Note: You may substitute any book from List 2 for another book of your own choosing, provided your selection meets the following requirements:

1. It was published in the last two years. 

2. Was written for readers ages 12* - 18 

*The protagonist should be at least 12 years old

3. It either has won or qualifies for this week's award. 

Remember, all substitutions must be approved by Jennifer in advance. 

• Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

• The Books of Clash by Gene Luen Yang, Les McClaine and Alison Acton (2023)

• The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos (2023)

• Cool. Awkward. Black by Karen Strong (Editor) (2023)

• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (2023)

• Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham

• The Buried And The Bound by Rochelle Hassan (2023)

•  The Wild Light by Jeff Zentner (2021)

• Button Pusher by Tyler Page (2021)

• You Can't Say That by Leonard S. Marcus (Editor) (2021)

• Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy (2021)

• Borders by Thomas King (2021)

• Prepped by Bethany Mangle (2021)

• Fade Away by E B Vickers (2021)

• The Project by Courtney Summers (2021)

• Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker (2020)

• House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (2021)

• Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang and Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook (2021)

• Monsters Among Us by Monica Rodden (2021) 

• A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson (2020)

• Tigers Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry (2020)

• The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert (2020)

• If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley (2020)

• Woven in Moonlight  by Isabel Ibañez (2020)

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe (2019)

• Frankly in Love by David Yoon (2019)

• Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (2019)

• What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper (2019)

• The Hate U  Give  by Angie Thomas (2018)

• Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman (2018)

• The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (2017)

• Rani Patel In Full Effect by Sonia Patel (2017)