And the (Youth Media Awards) Winners are...

Margaret A. Edwards Award: Jim Murphy

William C. Morris Award: Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

Michael L. Printz Award: Going Bovine by Libba Bray

Honors:

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Punkzilla by Adam Rapp

Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 by John Barnes

Robert F. Siberg: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Honors:

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose

Randolph Caldecott Medal: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Honors:

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

John Newbery Medal: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Honors:

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Big surprises all around! Of course, I'd only read about 5 (4 of them being nonfiction titles) of the winners, so clearly I wasn't going to be successful in any attempt at predictions, and am glad I didn't try.

Congratulations to all the winners!

And now, to get moving on reading the medal and honor books...

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