NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens.

Winners and finalists

Award winners and finalists
Year Book Author Result Ref.
2007 Letters to a Young Brother Hill Harper Winner [1]
Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper Finalist [1][2]
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Russell Freedman Finalist [1][2]
Maya Angelou Donna Brown Agins Finalist [1][2]
Superwoman’s Child J. L. Woodson Finalist [1][2]
2008 More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide Charles B. Schooler, illus. by Gary Young Winner [3]
Body Drama Nancy Redd Finalist [4]
Center for Cartoon Studies Presents: Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow James Sturm, illus. by Rich Tommaso Finalist [4]
Divine Confidential Jacquelin Thomas Finalist [4]
The Shadow Speaker Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Finalist [4]
2009 Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny Hill Harper Winner [5][6]
2010 Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady David Bergen Brophy Winner [7]
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Finalist [8]
Just Another Hero Sharon Draper Finalist [8]
Mare’s War Tanita S. Davis Finalist [8]
Rock and the River Kekla Magoon Finalist [8]
2011 Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice Winner [9]
2012 Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running Jeff Burlingame Winner [10]
Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary Jerdine Nolen Finalist [10]
Camo Girl Kekla Magoon Finalist [10]
Planet Middle School Nikki Grimes Finalist [10]
Kick Walter Dean Myers Finalist [10]
2013 Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed Winner [11]
The Diary Of B. B. Bright, Possible Princess Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams Finalist [11]
The Mighty Miss Malone Christopher Paul Curtis Finalist [11]
Fire in the Streets Kekla Magoon Finalist [11]
Pinned Sharon G. Flake Finalist [11]
2014 Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers Tanya Lee Stone Winner [12]
Serafina’s Promise Ann E. Burg Finalist [12]
Raising the Bar Gabrielle Douglas Finalist [12]
God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories For Teens Romal J. Tune Finalist [12]
Invasion Walter Dean Myers Finalist [12]
2015 Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Winner [13]
The Red Pencil Andrea Davis Pinkney Finalist [13]
Revolution Deborah Wiles Finalist [13]
The Freedom Summer Murders Don Mitchell Finalist [13]
Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America Russell Freedman Finalist [13]
2016 X: A Novel Ilyasah Shabazz Winner [14]
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound Andrea Davis Pinkney Finalist [14]
Untwine Edwidge Danticat Finalist [14]
You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson Finalist [14]
Stella by Starlight Sharon M. Draper Finalist [14]
2017 As Brave as You Jason Reynolds Winner [15]
Riding Chance Christine Kendall Finalist [15]
Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete Finalist [15]
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend Sharon Robinson Finalist [15]
Two Naomis Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick Finalist [15]
2018 Clayton Byrd Goes Underground Rita Williams-Garcia, with Frank Morrison (illus.) Winner [16]
Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson Finalist [16]
Long Way Down Jason Reynolds Finalist [16]
Solo Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess Finalist [16]
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Finalist [16]
2019 Harbor Me Jacqueline Woodson Winner [17]
A Very Large Expanse of Sea Tahereh Mafi Finalist [17]
Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin James L. Swanson Finalist [17]
The Journey of Little Charlie Christopher Paul Curtis Finalist [17]
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide Carol Anderson, with Tonya Bolden Finalist [17]
2020 Around Harvard Square Christopher John Farley Winner [18]
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze Finalist [18]
Hot Comb Ebony Flowers Finalist [18]
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones Finalist [18]
The Forgotten Girl India Hill Brown Finalist [18]
2021 Before the Ever After Jacqueline Woodson Winner [19]
Black Brother, Black Brother Jewell Parker Rhodes Finalist [20]
Dear Justyce Nic Stone Finalist [20]
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds Finalist [20]
This Is Your Time Ruby Bridges Finalist [20]
2022 Ace of Spades Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Winner [21][22]
Happily Ever Afters Elise Bryant Finalist [22][23]
The Cost of Knowing Brittney Morris Finalist [22][23]
When You Look Like Us Pamela N. Harris Finalist [22][23]
Wings of Ebony J. Elle Finalist [22][23]
2023 Cookies & Milk Shawn Amos Winner [24]
Maybe an Artist Liz Montague Finalist [25]
Inheritance: A Visual Poem Elizabeth Acevedo Finalist [25]
Me and White Supremacy (Young Readers' Ed.) Layla Saad Finalist [25]
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama Ashley Woodfolk Finalist [25]
2024 Everyone’s Thinking It Aleema Omotoni Winner [26][27]
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans Isi Hendrix Finalist [26]
Eb & Flow Kelly J. Baptist Finalist [26]
Fatima Tate Takes the Cake Khadijah VanBrakle Finalist [26]
Friday I’m in Love Camryn Garrett Finalist [26]

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