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MLA Thumbs Up! Award Winners

The Thumbs Up! Award recognizes and promotes an outstanding contribution to teen literature that has both literary quality and teen appeal for those 13 to 18 years of age. Michigan Library Association Youth Literary Award workgroups spent thousands of hours reading, reviewing, and discussing hundreds of books to determine the top titles for youth published in the previous year. Here are the most recent ones.

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Lapeer District Library

14 items

  • In the Wild Light

    Zentner, Jeff
    2022 Winner
    BookNew York : Crown, [2021] — Zentner

  • Punching the Air

    Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,
    2021 Winner
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — Zob

  • Heroine

    McGinnis, Mindy
    2020 Winner
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — Mcg

  • The Hate U Give

    Thomas, Angie,
    2018 Winner
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — Tho

  • The Serpent King

    a Novel

    Zentner, Jeff
    2017 Winner
    BookNew York : Crown, [2016]

  • All American Boys

    Reynolds, Jason
    2016 Winner
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015] — Rey

  • Through the Woods

    Carroll, Emily
    2015 Winner
    Graphic NovelNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2014] — Carroll

  • Eleanor & Park

    Rowell, Rainbow
    2014 Winner
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2013] — Rowell

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