Today the American Library Association announced the winners of their youth media awards. Congratulations to all those who are honored today, and special congratulations to the following authors, whose MG/YA novels celebrate diversity in many different ways:

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad) — Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award Winner
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (Amulet Books) — Newbery Honor

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown) — Printz Award Winner
Hush by Eishes Chayil (Walker) — William C. Morris Finalist
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (Little, Brown) — William C. Morris Finalist

Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad) — Coretta Scott King Honor
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Little, Brown) — Coretta Scott King Honor
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illus. by Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low) — Coretta Scott King Honor
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon (Candlewick) — Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick (Scholastic) — Schneider Family Book Award, Ages 11-13
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John (Dial) — Schneider Family Book Award, Ages 13-18

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illus. by Peter Sis (Scholastic) — Pura Belpré (Author) Award
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle — Pura Belpré (Author) Honor
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis (Roaring Brook) — Pura Belpré (Author) Honor

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (Delacorte) — Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (Dutton) — Stonewall Honor
Love Drugged by James Klise (Flux) — Stonewall Honor
Freaks and Revelations by Davida Willis Hurwin (Little, Brown) — Stonewall Honor

Pick up these books at a library or bookstore near you. Congratulations everyone!