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Teen non-fiction awards

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults. http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award

Burnaby Public Library

19 items

  • 2020 Winner
    BookNew York, NY : Norton Young Readers, [2019] — j920 Ogl
  • A Light in the Darkness

    Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

    Marrin, Albert,
    2020 Finalist
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] — TEEN 940.5318 Kor
  • 2020 Finalist
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge Teen, [2019] — TEEN 792.8092 Nij
  • A Thousand Sisters

    the Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

    Wein, Elizabeth
    2020 Finalist
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — TEEN 940.544947 Wei
  • Torpedoed

    the True Story of the World War II Sinking of the SS City of Benares

    Heiligman, Deborah
    2020 Finalist
    Downloadable Audiobook[New York, NY] : Macmillan Audio, 2019. — Click URL
  • Unwanted

    Stories of the Syrian Refugees

    Brown, Don, 1949-
    2019 winner
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — TEEN 956.91042 Bro
  • 2019 finalist
    BookNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2018. — TEEN Kros
  • The Faithful Spy

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

    Hendrix, John, 1976-
    2019 finalist
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, 2018. — TEEN 230.044092 Bon
  • 2019 finalist
    BookNew York : Viking, published by Penguin Group, 2018. — TEEN 959.7043 Par
  • 2018 Winner
    BookNew York : Godwin Books / Henry Holt and Company, [2017] — TEEN 759.9492 Gog
  • #NotYourPrincess

    Voices of Native American Women

    2018 Finalist
    BookToronto : Annick Press, 2017. — TEEN 305.48897 Not
  • Eyes of the World

    Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism

    Aronson, Marc,
    2018 Finalist
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017 — TEEN 070.49 Aro
  • The 57 Bus

    a True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

    Slater, Dashka
    2018 Finalist
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2017] — TEEN 364.1555 Fle
  • The Whydah

    a Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found

    Sandler, Martin W.
    2018 Finalist
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — j910.45 San
  • Most Dangerous

    Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

    Sheinkin, Steve,
    2016 Winner
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015. — TEEN 959.7043 She
  • Popular

    the Power of Likability in a Status-obsessed World

    Prinstein, Mitch
    2015 Winner
    BookNew York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]. — 302.3 Pri
  • 2014 Winner
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. — 940.5318 Nag
  • Bomb

    the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

    Sheinkin, Steve
    2013 Winner
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012. — TEEN 623.45119 She