Books in Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award

Presented annually to the author of a book selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as “the title of the year most relevant to adolescents and having enjoyed a wide and appreciative teenage audience.” Per Walden’s request, the selected title must: 1) be a work of fiction, ideally a novel (stand-alone or part of a series); 2) be published within one year prior to the call for titles; 3)be published in the United States but may have been published elsewhere prior; and 4) possess a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit (please see below for additional guidance).

2024

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Immeasurable Depth Of You	Maria Ingrande Mora	Finalist	Log In To Like
	An Appetite For Miracles	Laekan Zea Kemp	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Saints of the Household	Ari Tison	Winner	Log In To Like
	Invisible Son	Kim Johnson	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Next New Syrian Girl	Ream Shukairy	Finalist	Log In To Like

2023

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	We Can Be Heroes	Kyrie Mccauley	Finalist	Log In To Like
	All My Rage	Sabaa Tahir	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester	Maya MacGregor	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Medusa	Jessie Burton	Finalist	Log In To Like

2022

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Magic Fish	Trung Le Nguyen	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Furia	Yamile Saied Méndez	Finalist	Log In To Like
	In The Wild Light	Jeff Zentner	Winner	Log In To Like
	We Are Not Free	Traci Chee	Finalist	Log In To Like
	How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe	Raquel Vasquez Gilliland	Finalist	Log In To Like

2021

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Slay	Brittney Morris	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Kent State	Deborah Wiles	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Clap When You Land	Elizabeth Acevedo	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Black Kids	Christina Hammonds Reed	Finalist	Log In To Like

2020

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Patron Saints Of Nothing	Randy Ribay	Finalist	Log In To Like
	White Rose	Kip Wilson	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Lovely War	Julie Berry	Winner	Log In To Like
	Like a Love Story	Abdi Nazemian	Finalist	Log In To Like
	With The Fire On High	Elizabeth Acevedo	Finalist	Log In To Like

2019

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Blood, Water, Paint	Joy Mccullough	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Astonishing Color Of After	Emily X.R. Pan	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Darius The Great Is Not Okay	Adib Khorram	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Poet X	Elizabeth Acevedo	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Apocalypse Of Elena Mendoza	Shaun David Hutchinson	Finalist	Log In To Like

2018

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Long Way Down	Jason Reynolds	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Dear Martin	Nic Stone	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Hate U Give	Angie Thomas	Winner	Log In To Like
	An Uninterrupted View Of The Sky	Melanie Crowder	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Nowhere Girls	Amy Reed	Finalist	Log In To Like

2017

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Serpent King	Jeff Zentner	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Smell Of Other People's Houses	Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Salt To The Sea	Ruta Sepetys	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Sun Is Also A Star	Nicola Yoon	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Girl In Pieces	Kathleen Glasgow	Finalist	Log In To Like

2016

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Out Of Darkness	Ashley Hope Perez	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Wolf By Wolf	Ryan Graudin	Finalist	Log In To Like
	All The Bright Places	Jennifer Niven	Finalist	Log In To Like
	All American Boys	Jason Reynolds	Winner	Log In To Like
	Challenger Deep	Neal Shusterman	Finalist	Log In To Like

2015

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy)	Deborah Wiles	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Diamond Boy	Michael Williams	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Gabi, A Girl In Pieces	Isabel Quintero	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Impossible Knife Of Memory	Laurie Halse Anderson	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Glory O'brien's History Of The Future	A.S. King	Winner	Log In To Like

2014

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Openly Straight	Bill Konigsberg	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Eleanor & Park	Rainbow Rowell	Winner	Log In To Like
	Winger	Andrew Smith	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Jumped In	Patrick Flores-Scott	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Milk Of Birds	Sylvia Whitman	Finalist	Log In To Like

2013

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Benjamin Alire Saenz	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Endangered	Eliot Schrefer	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Ask the Passengers	A.S. King	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Fault In Our Stars	John Green	Winner	Log In To Like

2012

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Under the Mesquite	Guadalupe Garcia McCall	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Berlin Boxing Club	Robert Sharenow	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Between Shades of Gray	Ruta Sepetys	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Blood Red Road	Moira Young	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Shine	Lauren Myracle	Winner	Log In To Like

2011

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Sorta Like A Rockstar	Matthew Quick	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors	Francisco X. Stork	Winner	Log In To Like
	After Ever After	Jordan Sonnenblick	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Wolves, Boys, & Other Things That Might Kill Me	Kristen Chandler	Finalist	Log In To Like
	I Will Save You	Matt de la Pena	Finalist	Log In To Like

2010

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Monstrumologist	Rick Yancey	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Sweetheart Of Prosper County	Jill S. Alexander	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Fire	Kristin Cashore	Winner	Log In To Like
	North Of Beautiful	Justina Chen Headley	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Marcelo In The Real World	Francisco X. Stork	Finalist	Log In To Like

2009

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	After Tupac And D Foster	Jacqueline Woodson	Finalist	Log In To Like
	The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Me, The Missing, And The Dead	Jenny Valentine	Finalist	Log In To Like
	Graceling	Kristin Cashore	Finalist	Log In To Like
	My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park	Steve Kluger	Winner	Log In To Like