SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
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We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2020)
69 Resources19 Awards

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
69 Resources23 Awards






Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2022)
61 Resources18 Awards


Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Selection, 2020)
59 Resources12 Awards


When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2020)
58 Resources20 Awards

Blackout
by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Angie Thomas
(Selection, 2021)
58 Resources5 Awards


Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2019)
57 Resources16 Awards





Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2015)
53 Resources14 Awards

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
(Selection, 2013)
52 Resources10 Awards



All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2020)
51 Resources19 Awards




Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Selection, 2021)
50 Resources15 Awards

March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Selection, 2016)
49 Resources14 Awards

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2018)
49 Resources14 Awards



Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2014)
47 Resources16 Awards

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Selection, 2019)
47 Resources12 Awards







