Not Nothing

by Gayle Forman

(Winner, 2025)

Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Amy June Bates

(Finalist, 2024)

Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola

(Winner, 2011)

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Patricia Polacco

(Honor, 1993)

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

by Milton Meltzer

(Winner, 1977)

Linked

by Gordon Korman

(Finalist, 2022)

The Whispering Town

by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro

(Honor, 2015)

A Pocket Full of Seeds

by Marilyn Sachs

(Honor, 1974)

The Island on Bird Street

by Uri Orlev

(Honor, 1985)

The Upstairs Room

by Johanna Reiss

(Honor, 1973)

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís

(Finalist, 2022)

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet

(Winner, 2014)

Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen

by Michelle Roehm McCann, Luba Tryszynka-Frederick, illustrated by Ann Marshall

(Honor, 2004)

Alan and Naomi

by Myron Levoy

(Honor, 1978)

A World Worth Saving

by Kyle Lukoff

(Finalist, 2026)

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Y. Levinson, illustrated by Evan Turk

(Finalist, 2022)

How to Find What You’re Not Looking For

by Veera Hiranandani

(Winner, 2022)

The Blackbird Girls

by Anne Blankman

(Finalist, 2020)

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

(Honor, 2017)