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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017

The 2017 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults went to March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. 5 books were finalists.

Winner

  1. March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powellsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthalsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hindssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osbornesource (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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