2017 Cybils Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2017 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest are listed below:
Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels
- Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani (First Second)
- Where’s Halmoni?, Julie Kim (Little Bigfoot)
- The Dam Keeper, Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi (First Second)
- Suee and the Shadow, Ginger Ly & Molly Park (Abrams)
Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
- A Properly Unhaunted Place, William Alexander (McElderry)
- Miss Ellicott’s School for the Magically Minded, Sage Blackwood (Tegen)
- The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart, Stephanie Burgis (Bloomsbury)
- Last Day on Mars, Kevin Emerson (Walden Pond)
- A Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge (Amulet)
- Spirit Hunters, Ellen Oh (HarperCollins)
- The Countdown Conspiracy, Katie Slivensky (HarperCollins)
Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Tyson Hesse’s Diesel: Ignition, Tyson Hesse (BOOM! Box)
- Spill Zone, Scott Westerfeld & Alex Puvilland (First Second)
- New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made In China, Gene Luen Yang & Viktor Bogdanovic (DC Comics)
Young Adult Speculative Fiction
- Wonder Woman: Warbringer, Leigh Bardugo (Random House)
- The Hearts We Sold, Emily Lloyd-Jones (Little, Brown)
- The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic, F.T. Lukens (Duet)
- Scythe, Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster)
- They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera (HarperTeen)
- Song of the Current, Sarah Tolcser (Bloomsbury)
The Cybils Awards “aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” Winners in each category will be announced on February 14, 2018.
For a complete list of nominees, see the Cybils official site.
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