The wait is finally over! Here are the finalists for the 2016 Morris Award:
2016 Morris Award finalists:
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli, published by Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Conviction written by Kelly Loy Gilbert, published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
- The Weight of Feathers written by Anna-Marie McLemore, published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press
- The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly written by Stephanie Oakes, published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers
- Because You’ll Never Meet Me written by Leah Thomas, published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Congrats to all the finalists! View a list of the finalists with annotations on the Morris Award page.
Attending Midwinter? YALSA will host a reception honoring the finalists and the winner, as well as YALSA’s Nonfiction Award finalists and winner, from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Jan. 11, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, room 205BC. See a full list of YALSA’s events and programs at Midwinter on YALSA’s Midwinter wiki page.
Hi, Are you planning on doing the Nonfiction/Morris Challenge again this year? Sorry if you are going to announce it tomorrow or soon… just love participating in the challenge! Thanks!
Hi Sara,
Yes, we’ll be doing the challenge again! We’ll share all the details soon – if you start your reading early, no one will know ;)