2019 Cybils Awards Winners
Winners for the 2019 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest include:
Young Adult Speculative Fiction
- WINNER: Fireborne, Rosaria Munda (Putnam)
- Internment, Samira Ahmed (Little, Brown)
- The Wicked King, Holly Black (Little, Brown)
- Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Knopf)
- Echo North, Joanna Ruth Meyer (Page Street Kids)
- War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill)
- Sorcery of Thorns, Margaret Rogerson (McElderry)
Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
- WINNER: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia (Disney/Hyperion)
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Carlos Hernandez (Disney/Hyperion)
- The Dark Lord Clementine, Sarah Jean Horwitz (Algonquin)
- Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits, Anna Meriano (Walden Pond)
- Homerooms and Hall Passes, Tom O’Donnell (Balzer + Bray)
- We’re Not from Here, Geoff Rodkey (Crown)
- Cog, Greg van Eekhout (HarperCollins)
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.”
For a complete list of winners, see the Cybils official site.
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