YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:award
gptkbp:awarded_by gptkb:Young_Adult_Library_Services_Association
gptkbp:category nonfiction
gptkbp:criteria gptkb:illustrations
gptkb:organization
gptkb:design
accuracy
literary quality
appeal to young adults
excellence in nonfiction
gptkbp:eligibility young adult literature
gptkbp:first_awarded gptkb:2010
gptkbp:frequency annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
gptkbp:notable_winners gptkb:Rebecca_Stead
gptkb:Elizabeth_Partridge
gptkb:Jim_Murphy
gptkb:Steve_Sheinkin
Candace Fleming
2020 winner: ' Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story' by Kevin Noble Maillard
2017 winner: ' Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team' by Steve Sheinkin
2010 winner: ' Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice' by Phillip Hoose
2012 winner: ' Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon' by Steve Sheinkin
2015 winner: ' Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War' by Steve Sheinkin
2023 winner: ' The Last Cuentista' by Donna Barba Higuera
2019 winner: ' The Way I Used to Be' by Amber Smith
2018 winner: ' The Great American Whatever' by Tim Federle
2011 winner: ' The Notorious Benedict Arnold' by Steve Sheinkin
2013 winner: ' The Madman of Piney Woods' by Christopher Paul Curtis
2016 winner: ' March: Book Three' by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
2021 winner: ' All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team' by Christina Soontornvat
2022 winner: ' The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story' by Nikole Hannah-Jones
2014 winner: ' The Port Chicago 50' by Steve Sheinkin
gptkbp:purpose to recognize the best nonfiction book published for young adults
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Michael_L._Printz_Award
gptkbp:target_audience young adults
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yen_Press
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5