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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2012

The 2012 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults went to The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin. 5 books were finalists.

Winner

  1. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthalsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubinsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhossource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macysource (opens in a new tab)

About the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner and finalists (shortlist named each December) for every year since the award began in 2010, from YALSA's page for each year (2010-2023) and ALA's winner announcements, which list the finalists (2024-2025). Year is the award year YALSA uses (announced each January for books published Nov. 1-Oct. 31 before). Author field names the writers, then illustrators when credited.

Organization: Young Adult Library Services Association (American Library Association). Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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