The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.
- A world without summer
QE523.T285 D39 2025 - White House secrets: Medical lies and cover-ups
E176.1 .J36 2025 - American Spirits: The famous Fox sisters and the mysterious fad that haunted a nation
BF1242.U6 R67 2025
The William C. Morris Award
The William C. Morris Award "honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature."
- All the noise at once (winner)
PZ7.1.D3625 Al 2025 - You and me on repeat
PZ7.7.S4793 Yo 2025 - First love language
PZ7.1.V338 Fi 2025
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is "awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year."
- Alberto Salas plays paka paka con la papa
Q143.S25 F35 2025 - The history of we
GN281 .S585 2025 - Go tell it: how James Baldwin became a writer
PS3552.A45 Z686 2024 - At last she stood: How Joey Guerrero spied, survived, and fought for freedom
UB271.P6 K45 2025
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Titles are recognized for "exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience."
- Halfway to somewhere (winner)
PZ7.7.P5316 Hal 2025 - One of the boys (winner, YA)
PZ7.1.Z445 One 2025 - Hick : the trailblazing journalist who captured Eleanor Roosevelt's heart
PN4874.H477 M55 2025 - Devils like us
PZ7.1.T46795 De 2025 - Call me gray
PS8623.A7723 C35 2025 - Ink witch
PZ7.C41997 In 2025 - Ollie in between
PZ7.1.C3164 Ol 2025
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.
- Picking tea with Baba
PZ7.1.X8 Day 2025 - Adventures of Cipollino
PQ4878.O313 Adv 2025 - From Memen to Mori
PZ7.Y82552 Mem 2025 - Pilgrim Codex
PQ7298.423.A574 C6313 2025