2022
Winner: Firekeeper’s Daughter written by Angeline Boulley and published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 13-978-1250766564.
Finalists: Ace of Spades written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things written by Margie Fuston, Me (Moth) written by Amber McBride, What Beauty There Is written by Cory Anderson
2021
Winner: If These Wings Could Fly written by Kyrie McCauley
Finalists: Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard written by Echo Brown; The Black Kids written by Christina Hammonds Reed; It Sounded Better in My Head written by Nina Kenwood; Woven in Moonlight written by Isabel Ibañez
2020
Winner: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager written by Ben Philippe
Finalists: The Candle and the Flame written by Nafiza Azad; Frankly in Love written by David Yoon; Genesis Begins Again written by Alicia D. Williams; There Will Come a Darkness written by Katy Rose Pool
2019
Winner: Darius the Great Is Not Okay written by Adib Khorram
Finalists: Blood Water Paint written by Joy McCullough; Check, Please!: #Hockey written and illustrated by Ngozi Ukazu; Children of Blood and Bone written by Tomi Adeyemi; What the Night Sings written and illustrated by Vesper Stamper
2018
Winner: The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas
Finalists: Dear Martin written by Nic Stone, Devils Within written by S.F. Henson, Saints and Misfits written by S.K. Ali, Starfish written by Akemi Dawn Bowman.
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2017
Winner: The Serpent King written by Jeff Zentner
Finalists: Girl Mans Up written by M-E Girard, Rani Patel In Full Effect written by Sonia Patel, The Smell of Other People’s Houses written by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Tell Me Something Real written by Calla Devlin.
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2016
Winner: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli
Finalists: Because You’ll Never Meet Me written by Leah Thomas, Conviction written by Kelly Loy Gilbert, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly written by Stephanie Oakes, The Weight of Feathers written by Anna-Marie McLemore.
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2015
Winner: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces written by Isabel Quintero
Finalists: The Carnival at Bray written by Jessie Ann Foley, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim written by E.K. Johnston, The Scar Boys written by Len Vlahos, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender written by Leslye Walton
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2014
Winner: Charm & Strange written by Stephanie Kuehn.
Finalists: Sex & Violence written by Carrie Mesrobian, Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets written by Evan Roskos, Belle Epoque written by Elizabeth Ross, In the Shadow of Blackbirds written by Cat Winters.
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2013
Winner: Seraphina written by Rachel Hartman
Finalists: Wonder Show written by Hannah Barnaby, Love and Other Perishable Items written by Laura Buzo, After the Snow written by S. D. Crockett, and The Miseducation of Cameron Post written by emily m. danforth
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2012
Winner: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Finalists: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard, Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, and Between Shades of Gray written by Ruta Sepetys
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2011
Winner: The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
Finalists: Hush by Eishes Chayil, Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, and Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber
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2010
Winner: Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Finalists: Ash by Malinda Lo, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, The Everafter by Amy Huntley, and Hold Still by Nina LaCour
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2009
Winner: A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Finalists: Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne, Madapple by Christina Meldrum, and Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine.
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