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Horn Book Fanfare 2017

Horn Book Fanfare 2017 names 32 books across 3 categories. 20 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garciasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. It All Comes Down to This by Karen Englishsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Long Way Down by Jason Reynoldssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Patina by Jason Reynoldssource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime, and Applied Design by Susan Jubysource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérezsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomassource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradleysource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turnersource (opens in a new tab)
  11. You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkinssource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishmansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhossource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Grand Canyon by Jason Chinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. How to Be an Elephant: Growing Up in the African Wild by Katherine Roysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholmsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligmansource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Books

  1. A Different Pond by Bao Phisource (opens in a new tab)
  2. After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santatsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Coopersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnessource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Egg by Kevin Henkessource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Home in the Rain by Bob Grahamsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC’s (the Hard Way) by Patrick McDonnellsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedysource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnettsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartzsource (opens in a new tab)
  11. When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  12. When’s My Birthday? by Julie Foglianosource (opens in a new tab)
  13. Windows by Julia Denossource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordellsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Horn Book Fanfare

The Horn Book Magazine's annual Fanfare list of the year's best children's and young adult books, chosen by its editors and reviewers. Read from hbook.com's own Fanfare pages through Wayback Machine snapshots, because hbook.com blocks automated fetches; each sourceUrl is the snapshot used. 2006-2018 come from the annotated Fanfare articles, 2019-2025 from the Fanfare booklist pages. Year is the year in the list's name (books of that year); it is announced in December. Category is Horn Book's own section (Picture Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Folklore). Every entry is a Selection. Author is the writer; for wordless or author-illustrated books it is the illustrator. Series names Horn Book prints in brackets after a title are dropped. Expected counts are the titles printed under each section on the cited page; for 2006-2018 they match the number of review citations on the page.

Organization: The Horn Book. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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