2020 YALSA Nonfiction Award

January 31, 2020 | jonesw

The American Library Association just announced the top youth books and media of 2019, including the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. The Young Adult Library Services Association honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults.

For more information about this award and its current and past recipients, check the ALA website.

Help us recognize these honorees and winners by checking one out today.

2020 YALSA Nonfiction Winner

Free lunch by Rex Ogle

2020 YALSA Nonfiction Honor Books

The great Nijinsky : god of dance by illustrator Lynn Curlee
A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert Marrin
Torpedoed : the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman