THUMBS UP! AWARD
The Thumbs Up! Award recognizes and promotes an outstanding contribution to teen literature that has both literary quality and teen appeal for those 13 to 18 years of age. The award was established in 1986 by the Teen Services Division of the Michigan Library Association. Thumbs Up! Award Guidelines (pdf)
 2024 Thumbs Up! Award
The Thumbs Up! Award recognizes and promotes an outstanding contribution to teen literature that has both literary quality and teen appeal for those 13 to 18 years of age. The award was established in 1986 by the Teen Services Division of the Michigan Library Association.
Collectively, the 2024 Thumbs Up! Award workgroup considered more than 120 titles, reading, evaluating, reviewing, and deliberating more than 2,000 hours to select the top titles for teens aged 13-18 published in 2023.
The winner of the 2024 Thumbs Up! Award is Warrior Girl Unearthed, by Angeline Boulley, published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
In Warrior Girl Unearthed, #1 New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley takes us back into the world of Firekeeper's Daughter in this high-stakes mystery about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Honor books include All the Fighting Parts: A Novel, by Hannah V. Sawyerr, published by Harry N. Abrams; America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger, published by Balzer + Bray; Promise Boys by Nick Brooks, published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); and The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa published by Random House.
2024 Thumbs Up! Top Ten Titles
- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
- All the Fighting Parts: A Novel by Hannah V. Sawyerr
- America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger
- Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
- Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
- All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord
- Waxways #1, A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
- The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
- Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
- Invisible Son by Kim Johnson
Award Seals
Download the Thumbs Up! Award seals to use at your library! Winner, Honor Book and Top Ten Title award seals are available for download here: (To download, right-click on the seal and save it as an image.)
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