman

Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions Navdeep
(*)
Singh Dhillon

Wishing Upon the Same Stars
(*)
Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

The Witch, The Sword, and the Cursed Knights
(*)
Alexandria Rogers

Air
(*)
Monica Roe

Aviva vs the Dybbuk
(*)
Mari Lowe

Bandoola
(*)
William Grill

Daughters of a Dead Empire
(*)
Carolyn T. O'Neil

Dress-Up Day
(*)
Blanca Gomez

Ellen Outside the Lines
(*)
A.J. Sass

Gallant
(*)
V.E. Schwab

Gibberish
(*)
Young Vo

Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
(*)
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

John's Turn
(*)
Mac Barnett

Kiss & Tell
(*)
Adib Khorram

The Land of the Trolls
(*)
Artur Laperla

The Last Laugh
(*)
Mindy McGinnis

The Lost Dreamer
(*)
Lizz Huerta

Maddie and Mabel
(*)
Kari Allen

New from Here
(*)
Kelly Yang

There's a Lion in the Forest!
(*)
Monica Carnesi

Those Kids from Fawn Creek
(*)
Erin Entrada Kelly

The Turtle of Michigan
(*)
Naomi Shihab Nye

What We Harvest
(*)
Ann Fraistat

Wingbearer
(*)
Marjorie M. Liu

Your Birthday Was the Best!
(*)
Maggie Hutchings

Cress Watercress
(*)
Gregory Maguire

Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets
(*)
Chelsea Ichaso

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky
(*)
Jihyun Kim

A Duet for Home
(*)
Karina Yan Glaser

Fevered Star
(*)
Rebecca Roanhorse

A Forgery of Roses
(*)
Jessica S. Olson

Frank and the Bad Surprise
(*)
Martha Brockenbrough

Gold Mountain
(*)
Betty G. Yee

I Am the Ghost in Your House
(*)
Maria Romasco Moore

K's Car Can Go Anywhere!
(*)
Jonathan Tune

Lifeling
(*)
Kirsty Applebaum

Little Monarchs
(*)
Jonathan Case

Live, Laugh, Kidnap
(*)
Gabby Noone

Mamo
(*)
Sas Milledge

Mixed Doubles
(*)
John Feinstein

Moonwalking
(*)
Zetta Elliott

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
(*)
Kip Wilson

My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding
(*)
Sajni Patel

Nana Loves You More
(*)
Jimmy Fallon

Queen of the Tiles
(*)
Hanna Alkaf

Sense and Second-Degree Murder
(*)
Tirzah Price

Simon B. Rhymin' Takes a Stand
(*)
Dwayne Reed

Tiny Dino
(*)
Deborah J. Freedman

Trigger
(*)
N. Griffin

Wave
(*)
Diana Farid

Amazona
(*)
Canizales

Apple Crush
(*)
Lucy Knisley

Break This House
(*)
Candice Iloh

Click, Clack Rainy Day
(*)
Doreen Cronin

Duet
(*)
Elise Broach

Fancy Pants
(*)
Dawn Quigley

Fly High, Lolo
(*)
Niki Daly

Gideon Green in Black and White
(*)
Katie Henry

Hazard
(*)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Hot Dog
(*)
Doug Salati

It's a Sign!
(*)
Jarrett Pumphrey; Jerome Pumphrey

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
(*)
Tae Keller

Mrs. Noah's Doves
(*)
Jane Yolen

My Own Lightning
(*)
Lauren Wolk

Old Wood Boat
(*)
Nikki McClure

The Patron Thief of Bread
(*)
Lindsay Eagar

The Prince of Nowhere
(*)
Rochelle Hassan

Remarkably Bright Creatures
(*)
Shelby Van Pelt

Shadow Grave
(*)
Marina Cohen

Twelfth
(*)
Janet Key

Uncle John's City Garden
(*)
Bernette Ford

The World Belonged to Us
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Yonder
(*)
Ali Standish

Baby Squeaks
(*)
Anne Hunter

Barb and the Ghost Blade
(*)
Dan Abdo

Bibi's Got Game
(*)
Bianca Andreescu

The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
(*)
Michael Leali

Coming Up Short
(*)
Laurie Morrison

Counterfeit
(*)
Kirstin Chen

Egypt's Fire
(*)
Tom Phillips

Every Dog in the Neighborhood
(*)
Philip C. Stead

The Golden Boy: Beethoven's Adolescence
(*)
Mikael Ross

Hoggy Went a-Courtin'
(*)
Ethan Long

Home Field Advantage
(*)
Dahlia Adler

Iggy The Legend
(*)
Annie Barrows

In the Beautiful Country
(*)
Jane Kuo

Kraken Me Up
(*)
Jeffrey Ebbeler

Leave It to Plum!
(*)
Matt Phelan

The Little House of Hope
(*)
Terry Catasus Jennings

Love & Other Great Expectations
(*)
Becky Dean

Meow
(*)
Chris Raschka

Murder for the Modern Girl
(*)
Kendall Kulper

My Mechanical Romance
(*)
Alexene Farol Follmuth

Paletero Man/Que Paletero tan Cool!
(*)
Lucky Diaz

The Pear Affair
(*)
Judith Eagle

Private Label
(*)
Kelly Yang

The Silence that Binds Us
(*)
Joanna Ho

Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
(*)
Jasbinder Bilan

The Treasure of the Black Swan
(*)
Paco Roca

Viento, Vientito // Wind, Little Wind
(*)
Jorge Argueta

The Adventures of Robo-Kid
(*)
Diane deGroat

Escape from . . . the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11
(*)
Elaine Berkowitz

Godslayers
(*)
Zoe Hana Mikuta

Meet the Super Duper Seven
(*)
Tim Hamilton

Nothing Is Little
(*)
Carmella Van Vleet

Our Crooked Hearts
(*)
Melissa Albert

Race for the Escape
(*)
Christopher Edge

See Me Go
(*)
Paul Meisel

The Star That Always Stays Anna
(*)
Rose Johnson

Treasure Tracks
(*)
Sallie Anne Rodriguez

Echoes of Grace
(*)
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Teen Killers in Love
(*)
Lily Sparks

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

The Weight of Blood
(*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap
(*)
Bridget Krone

I'm Ogre It
(*)
Jeffrey Ebbeler

Noodleheads Take It Easy
(*)
Tedd Arnold

Owl and Penguin
(*)
Vikram Madan

The Wolf Suit
(*)
Sid Sharp

13 Stories About Ayana
(*)
Amy Schwartz

Butterfly Child
(*)
Marc Majewski

A Few Bicycles More
(*)
Christina Uss

Scales and Stardust
(*)
Meaghan McIsaac

Super Sleepover!
(*)
Cale Atkinson

Your Place in the Universe
(*)
Jason Chin

Horse & Buggy on Ice
(*)
Ethan Long

Polar Bear
(*)
Candace Fleming

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

Santiago!
(*)
Jay Hosler

Muchos Changes
(*)
Juana Medina

Food Truck Fiasco
(*)
Jamie Michalak

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