Cybils Awards for Nonfiction

 

The Cybils Awards for Nonfiction are annual literary awards for children's nonfiction. Awards were previously presented for picture books (2006–2012), juvenile (2016), middle grade and young adult (2006–2012), elementary and middle grade (2013–2015), junior high (2017–2019), and young adult (2013–2016). The award is current presented across four categories: elementary (since 2016), middle grade (since 2016), and senior high (since 2017). The award was last presented in 2024, with the organization taking a hiatus in 2025.

Recipients

Picture books (2006–2012)

Year Author(s) Title Result Ref.
2006 Dianna Aston, illus. by Sylvia Long An Egg is Quiet Winner [1]
Bob Raczka 3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet Finalists [2]
Meghan McCarthy Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Cathie Felstead An Island Grows
Sandra Markle, illus. by Alan Marks Little Lost Bat
2007 Brian Floca Lightship Winner [3]
Lizann Flatt, illus. by Scot Ritchie Let's Go! Finalists [4]
Steve Jenkins Living Color
Lita Judge One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
April Pulley Sayre, illus. by Scot Ritchie Vulture View
David Schwartz and Yael Schy, photos by Dwight Kuhn Where in the Wild?
2008 Nic Bishop Frogs Winner [5]
Jen Bryant, illus. by Melissa Sweet A River of Words Finalists [6]
Meghan McCarthy Astronaut Handbook
Dennis Brindell Fradin, illus. by Larry Day Duel! Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words
Susan Stockdale Fabulous Fishes
Deborah Kogan Ray Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw
Jeanette Winter Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
2009 Chris Barton, illus. by Tony Persiani The Day-Glo Brothers Winner [7]
Carmen Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, illus. by Thomas Gonzalez 14 Cows for America Finalist [8]
Steve Jenkins Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea:
Maya Ajmera, Cynthia Pon, and Magda Nakassis Faith
Kristin Earhart (ed.), photos by Teruyuki Komiya Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual Size Animal Encyclopedia
Shana Corey, illus. by Edwin Fotheringham Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way to Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History!
Brian Floca Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
2010 Barbara Kerley, illus. by Edwin Fotheringham The Extraordinary Life of Mark Twain (According to Susy) Winner [9]
Steve Jenkins Bones: Skeletons and How They Work Finalist [10]
Deborah Kogan Ray Dinosaur Mountain: Digging into the Jurassic Age
Matt Tavares Henry Aaron's Dream
Meghan McCarthy Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
Andrea Pinkney, illus. by Brian Pinkney Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Roxane Orgill, illus. by Sean Qualls Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
2011 Carlyn Beccia I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures Winner [11]
George Ella Lyon, illus. by Katherine Tillotson All the Water in the World Finalist [12]
Susan Stockdale Bring On the Birds
Martin Jenkins, illus. by Vicky White Can We Save the Tiger?
Kathryn O. Galbraith, illus. by Wendy Anderson Halperin Planting the Wild Garden
Sandra Markle The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs
Jim Arnosky Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators
2012 Alicia Potter, illus. by Melissa Sweet Mrs Harkness and the Panda Winner [13]
Melissa Sweet Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Finalist [14]
Nicola Davies, illus. by Brita Granström Dolphin Baby!
Janet Halfmann

illus. by Betsy Thompson

 Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be?
Jason Chin Island: A Story of the Galápagos
Maira Kalman Looking at Lincoln
Nic Bishop Snakes

Juvenile (2016)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2016 Melissa Sweet Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White Winner [1]
Charles Ghigna and Animal Planet Animal Planet Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals Finalists [2]
Lois Miner Huey Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio
Rebecca L. Johnson Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters
Erin Hagar The Inventors of LEGO Toys
April Pulley Sayre The Slowest Book Ever
Jane Sutcliffe Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk

