Winners

2023-2024:

First Place: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books
Second place: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir, published by Razorbill
Third place: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, published by Katherine Tegen Books

NSYA 23-24 Title List.pdf

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First Place: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, published by Penguin Teen
Second place: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, published by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins
Third place: Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, & Oscar O. Jupiter, published by Oni Press

22-23 Title List.pdf

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First Place: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Second place: Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds & Danica Novgorodoff, published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Third place: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, published by Margaret K. McElderry Books

North Star YA Award 2021-2022 Nominees.pdf

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First Place: Sorry for Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley, published by Quill Tree Books
Second place: Bloom by Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau, published by First Second
Third place: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas, published by Balzer & Bray

North Star YA Award.pdf

To see the full list of nominated titles from the 2020-2021 school year, click on the PDF above.