9 Levine Querido titles win ALA Youth Media Awards!
We are BEYOND thrilled to share that Levine Querido books took home no fewer than nine placements at ALA’s Youth Media Awards Ceremony – including a Newbery Honor for The Many Assassinations of Samir, The Seller of Dreams, written by Daniel Nayeri with illustrations by Daniel Miyares. Fire From the Sky, written by debut Gen Z Sámi author Moa Backe Åstot and translated from Swedish by Eva Apelqvist, received a Michael L. Printz Honor. This marks only the second time the Printz Honor has been awarded to a book in translation, and the third time that the committee has recognized an Indigenous author.
Mari Lowe won her second Sydney Taylor Award – in a row! – for The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman. (Her previous Sydney Taylor winner, Aviva vs. the Dybbuk, comes out in paperback this fall).
Brooms by Jasmine Walls and illustrated by Teo DuVall was named a Top 10 selection in YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Pardalita by Joana Estrela and translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann was also named a Great Graphic Novel for Teens, in addition to taking home a Batchelder Honor.
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers added to a growing list of laurels – including last year’s Walter Dean Myers Award – with an American Indian Youth Literature Honor. Stunning biographical picture book Desert Queen received a Stonewall Honor.
Finally, Donna Barba Higuera’s Alebrijes and David Bowles’ The Prince and the Coyote triumphantly carry on LQ’s proud tradition of placing among the Pura Belpré honorees every year since our founding.
To the committees at ALA, ALSC, and YALSA: THANK YOU for everything you do! We’re honored by your hard work and support!
With joy and gratitude,
Team LQ
Newbery Honor
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Daniel Miyares
Hardcover | Ages 8 - 12 | 224 pages | 9781646143030 | $21.99 US
BEST OF THE YEAR: NPR, Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Chicago Public Library, Evanston Library
4 STARS: ★ Booklist ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ SLJ
PRINTZ HONOR
Fire From the Sky
by Moa Backe Åstot, translated by Eva Apelqvist
Hardcover | Ages 12 to 18 | 216 pages | 9781646142484 | $19.99 US
Kirkus BEST OF THE YEAR
2 STARS: ★ Booklist ★ Kirkus
SYDNEY TAYLOR AWARD
THE DUBIOUS PRANKS OF SHAINDY GOODMAN
by Mari Lowe
Hardcover | Ages 8 to 12 | 176 pages | 9781646142644 | $18.99 US
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER
Kirkus Top 10 Middle Grade for Fall ‘23
2 STARS: ★ Horn Book ★ Shelf-Awareness
PURA BELPRÉ HONOR
Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover | Ages 10 - 14 | 416 pages | 9781646142637 | $18.99 US
BEST OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Kirkus, Booklist, Chicago Public Library
7 STARS: ★ Booklist ★ BCCB ★ Foreword ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ SLJ ★ Shelf-Awareness
PURA BELPRÉ HONOR
The Prince & the Coyote
by David Bowles, illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
Hardcover | Ages 12+ | 440 pages | 9781646141777 | $19.99
Kirkus BEST OF THE YEAR
BookPage TOP 10 OF THE YEAR
3 STARS: ★ Booklist ★ Kirkus ★ SLJ
STONEWALL HONOR
Desert Queen
by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, illustrated by Svabhu Kohli
Hardcover | Ages 4 - 8 | 56 pages | 9781646142620 | $18.99 US
BEST OF THE YEAR: BCCB Blue Ribbon, Booklist, BookPage, Kirkus
6 STARS: ★ BCCB ★ Booklist ★ BookPage ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ SLJ
batchelder honor
Pardalita
by Joana Estrela, translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Ages 12+ | 224 pages
Hardcover | 9781646142552 | $21.99 US
Paperback | 9781646142569 | $16.99 US
YALSA GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS 2024
BEST OF THE YEAR: BCCB Blue Ribbon, SLJ
4 STARS: ★ BCCB ★ Booklist ★ PW ★ SLJ
American Indian Youth Lit honor
MAN MADE MONSTERS
by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards
Hardcover | Ages 12+ | 320 pages | 9781646141791 | $19.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS AWARD WINNER
ILA BOOK AWARD WINNER
WHIPPOORWHILL AWARD WINNER
READING THE WEST SHORTLIST
NEA READ ACROSS AMERICA RECOMMENDED TITLE
BEST OF THE YEAR: Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, New York Public Library
6 STARS: ★ BCCB ★ Booklist ★ PW ★ Kirkus ★ Horn Book ★ Shelf-Awareness
YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVEL FOR TEENS
Brooms
by Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVall
Ages 12 to 18 | 248 pages
Hardcover | | 9781646142675 | $24.99 US
Paperback | 9781646142682 | $18.99 US
BEST OF THE YEAR: Booklist, Chicago Public Library, New York Public Library
Kirkus Holiday Gift Guide Selection
Polygon Gift Guide
3 STARS: ★ PW ★ Booklist ★ BCCB