Books in Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Book for Older Children

This is the Books for Older Children category of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, which honors books promoting peace, social justice, and equality. Winners are middle grade and early YA novels and nonfiction about racism, war, immigration, and civil rights (e.g., Ghost Boys, A Wish in the Dark, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom). Best for ages 9-15.

2024

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Lost Year The Lost Year Katherine Marsh Winner Log In To Like
World Made of Glass World Made of Glass Ami Polonsky Honor Log In To Like
Mascot Mascot Traci Sorell Honor Log In To Like

2023

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Undercover Latina Undercover Latina Aya de León Winner Log In To Like
Swim Team Swim Team Johnnie Christmas Honor Log In To Like
Yonder Yonder Ali Standish Honor Log In To Like

2022

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How to Find What You're Not Looking For How to Find What You're Not Looking For Veera Hiranandani Winner Log In To Like
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame Supriya Kelkar Honor Log In To Like
Rez Dogs Rez Dogs Joseph Bruchac Honor Log In To Like

2021

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A Wish in the Dark A Wish in the Dark Christina Soontornvat Winner Log In To Like
Land of the Cranes Land of the Cranes Aida Salazar Honor Log In To Like
Finish the Fight Finish the Fight Veronica Chambers Honor Log In To Like

2019

Book Author Award Level Completed
Ghost Boys Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes Winner Log In To Like
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Wade Hudson Honor Log In To Like
The Night Diary The Night Diary Veera Hiranandani Honor Log In To Like

2018

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The Enemy: Detroit 1954 The Enemy: Detroit 1954 Sara Holbrook Winner Log In To Like
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Laura Atkins Honor Log In To Like
Piecing Me Together Piecing Me Together Renée Watson Honor Log In To Like
Midnight Without A Moon Midnight Without A Moon Linda Williams Jackson Honor Log In To Like

2017

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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Caren B. Stelson Winner Log In To Like
Wolf Hollow Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk Honor Log In To Like
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler Russell Freedman Honor Log In To Like

2016

Book Author Award Level Completed
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Lynda Blackmon Lowery Winner Log In To Like
Full Cicada Moon Full Cicada Moon Marilyn Hilton Honor Log In To Like

2015

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Girl From the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the Civil Rights Movement The Girl From the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the Civil Rights Movement Teri Kanefield Winner Log In To Like
Revolution Revolution Deborah Wiles Honor Log In To Like
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal Margarita Engle Honor Log In To Like

2014

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Sugar Sugar Jewell Parker Rhodes Winner Log In To Like
Brotherhood Brotherhood A.B. Westrick Honor Log In To Like
Seeing Red Seeing Red Kathryn Erskine Honor Log In To Like

2013

Book Author Award Level Completed
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March Cynthia Levinson Winner Log In To Like
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World Sy Montgomery Honor Log In To Like
Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours Ann Bausum Honor Log In To Like

2012

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Sylvia & Aki Sylvia & Aki Winifred Conkling Winner Log In To Like
Inside Out & Back Again Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại Honor Log In To Like
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Kadir Nelson Honor Log In To Like

2011

Book Author Award Level Completed
A Long Walk to Water A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park Winner Log In To Like
The Ninth Ward The Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes Honor Log In To Like
Birmingham Sunday Birmingham Sunday Larry Dane Brimner Honor Log In To Like

2010

Book Author Award Level Completed
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary Elizabeth Partridge Winner Log In To Like
Claudette Colvin Claudette Colvin Phillip Hoose Honor Log In To Like
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Tanya Lee Stone Honor Log In To Like

2009

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Margarita Engle Winner Log In To Like
The Shepherd's Granddaughter The Shepherd's Granddaughter Anne Laurel Carter Honor Log In To Like
Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry Scott Reynolds Nelson Honor Log In To Like

