Alex Awards

for the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
• Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (Houghton)
• Bingo’s Run by James A. Levine (Random House/Spiegel & Grau)
• Confessions by Kanae Minato, trans. by Stephen Snyder (Little, Brown/Mulholland Books)
• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press)
• Lock In by John Scalzi (Tom Doherty/Tor)
• The Martian by Andy Weir (Random House/Crown)
• The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles (Simon/TED Books)
• Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
• Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle (Farrar)

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May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award

recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site

Pat Mora will deliver the 2016 lecture

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Andrew Carnegie Medal

for excellence in children’s video

Me...Jane produced by Paul Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard (Weston Woods)

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Margaret A. Edwards Award

for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults

Sharon M. Draper for, among others, Tears of a Tiger (1994), Forged by Fire (1997), Darkness Before Dawn (2001), Battle of Jericho (2004), Copper Sun (2006), and November Blues (2007), all published by Atheneum

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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

for the most distinguished beginning reader book

Winner
You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang; illus. by Christopher Weyant (Two Lions, New York)


Honor Books
• Mr. Putter and Tabby Turn the Page by Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Arthur Howard (Houghton)
• Waiting is Not Easy! by Mo Willems; illus. by the author (Disney/Hyperion)

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Virginia Hamilton Award

given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force for lifetime achievement

Deborah D. Taylor, coordinator of school and student services at Baltimore's Enoch Free Library

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William C. Morris Award

honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults

Winner
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (Cinco Puntos Press)

Finalists
• The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley (Elephant Rock Productions)
• The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnson (Lerner/Carolrhoda Lab)
• The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos (Egmont)
• The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (Candlewick)

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Odyssey Award

for excellence in audiobook production

Winner
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination written by Christopher Myers and narrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers (Live Oak Media)


Honor Books
• Five, Six, Seven, Nate! written and narrated by Tim Federle (AUDIOWORKS Children's)
• The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place written by Julie Berry and narrated by Jayne Entwistle (Listening Library)
• A Snicker of Magic written by Natalie Lloyd and narrated by Cassandra Morris (Scholastic Audiobooks)

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Schneider Family Book Award

for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience

Children ages 0–10
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz; illus. by Catia Chien (Houghton)

Middle School, ages 11–13
Rain, Reign by Ann M. Martin (Feiwel)

Teen, ages 13–18
Girls like Us by Gail Giles (Candlewick)

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John Steptoe New Talent Award

given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force to young authors or illustrators who demonstrate outstanding promise

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum)

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Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience

Winner
• This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman; illus. by Kristyna Litten (Magination Press)

Honor books
• Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick)
• I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Dial)
• Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; illus. by Isabelle Malenfant (Groundwood)

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

given biannually to honor an author or illustrator for a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children

Donald Crews

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YALSA Nonfiction Award

for excellence in nonfiction for young adults

Winner
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen (Dutton)

Finalists
• Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw (Roaring Brook)
• The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming (Schwartz & Wade)
• Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! by Emily Arnold McCully by author (Clarion)
• The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook)

See the Horn Book's reviews of major 2015 ALA Youth Media Award winners here.