Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction
Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction references 129 books assigned across applicable K-12 grade levels in US schools. The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, presented annually since 2005 by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), honors outstanding science fiction and fantasy written for younger readers. Named for the pioneering author Andre Norton, its winners and finalists represent the best speculative fiction for middle grade and young adult readers.
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129 books referenced
- A Conspiracy of KingsMegan Whalen Turner
- A Corner of WhiteJaclyn Moriarty
- A Game of Fox & SquirrelsJenn Reese
- A Light in the Dark (Dark Stars Book 2)A. K. Duboff
- A Snake Falls to EarthDarcie Little Badger
- AboveLeah Bobet
- Above WorldJenn Reese
- Akata WitchNnedi Okorafor
- Arabella of MarsDavid D. Levine
- Archivist WaspNicole Kornher-Stace
- Aru Shah and the End of TimeRoshani Chokshi
- AshMalinda Lo
- Benny Ramírez and the Nearly DepartedJosé Pablo Iriarte
- Black HeartHolly Black
Bone GapLaura Ruby- BraidedLeah Cypess
- Catfishing on CatNetNaomi Kritzer
- Children of Blood and BoneTomi Adeyemi
- ChimeFranny Billingsley
- CogGreg van Eekhout
- Court of FivesKate Elliott
- Cuckoo SongFrances Hardinge
- Daughter of Smoke and BoneLaini Taylor
- DaydreamerRob Cameron
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- Dearest · Alethea Kontis
- Devilish · Maureen Johnson
- Dirty Wings · Sarah McCarry
- Dragon Pearl · Yoon Ha Lee
- Dread Nation · Justina Ireland
- Elatsoe · Darcie Little Badger
- Every Bird a Prince · Jenn Reese
- Every Day · David Levithan
- Everybody Sees the Ants · A.S. King
- Exo · Fonda Lee
- Eyes Like Stars · Lisa Mantchev
- Fair Coin · E.C. Myers
- Flora Segunda · Ysabeau S. Wilce
- Flora's Dare · Ysabeau S. Wilce
- Gemini Rising · Jonathan Brazee
- Glory O'Brien's History of the Future · A.S. King
- Goblin Girl · K a Mielke
- Graceling · Kristin Cashore
- Greenglass House · Kate Milford
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2) · Xiran Jay Zhao
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword · Barry Deutsch
- I Shall Wear Midnight · Terry Pratchett
- Ice · Sarah Beth Durst
- Into the Wild · Sarah Beth Durst
- Into the Wild Magic · Michelle Knudsen
- Iron Hearted Violet · Kelly Barnhill
- Life as We Knew It · Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Love Is the Drug · Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness · Scott Westerfeld
- Mockingjay (Deluxe Edition) (Hunger Games, Book Three) · Suzanne Collins
- Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter · D. M. Cornish
- Moonstorm · Yoon Ha Lee
- Nimona · ND Stevenson
- Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword · Henry Lien
- Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions · Henry Lien
- Peeps · Scott Westerfeld
- Puzzleheart · Jenn Reese
- Railhead · Philip Reeve
- Railsea · China Miéville
- Raybearer · Jordan Ifueko
- Redemptor (Raybearer Book 2) · Jordan Ifueko
- Riverland · Fran Wilde
- Rocks Fall Everyone Dies · Lindsay Ribar
- Root Magic · Eden Royce
- Ruby Finley Vs. the Interstellar Invasion · K. Tempest Bradford
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe · Carlos Hernandez
- Salvage · Alexandra Duncan
- Savvy · Ingrid Law
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy · Scott Westerfeld
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy · Scott Westerfeld
- September Girls · Bennett Madison
- Seraphina · Rachel Hartman
- Seriously Wicked · Tina Connolly
- Shadowshaper · Daniel José Older
- Ship Breaker · Paolo Bacigalupi
- Siberia · Ann Halam
- Sister Mine · Nalo Hopkinson
- Star Daughter · Shveta Thakrar
- Stormwitch · Susan Vaught
- Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender · Leslye Jo Anne Walton
- Summer of the Mariposas · Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- Sunrise on the Reaping · Suzanne Collins
- Tess of the Road · Rachel Hartman
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox · Mary E. Pearson
- The Amethyst Road · Louise Spiegler
- The Art of Starving · Sam J. Miller
- The Boy at the End of the World · Greg van Eekhout
- The Boy from Ilysies · Pearl North
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown · Holly Black
- The Diviners Free Preview Edition (The First 11 Chapters) · Libba Bray
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone · Delia Sherman
- The Freedom Maze · Delia Sherman
- The Ghost Job · Greg van Eekhout
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making · Catherynne M. Valente
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon · Kelly Barnhill
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories · Rae Carson
- The Hotel Under the Sand · Kage Baker
- The King of Attolia · Megan Whalen Turner
- The Lie Tree · Frances Hardinge
- The Lion Hunters Novels · Elizabeth Wein
- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester · Maya MacGregor
- The Mirrorwood · Deva Fagan
- The Scratch Daughters · H.A. Clarke
- The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel · J. Dianne Dotson
- The Star-Touched Queen · Roshani Chokshi
- The Summer Prince · Alaya Dawn Johnson
- The True Meaning of Smekday · Adam Rex
- The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts · Vanessa Ricci-Thode
- Thornwood · Leah Cypess
- To Shape a Dragon's Breath · Moniquill Blackgoose
- Ultraviolet · R.J. Anderson
- Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy Book 3) · Sarah Rees Brennan
- Updraft · Fran Wilde
- Valiant · Holly Black
- Vessel · Sarah Beth Durst
- Victories Greater Than Death · Charlie Jane Anders
- Vintage · Steve Berman
- Want · Cindy Pon
- Weave a Circle Round · Kari Maaren
- When We Wake · Karen Healey
- When You Reach Me · Rebecca Stead
- White Cat · Holly Black
- Zeroboxer · Fonda Lee
- Zoe's Tale · John Scalzi
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