YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017
Awards
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017
The YALSA 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. The award winner will be announced annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting Youth Media Awards, with a shortlist of up to five titles named the first week of December. The award is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.
- The winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults is MARCH: Book Three created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
- Four other books were finalists for the award: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal; IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis; SAMURAI RISING: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Gareth Hinds; and THIS LAND IS OUR LAND: A History of American Immigration written by Linda Barrett Osborne.
