A World Worth Saving
by Kyle Lukoff
(Finalist, 2026)
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Rob Sanders, illustrated by Byron McCray
(Winner, 2024)
Julián is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
(Honor, 2019)
The Mother of a Movement
by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Sam Kalda
(Finalist, 2023)
King and the Dragonflies
(Finalist, 2020)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
by Jacqueline Woodson
(Honor, 1996)
Call Me Gray
by Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen
(Finalist, 2026)
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
by Michael Leali
(Finalist, 2023)
Alice Austen Lived Here
by Alex Gino
(Finalist, 2023)
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