Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Teen

Awards List

2022

The City Beautiful (Winner)
Aden Polydoros

Oct-2021
/ Fantasy

2016

The Hired Girl (Winner)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Sep-2015
/ Historical

Deep Sea (Notable)
Annika Thor

Jan-2015
/ Historical

Imagining Katherine (Notable)
Carol Solomon

Sep-2015
/ Historical

Last Night at the Circle Cinema (Notable)
Emily Franklin

Sep-2015
/ General Fiction

Stones on a Grave (Honor Book)
Kathy Kacer

Oct-2015
/ Historical

Serendipity's Footsteps (Honor Book)
Suzanne Nelson

Nov-2015
/ Historical

2015

Storm (Winner)
Donna Jo Napoli

Feb-2014
/ Action Adventure

Freedom Summer (Notable)
Susan Goldman Rubin

Mar-2014
/ General Fiction

Gottika (Notable)
Helaine Becker

Apr-2014
/ Action Adventure

Prisoner of Night and Fog (Notable)
Anne Blankman

Apr-2014
/ Historical

Like No Other (Honor Book)
Una Lamarche

Jul-2014
/ Contemporary Romance

Rachel's Hope (Notable)
Shelly Sanders

Sep-2014
/ Historical

Playing for the Commandant (Notable)
Suzy Zail

Oct-2014
/ Historical

Isabel's War (Honor Book)
Lila Perl

Nov-2014
/ Historical

2014

Dancing in the Dark (Honor Book)
Robyn Bavati

Feb-2013
/ General Fiction

Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust (Notable)
Leanne Lieberman

Apr-2013
/ Historical

The Colors of the Ghetto (Honor Book)
Aline Sax

Oct-2013
/ Historical

2013

The Last Song (Notable)
Eva Wiseman

Apr-2012
/ Historical

Rachel's Secret (Notable)
Shelly Sanders

Apr-2012
/ Historical

Now (Notable)
Morris Gleitzman

Jun-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

The Berlin Boxing Club (Winner)
Robert Sharenow

May-2011
/ General Fiction

Then (Honor Book)
Morris Gleitzman

May-2011
/ Historical

The Blood Lie (Honor Book)
Shirley Reva Vernick

Oct-2011
/ Historical

2011

Queen of Secrets (Notable)
Jenny Meyerhoff

Jun-2010
/ General Fiction

Life, After (Honor Book)
Sarah Littman

Jul-2010
/ General Fiction

Cry of the Giraffe (Notable)
Judie Oron

Aug-2010
/ General Fiction

Hush (Honor Book)
Eishes Chayil

Sep-2010
/ General Fiction

Annexed (Notable)
Sharon Dogar

Oct-2010
/ Historical

2010

Tropical Secrets (Winner)
Margarita Engle

Apr-2009
/ Historical

Naomi's Song (Honor Book)
Selma Kritzer Silverberg

Feb-2009
/ General Fiction

Lost (Honor Book)
Jacqueline Davies

Apr-2009
/ Historical

So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother (Notable)
Micol Ostow

Jul-2009
/ General Fiction

Cursing Columbus (Notable)
Eve Tal

Oct-2009
/ Historical

2009

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Winner)
Valerie Zenatti

Apr-2008
/ General Fiction

Nothing (Notable)
Robin Friedman

Aug-2008
/ General Fiction

Gravity (Notable)
Leanne Lieberman

Nov-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

Strange Relations (Winner)
Sonia Levitin

Jun-2007
/ General Fiction

How to Ruin My Teenage Life (Notable)
Simone Elkeles

Jun-2007
/ General Fiction

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Honor Book)
Mirjam Pressler

Oct-2007
/ Historical

2007

The Book Thief (Winner)
Markus Zusak

Mar-2006
/ Historical

Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women (Notable)
Deborah Bodin Cohen

Sep-2006
/ Christian

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