To see a complete listing of all awards and watch a live broadcast of the event got to: http://www.ilovelibraries.org/booklovers/youth-media-awards
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Bone Gap, written by Laura Ruby, is the 2016 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Two Printz Honor Books also were named: Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez and published by Carolrhoda Lab™, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group; and The Ghosts of Heaven, by Marcus Sedgwick and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
David Levithan is the 2016 Edwards Award winner. His books include: The Realm of Possibility, Boy Meets Boy, Love is the Higher Law, How They Met, and Other Stories, Wide Awake, and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, all published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, written by Becky Albertalli, is the 2016 Morris Award winner.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2016 Excellence winner.
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
All Involved, by Ryan Gattis, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, published by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Bones & All, by Camille DeAngelis, published by St. Martin’s Press.
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, by David Wong, published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
Girl at War, by Sara Nović, published by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Half the World, by Joe Abercrombie, published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.
Humans of New York: Stories, by Brandon Stanton, published by St. Martin’s Press.
Sacred Heart, by Liz Suburbia, published by Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, by Dan-el Padilla Peralta, published by Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, by Keija Parssinen, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