Middle grade and young adult (2006–2012)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2006 Russell Freedman Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Winner [1]
Sid Fleischman Escape! Finalists [2]
Alan Wolf Immersed in Verse
Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov Isaac Newton
Catherine Thimmesh Team Moon
2007 Ibtisam Barakat Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Winner [3]
Kathleen Krull Marie Curie Finalists [4]
Adrian Dingle, illustrated by Simon Basher The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!
Eve Drobot Smart-Opedia
Loree Griffin Burns Tracking Trash
Peter Sis The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Russell Freedman Who Was First?
2008 Cylin Busby and John Busby The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir Winner [5]
David Aguilar 11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System Finalists [6]
Scott Reynolds Nelson Ain't Nothing but a Man
Nancy Amanda Redd Body Drama
Steve Sheinkin King George: What Was His Problem?
Martin Sandler Lincoln Through the Lens
Ben Boos Swords: An Artist's Devotion
Kadir Nelson We Are the Ship
2009 Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Andy Comins The Frog Scientist Winner [7]
Phillip Hoose Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Finalist [8]
Larry Smith I Can't Keep My Own Secrets
Elizabeth Partridge Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
Sally M. Walker Written in Bone
2010 Suzanne Jurmain The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing Winner [9]
Paul B. Janeczko The Dark Game: True Spy Stories Finalist [10]
Loree Griffin Burns The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
Sy Montgomery Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook
Haya Leah Molnar Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania
Elaine Marie Alphin An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
2011 Candace Fleming Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Winner [11]
Georgia Bragg How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous Finalist [12]
Stewart Ross, illus. by Stephen Biesty Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air
Carla Killough McClafferty The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon
Steve Sheinkin The Notorious Benedict Arnold
Ann Bausum Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I
2012 Steve Sheinkin Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Winner [13]
Marsha Skrypuch Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War Finalist [14]
Phillip Hoose Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Sy Montgomery Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
Deborah Hopkinson Titanic: Voices from the Disaster

Elementary and middle grade (2013–2015)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2013 Annette LeBlanc Cate Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard Winner [15][16]
Vicky Alvear Shecter Anubis Speaks! Finalist [17]
Marissa Moss Barbed Wire Baseball
Lita Judge How Big Were Dinosaurs?
Brian Floca Locomotive
Deborah Heiligman The Boy Who Loved Math
Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Susan Swan Volcano Rising
2014 Melissa Stewart Feathers: Not Just for Flying Winner [18]
Russell Freedman Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain Finalist [19]
Sy Montgomery Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
Loree Griffin Burns Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey
Duncan Tonatiuh Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Sandra Markle The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats
Rebecca L. Johnson When Lunch Fights Back
2015 Bridget Heos, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are Winner [20]
Laurie Ann Thompson Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah Finalist [21]
Gail Jarrow Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
Ben Thompson Guts & Glory: The Vikings
David Stabler Kid presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America's presidents
Miranda Paul One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Anita Silvey Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall

Elementary (2016–)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2016 Candace Fleming Giant Squid Winner [22]
Lindsay Mattick, illus. by Sophie Blackall Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear Finalist [23]
Jess Keating Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals
Rebecca E. Hirsch, illus. by Mia Posada Plants Can't Sit Still
Donna Janell Bowman, illus. by Daniel Minter Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
Susan E. Goodman, illus. by E. B. Lewis The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
Cathleen Burnham Tortuga Squad: Kids Saving Sea Turtles in Costa Rica
2017 Caroline Arnold Hatching Chicks in Room 6 Winner [24]
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho, illustrated by Brian Deines Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival Finalist [25]
Duncan Tonatiuh Danza!: Amalia Hernández and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet
Chris Barton, illus. by Victo Ngai Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
Laura Knowles Once Upon a Jungle
Jess Keating, illus. by Marta Álvarez Miguéns Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
Jess Keating What Makes a Monster?: Discovering the World's Scariest Creatures
2018 Patricia Valdez, illus. by Felicita Sala Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor Winner [26]
Irene Kelly A Frog's Life Finalist [27]
Joseph Bruchac, illus. by Liz Amini-Holmes Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
Michelle Cusolito, illus. by Nicole Wong Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin
Thane Maynard Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo
Anne Renaud, illus. by Marie Lafrance The True Tale of a Giantess: The Story of Anna Swan
Chris Barton, illus. by Ekua Holmes What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
2019 Miranda Paul, illus. by Jason Chin Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born Winner [28]
Linda Booth Sweeney, illus. by Shawn Fields Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial Finalist [29]
Isabel Thomas, illus. by Daniel Egnéus Moth
Lindsay Moore Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival
Melissa Stewart, illus. by Sarah S. Brannen Seashells: More Than a Home
Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Keith Mallett Sonny's Bridge: Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Finds His Groove
Susan Hood and Patthana Sornhiran, illus. by Dow Phumiruk Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team
2020 Kate Messner and Adam Rex The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s presidents Winner [30]
Linda Skeers, illus. by Marta Álvarez Miguéns Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist Finalist [31]
Candace Fleming, illus. by Eric Rohmann Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley (eds.), illus. by Jeanette Bradley No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History
Rob Sanders, illus. by Nabi H. Ali The Fighting Infantryman
Janet Halfmann, illus. by Duane Smith The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls
Meeg Pincus, illus. by Yas Imamura Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery
2021 Megan Hoyt, illus. by Iacopo Bruno Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero Winner [32][33]
Laurie Wallmark, illus. by Brooke Smart Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars Finalist [34]
Kristen Nordstrom, illus. by Paul Boston Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature
Julie Abery, illus. by Chris Sasaki Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
Kim Tomsic, illus. by Hadley Hooper The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship
Heather Lang, illus. by Jana Christy The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
Traci Sorell, illus. by Frané Lessac We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
2022 Matt Lilley, illus. by Dan Tavis Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill Winner [35]
Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal A Perfect Fit: How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion Finalist [36]
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Miranda Smith, illustrated by Aaron Cushley If the World Were 100 Animals: A Visual Guide to Earth's Amazing Creatures
Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Jeff Mack Marcel's Masterpiece: How a Toilet Shaped the History of Art
Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jenn Ely The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story
2023 Jessica Lanan Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider Winner [37]
Chris Barton, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat Glitter Everywhere!: Where it Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going Finalist [37]
Glenda Armand and Kim Freeman, illustrated by Keith Mallett Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better
Kate Peridot, illustrated by Becca Hall Meet The Bears
Lupe Ruiz-Flores, illustrated by Anna López Real Piece by Piece: Ernestine's Gift for President Roosevelt
Marni Fogelson, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island
Rachel Ignotofsky What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies
2024 G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More Winner [38]
Erin Frankel, illustrated by Paola Escobar A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen Finalist [38]
Jin Wang and Tony Johnston, illustrated by Anisi Baigude Born Naughty
Jody Jensen Shaffer, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story
Belen Medina, illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez
George Takei, illustrated by Michelle Lee My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
Kristen Tracy, Illustrated by Luisa Uribe When Beavers Flew

