Instead of my own review, I decided to offer a couple of lists. The Young Adult Library Services of America (YALSA) group, announces the five finalists in a couple of their award categories at this time of year, and they came out this week! I've read several and am extremely excited about most of them, so I thought I'd share them here.
Morris Finalists
The William C. Morris Award honors the year's best books written for young adults by a previously unpublished author. I'm excited to see that I've already read two of the five, Dear Martin by Nic Stone, and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, which were both incredible. The other three books are:
Devils Within by S.F. Henson
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Here are the covers of all five novels:
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults during a given year. I have had my eyes on a couple of these titles, but have not yet read any of them, so I need to get to work! This year's finalists are:
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
#NotYourPrincess: Voice of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found by Martin W. Sandler
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater