Alex Award

[for the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences]

• A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin (Pamela Dorman/Penguin Random House)
• Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager/HarperCollins*)
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon)
• Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, illustrated by Danica Brine (Oni/Oni-Lion Forge)
• True Biz by Sara Nović (Random House)
• Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser, illustrated by Robyn Smith (Chronicle)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Tor/Tom Doherty/Macmillan)
• The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner (Harper/HarperCollins*)
• Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Harper Voyager/HarperCollins*)
• Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora (Hogarth/Random House)

The ALSC Children's Literature Lecture

[an annual event featuring an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature]

Rita Williams-Garcia

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

[for promoting Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage; awarded based on literary and artistic merit; administered by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)]

Picture Book winner: From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Rachel Wada (Carolrhoda)

Honor book: Nana, Nenek & Nina written and illustrated by Liza Ferneyhough (Dial)

Children's Literature winner: Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee (Random House)

Honor book: Troublemaker by John Cho, with Sarah Suk (Little, Brown)

Young Adult Literature winner: Himawari House written and illustrated by Harmony Becker (First Second)

Honor book: The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho (HarperTeen*)

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

[for an outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publiation in the United States]

Winner: Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II, written by Lia Levi, illustrated by Jess Mason, translated from Italian by Sylvia Notini (HarperCollins*)

Honor books:

• João by a Thread written and illustrated by Roger Mello, translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn (Elsewhere Editions)
• Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War written by Mónica Montañés, illustrated by Eva Sánchez Gómez, translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel (Eerdmans)
• Dragonfly Eyes written by Cao Wenxuan, translated from Chinese by Helen Wang (Candlewick)

Children's Literature Legacy Award

[honoring an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences]

James E. Ransome

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award

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

Steptoe Author Award winner: Jas Hammonds for We Deserve Monuments (Roaring Brook)

Steptoe Illustrator Award winner: Janelle Washington for Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Roaring Brook), written by Angela Joy

Coretta Scott King — Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

[given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force for lifetime achievement]

Claudette McLinn

Margaret A. Edwards Award

[for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults]

Jason Reynolds

William C. Morris Award

[for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens]

Winner: The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (Philomel)

Finalists:

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson [Métis/white] (Heartdrum/HarperCollins*)
• Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (Wednesday/St. Martin's)
• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins*)
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen)

Odyssey Award

[for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States]

Winner for children: Stuntboy, in the Meantime written by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, and Angel Pean with a full cast (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Winner for young adults: The Honeys written by Ryan La Sala, read by Pete Cross (Scholastic Audio)

Honor audiobooks:

• Inheritance: A Visual Poem written and read by Elizabeth Acevedo (Quill Books/HarperAudio*)
• Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel written by Leigh Bardugo, adaptation by Garet Scott, read by Ben Barnes and a full cast (Macmillan Young Listeners/Macmillan Audio)
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold and read by Mac Barnett (Weston Woods/Scholastic Audio)
• The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) written by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, narrated by Kate Flannery, the author and a full cast (Listening LIbrary/Penguin Random House Audio)

Schneider Family Book Award

[for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience]

Young Children (ages 0 to 8) winner: Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth (Dial)

Honor books:

• In the Blue written and illustrated by Erin Hourigan (Little, Brown)

Middle Grades (ages 9-13) winner: Wildoak by C. C. Harrington (Scholastic)

Honor books:

• Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (Scholastic)
• Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn (Bloomsbury)

Teen (ages 14-18) winner: The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart (Delacorte)

Honor books:

• Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester (Clarion/HarperCollins*)

Stonewall Book Award — Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award

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

Children's Literature Winner:

• Love, Violet written by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua (Farrar)

Honor books:

• The Real Riley Mayes written and illustrated by Rachel Elliott (Balzer + Bray/HarperAlley/HarperCollins*)
• Strong written by Rob Kearney and Eric Rosswood, illustrated by Nidhi Chanani (Little, Brown)
• In the Key of Us written by Mariama J. Lockington (Farrar)
• Kapaemahu written by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson, illustrated by Daniel Sousa (Kokila/Penguin)

Young Adult Literature Winner:

• When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (Levine Querido)

Honor books:

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson [Métis/white] (Heartdrum/HarperCollins*)
• Man o' War by Cory McCarthy (Dutton)
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (Wednesday/St. Martin's)
• Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas (Kokila/Penguin)

Sydney Taylor Book Awards

[to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience; presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)]

Picture Book winner: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal (Scholastic)

Honor books:

• Big Dreams, Small Fish written and illustrated by Paula Cohen (Levine Querido)
• The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda by Shoshana Nambi, illustrated by Moran Yogev (Kalaniot/Endless Mountains)
• Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver, illustrated by Michelle Theodore (Orca)

Middle Grade winner: Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe (Levine Querido)

Honor books:

• Honey and Me by Meira Drazin (Scholastic)
• Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack (Versify/HarperCollins*)
• Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass (Little, Brown)

Young Adult winner: When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (Levine Querido)

Honor book:

• My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement by Jennieke Cohen (HarperTeen*)
• Some Kind of Hate by Sarah Darer Littman (Scholastic)
• Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds (Razorbill/Penguin)

For the complete list, including Notables, visit AJL's website.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner: Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (Norton)

Finalists:

• Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau (Little, Brown)
• A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley (Farrar)
• American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South by Gail Jarrow (Calkins Creek)
• Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle (Norton)

*HarperCollins Union members (UAW Local 2110) continue to be on strike.

See the Horn Book's reviews of major 2023 ALA Youth Media Award winners.

For more, click on the tag ALA LibLearnX 2023.