Middle grade (2016–)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2016 Caren Stelson Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Winner [22]
Michael J. Tougias A Storm Too Soon: A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80 Foot Seas Finalist [23]
Gail Jarrow Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America
Carlyn Cerniglia Beccia Fashion Rebels: Style Icons Who Changed the World through Fashion
Deborah Noyes Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original "Girl" Reporter, Nellie Bly
Linda Barret Osborne This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
Russell Freedman We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
2017 Ammi-Joan Paquette Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive! Winner [24]
Deborah Lee Rose Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle Finalist [25]
Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi, illus. by Yutaka Houlette Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
Tod Olson The Incredible Journey of Apollo 13
Tonya Bolden Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
S. D. Nelson Red Cloud
Patricia Newman Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
2018 Kelly Milner Halls Death Eaters: Meet Nature's Scavengers Winner [26]
Sarah Albee Dog Days of History: The Incredible Story of Our Best Friends Finalist [27]
Kathleen Krull Frenemies in the Family: Famous Brothers and Sisters Who Butted Heads and Had Each Other's Backs
Susan Goldman Rubin Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands
Sy Montgomery The Hyena Scientist
Brian Skerry The Ultimate Book of Sharks
Ammi-Joan Paquette Two Truths and a Lie: Histories and Mysterie
2019 Trevor Noah Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted) Winner [28]
Peter Wohlleben Can You Hear the Trees Talking?: Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest Finalist [29]
Rex Ogle Free Lunch
Alison Matthews David Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History
Rachel Poliquin Moles
Katherine Johnson Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Jo Ann Allen Boyce This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
2020 Christina Soontornvat All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team Winner [30]
John Rocco How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure Finalist [31]
Magdalena Newman and Nathaniel Newman, illus. by Neil Swaab Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey
Ana Pego and Minhós Martins, illus. by Bernado P. Carvalho Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species
Meg Marquardt STEM in the Final Four
Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (eds.) The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illus. by Drew Shannon This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias
2021 Rochelle Melander, illus. by Melina Ontiveros Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing Winner [32][33]
Traci Sorell, illus. by Natasha Donovan Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer Finalist [34]
Candace Fleming The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
Eugene Yelchin The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Philip Bunting The World's Most Pointless Animals: Or are they?
Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Floyd Cooper Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Yumi Stynes and Dr. Melissa Kang, illus. by Jenny Latham Welcome to Your Period!
2022 Angela Joy, illus. by Janelle Washington Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement Winner [35]
Caroline Stevan, illustrated by Elina Braslina Citizen She! A Global Campaign for Women's Voting Rights Finalist [36]
Candace Fleming Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell
Cheryl Blackford Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life
Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits
2023 Nicholas Day, illustrated by Brett Helquist The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity Winner [37]
Stephanie Warren Drimmer and WonderLab Group How It Happened! Sneakers: The Cool Stories and Facts Behind Every Pair Finalist [37]
Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal, illustrated by Adrian Teal Plague-Busters!: Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases
Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Lauren Tamaki Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
Caren Stelson, illustrated by Selina Alko Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
2024 Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases Winner [38]
Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers Finalist [38]
Kate Peridot, illustrated by Becca Hall Meet the Cats
Insha Fitzpatrick Sightseeing with Aliens: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural
Ann Bausum, illustrated by Marta Sevilla The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
Joshua M. Greene The Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Giselle Clarkson The Observologist: A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions

