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. 

• Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death and Hope by Jarrett Krosoczka (2023)

• Nearer My Freedom by Monica Edinger and Lesley Young (2023)

• Breaking The Mold: Changing The Face of Climate Science by Dana Alison Levy (2023)

• Abandon Ship! The True World War II Story About The Sinking of The Laconia by Michael J Tougias and Alison Leary (2023)

• The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield (2023)

• The In-Between by Katie Van Heidrich (2023)

• Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media by Mark Kurlansky and Eric Zelz (2022)

• Close Up On War by Mary Cronk Farrell (2022)

• UNEqual: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau (2022)

• Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh (2022) 

• In the Shadow of Fallen Towers by Dan Brown (2021)

• When I Grow Up by by Ken Krimstein (2021)

• All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (2020)

• Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians... (Young Readers Edition) by Anton Treuer (2021)

• Black Birds In The Sky by Brandy Colbert (2021)

• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo  (2021)

• The Woman All Spies Fear by Amy Butler Greenfield (2021)

• We Got to the Moon by John Rocco (2020)

• Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming (2020)

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi (2020)

•  Hazards by Nikki Grimes (2019) 

• Lifting As We Climb by Evette Dionne  (2020)

• The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown (2018)

• Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee (2017)

• 1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler (2019)

• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza (2019)

• We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories From Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai (2019)

• Parkland Speaks Survivors From Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner (2018)

• #NotYourPrincess Voices of Native American Women by  Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale  (2018)