Awards and Honors2019 Arkansas Teen Book Award Winner
2019 PYRCA Award Winner, YA
2019 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Winner, High School
2019 Flume Award Winner
2019 Sequoyah Book Award Winner, High School
2019 KBA Award Winner, Grades 9-12
2019 Blue Hen Award Winner, Teen Readers
2019 Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner, Teen
2019 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Winner
2019 Geogia Peach Book Award Winner
2018-2019 Florida Teens Read Award Winner
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
2019 Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award Winner, Teen
2018 Blue Spruce Award Winner
2018 Thumbs Up! Award Winner
2018 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner
2018 Indies Choice Book Award Winner, Young Adult
Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 Winner, Best of the Best
2018 William C. Morris Award Winner
2018 Michael L. Printz Award Honor
2018 Coretta Scott King Award Honor, Author
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Fourteen and Up
2018 Amnesty CILIP Honor
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, Young Adult Literature
YALSA 2018 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Selection
2018 Garden State Teen Book Award Winner, Fiction - Grades 9-12
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Top Ten CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults
ILA Young Adults' Choices - 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books
Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction and Debut Authors
Spring 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10
National Book Award 2017 Longlist
2017 Kirkus Prize Finalist
NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads
Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, First Novels Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Young Adult School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Young Adult
Horn Book Fanfare List 2017, Fiction Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Teen Books
Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult VOYA’s Perfect Tens 2017
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction
Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books The New York TimesNotable Children’s Books of 2017, Young Adult
Brightly Best YA Books of 2017, According to Teens
BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017, Top Ten The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Fiction
Angie Thomas’s searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty.
These exciting, age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction titles will appeal to even the most reluctant high-school readers. With that kind of appeal, the 14 books in this category will rarely sit on the shelf.
Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: General