Junior high (2017–2019)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2017 Martin W. Sandler The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found Winner [24]
Sandra Neil Wallace Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story Finalist [25]
Mary Losure Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
Heather E. Schwartz Locked Up for Freedom: Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Sue Macy Motor Girls: How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly Into the Twentieth Century
Sarah Albee Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines
Steve Sheinkin Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
2018 Elizabeth Partridge Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam Winner [26]
Martin W. Sandler Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed Everything Finalist [27]
Patricia Sutton Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster
James L. Swanson Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
Tonya Bolden Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Gail Jarrow Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
Sam Kean The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
2019 Ian Lendler The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth Winner [28]
Martin W. Sandler 1919 The Year That Changed America Finalist [29]
Jeffrey Kluger Disaster Strikes!: The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time
Kerrie Logan Hollihan Mummies Exposed!: Creepy and True #1
Gayle E. Pitman Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets
Gail Jarrow The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in our Food and Drugs

Young adult (2013–2016)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2013 Martin W. Sandler Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II Winner [15][16]
Vicky Alvear Shecter Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays Finalist [17]
Leon Leyson The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List
Catherine Reef The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
James L. Swanson "The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
2014 Candace Fleming The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia Winner [18]
Alexis Coe Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis Finalist [19]
Laurie Ann Thompson Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters
Kuklin Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Maya Van Wagenen Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
Don Mitchell The Freedom Summer Murders
Steve Sheinkin The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
2015 Steve Sheinkin Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Winner [20]
Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Michael G. Long Bayard Rustin: The Invisible Activist Finalist [21]
Deborah Hopkinson Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark
Kathy Lowinger Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves Took on the World
Martin Ganda I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
M. T. Anderson Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Karen Blumenthal Tommy: The Gun That Changed America
2016 Sungju Lee Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea Winner [22]
Rich Wallace Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights Finalist [23]
Bridget Heos Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA
Kenneth C. Davis In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four presidents, and Five Black Lives
Winifred Conkling Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
Sarah Miller The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
Patricia McCormick The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

Senior high (2017–)

Year Author(s) Title Result Ref.
2017 Deborah Heiligman Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers Winner [24]
Deborah Kops Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment Finalists [25]
Sandra Uwiringiyimana How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
Sarah Prager Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World
Ann Bausum The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
Albert Marrin Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Kay Frydenborg A Dog in the Cave: The Wolves Who Made Us Human
2018 John Hendrix The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Winner [26]
Karen Blumenthal Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend Finalist [27]
Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
Neal Bascomb The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century
Winifred Conkling Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
Carol Anderson We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
Parkland Student Journalists We Say #NeverAgain: Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists
2019 James Rhodes, illus. by Martin O’Neill Playlist: The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound Winner [28]
Elizabeth Wein A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II Finalist [29]
Sam Quinones Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (YA edition)
Carol Anderson One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally (YA edition)
Deborah Heiligman Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
2020 Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Winner [30]
George M. Johnson All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto Finalist [31]
Karen Blumenthal Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, illus. by Laura L. Sullivan The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
Kate Moore The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition
Robyn Ryle Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports
Ger Duany and Garen Thomas Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace
2021 Rex Ogle Punching Bag Winner [32][33]
Anton Treuer Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition Finalist [34]
Amy Cherrix In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race
Christian Allaire The Power of Style
Jeanne Theoharis, adapted by Brandy Colbert and Jeanne Theoharis The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People
2022 Amy Butler Greenfield The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life Winner [35]
Gail Jarrow American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South Finalist [36]
Alice Wong (ed.) Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today
Martin W. Sandler Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself
Kekla Magoon Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
2023 Steve Sheinkin Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe Winner [37]
Robin Wall Kimmerer and Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Finalist [37]
Muzoon Almellehan and Wendy Pearlman Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out
Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
Joshua Davis Spare Parts (Young Readers' Edition): The True Story of Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and an Impossible Dream
2024 Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky Winner [38]
Elizabeth Rusch A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women's Soccer-and Beyond Finalist [38]
George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro Marked Man: Frank Serpico’s Inside Battle Against Police Corruption
Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote
Andrea Warner, illustrated by Louise Reimer Rise Up and Sing!: Power, Protest, and Activism in Music
Rex Ogle Road Home

See also 

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