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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2013

The 2013 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults went to Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin. 5 books were finalists.

Winner

  1. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoosesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthalsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinsonsource (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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