2008

Book Author Award Level Completed
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin Larry Dane Brimner Winner Log In To Like
Birmingham, 1963 Birmingham, 1963 Carole Boston Weatherford Honor Log In To Like
Rickshaw Girl Rickshaw Girl Mitali Perkins Honor Log In To Like
Elijah of Buxton Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis Honor Log In To Like

2007

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Weedflower Weedflower Cynthia Kadohata Winner Log In To Like
Counting on Grace Counting on Grace Elizabeth Winthrop Honor Log In To Like
Freedom Walkers Freedom Walkers Russell Freedman Honor Log In To Like

2006

Book Author Award Level Completed
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America Karen Blumenthal Winner Log In To Like
The Crazy Man The Crazy Man Pamela Porter Honor Log In To Like
Sweetgrass Basket Sweetgrass Basket Marlene Carvell Honor Log In To Like

2005

Book Author Award Level Completed
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote Ann Bausum Winner Log In To Like
The Heaven Shop The Heaven Shop Deborah Ellis Honor Log In To Like

2004

Book Author Award Level Completed
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope Beverley Naidoo Winner Log In To Like
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Chris Crowe Honor Log In To Like
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 Deborah Hopkinson Honor Log In To Like
The Breadwinner Trilogy The Breadwinner Trilogy Deborah Ellis Special Commendation Log In To Like

2003

Book Author Award Level Completed
Parvana's Journey Parvana's Journey Deborah Ellis Winner Log In To Like
The Same Stuff as Stars The Same Stuff as Stars Katherine Paterson Honor Log In To Like
When My Name Was Keoko When My Name Was Keoko Linda Sue Park Honor Log In To Like

2002

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Other Side of Truth The Other Side of Truth Beverley Naidoo Winner Log In To Like
True Believer True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff Honor Log In To Like
A Group of One A Group of One Rachna Gilmore Honor Log In To Like

2001

Book Author Award Level Completed
Esperanza Rising Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan Winner Log In To Like
The Color of My Words The Color of My Words Lynn Joseph Honor Log In To Like
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues Harriette Gillem Robinet Honor Log In To Like
Darkness over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews Darkness over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews Ellen Levine Honor Log In To Like

2000

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Through My Eyes Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges Winner Log In To Like
Kids on Strike! Kids on Strike! Susan Campbell Bartoletti Honor Log In To Like
The Birchbark House The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich Honor Log In To Like

1999

Book Author Award Level Completed
Bat 6 Bat 6 Virginia Euwer Wolff Winner Log In To Like
No More Strangers Now No More Strangers Now Tim McKee Honor Log In To Like
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange Elizabeth Partridge Honor Log In To Like
The Heart of a Chief The Heart of a Chief Joseph Bruchac Honor Log In To Like

1998

Book Author Award Level Completed
Habibi Habibi Naomi Shihab Nye Winner Log In To Like
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child Francisco Jiménez Honor Log In To Like
Seedfolks Seedfolks Paul Fleischman Honor Log In To Like

1997

Book Author Award Level Completed
Growing Up In Coal County Growing Up In Coal County Susan Campbell Bartoletti Winner Log In To Like
Behind the Bedroom Wall Behind the Bedroom Wall Laura Williams Honor Log In To Like
Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl Mildred Pitts Walter Honor Log In To Like

1996

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Well The Well Mildred D. Taylor Winner Log In To Like
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Jacqueline Woodson Honor Log In To Like
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis Honor Log In To Like
On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sheila Hamanaka Honor Log In To Like
The Middle Passage The Middle Passage Tom Feelings Special Commendation Log In To Like

1995

Book Author Award Level Completed
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor Russell Freedman Winner Log In To Like
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Jacqueline Woodson Honor Log In To Like
Cézanne Pinto Cézanne Pinto Mary Stolz Honor Log In To Like

1994

Book Author Award Level Completed
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories Ellen Levine Winner Log In To Like
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Russell Freedman Honor Log In To Like

1993

Book Author Award Level Completed
A Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti A Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti Frances Temple Winner Log In To Like
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs Mary E. Lyons Honor Log In To Like