YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, established in 2010, is an annual literary award presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association that "honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults ". It was first given in 2010. The award is announced at ALA's Midwinter Meeting.
The judges select nonfiction titles published for young adults that were published the previous year between November 1 and October 31. All print forms that are marked as intended for young adults are eligible for consideration, including graphic formats. To be eligible, "the title must include excellent writing, research, presentation and readability for young adults." The Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award is one of few that recognizes nonfiction for young adults.
Recipients
Nominations
2022
2021| Nominations |
| All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina SoontornvatAlmost American Girl by Robin HaApple by Eric GansworthBanned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan EstradaBlood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease by Gail JarrowThe Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. SullivanDancing At the Pity Party by Tyler FederDragon Hoops created by Gene Luen Yang and color by Lark PienHow We Got To the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure by John RoccoJane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight For Reproductive Rights by Karen BlumenthalLifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette DionneOne Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General by Joseph BruchacPoisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation by Candy J. Cooper and Marc AronsonRace Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly by Martin W. SandlerThe Rise & Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace FlemingSay Her Name by Zetta ElliottStamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped From the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. KendiStrongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy by Kenneth C. DavisWe Are Power: How Non-Violent Activism Changes the World by Todd Hasak-LowyWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar MohamedYou Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Democracy and Deliver Power to the People by Elizabeth Rusch |
2020
| Nominations |
| The Fight Against AIDS in America by Ann BausumWhat Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing by Karen Magnuson BeilThis Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie LevyA Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski and Richie ChevatThe Great Nijinsky: God of Dance by Lynn CurleeSoaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air by Margarita EngleSpies: The Secret Showdown between America and Russia for Young Readers by Marc FavreauOrdinary Hazards by Nikki GrimesTorpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah HeiligmanThe Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs by Gail JarrowLocked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole by Peter LourieThe Far Away Brothers: Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America by Lauren MarkhamA Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert MarrinFunny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCrearyThe Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplet by Sarah MillerIt's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor NoahFree Lunch by Rex Ogle1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin W. SandlerBorn to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America by Steve SheinkinDeadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters by Sally M. WalkerEnemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp during World War II by Andrea WarrenA Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein |