2022 Cybils Awards Finalists

Young Adult Speculative Fiction

• How to Succeed in Witchcraft, Aislinn Brophy (Putnam)
• The Weight of Blood, Tiffany D. Jackson (Katherine Tegen)
• A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Axie Oh (Feiwel & Friends)
• Little Thieves, Margaret Owen (Henry Holt)
• From Dust, a Flame, Rebecca Podos (Balzer + Bray)
• See You Yesterday, Rachel Lynn Solomon (Simon & Schuster)

Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction

• Freddie vs. the Family Curse, Tracy Badua (Clarion)
• The Marvellers, Dhonielle Clayton, illustrated by Khadijah Khatib (Henry Holt)
• The Mirrorwood, Deva Fagan (Antheneum)
• The Clackity, Lora Senf (Atheneum)
• Eden’s Everdark, Karen Strong (Simon & Schuster)
• Children of the Quicksands, Efua Traoré (Chicken House)
• Fenris & Mott, Greg van Eekhout (HarperCollins)

YA Graphic Novel

• The Woman in the Woods, Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, & Alina Pete, eds. (Iron Circus)
• Invisible, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, illustrated by Gabriela Epstein (GRAPHIX)
• Little Monarchs, Jonathan Case (Margaret Ferguson)
• The Flamingo, Guojing (Random House)
• Wingbearer, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Teny Assakhanian (Quill Tree)
• Squire, Nadia Shammas & Sara Alfageeh (Quill Tree)

Middle Grade Fiction

• Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone, Tae Keller (Random House)
• Attack of the Black Rectangles, A. S. King (Scholastic)