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  • List: Alex Awards
  • Award year: 2020
  • A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

    A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

    By C.A. Fletcher

    In a dystopian future, where the world's population is believed to be only in the thousands, Griz lives on an isolated island. When a charismatic stranger arrives and absconds with one of the family's beloved dogs, the 16-year-old embarks on a quest to get her back.
  • Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

    Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

    By Temi Oh

    A crew of 10 astronauts, 6 of whom are teens, set off on a 23-year journey to begin settling an uninhabited planet known as Terra-Two. This character-driven sci-fi novel will draw teens into its orbit with interpersonal conflict.
  • Dominicana

    Dominicana

    By Angie Cruz

    In 1965, 15-year-old Ana Cancion leaves the Dominican Republic married to a man twice her age and eventually discovers her own voice in Washington Heights, New York. Though historical fiction, this powerful immigrant story is increasingly relevant today.
  • Gender Queer: A Memoir

    Gender Queer: A Memoir

    By Maia Kobabe

    Genderqueer author and artist Maia Kobabe, who uses the non-binary e/em/eir pronouns, knew from childhood that e didn't fit traditional definitions of female, and was never completely comfortable thinking of emself as male either. E explores big themes like gender, sexuality, sex, relationships, and family side-by-side with specific individual experiences of bullying, clothing, haircuts, coming out and finding community.
  • High School

    High School

    By Sara Quin, Tegan Quin

    Critically acclaimed indie rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin lay bare their teenage experiences, the oscillating euphoria and scintillation of first love, the jarring process of finding one's identity, and early forays into making music in this gorgeous dual memoir.
  • In Waves

    In Waves

    By AJ Dungo

    In this beautiful graphic memoir, perfectly cast in muted beach tones, Dungo interweaves his story of first love with his girlfriend's passion for surfing, her heroism in the face of cancer, and a primer on the history of surfing.
  • Middlegames

    Middlegames

    By Seanan McGuire

    Roger and Dodger are twins, created in a lab in order to bestow their creator with the power to shape reality—but only if they don't figure out how to manifest that power for themselves first.
  • The Nickel Boys

    The Nickel Boys

    By Colson Whitehead

    Idealistic Elwood and cynical Turner form an unlikely bond at Nickel Academy, a corrupt 1960s reform school, as they endure the abuse meted out by the sadistic warden. Their heart-wrenching story of physical and mental survival is based on the real-life experiences of children at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
  • Red, White & Royal Blue

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    By Casey McQuiston

    In this quirky political rom-com, First Son Alex fakes a friendship with longtime rival Prince Henry of Britain when an incendiary photo of them is leaked to the tabloids. A genuine romance blossoms between the two, but it must be kept secret for the sake of Alex's mother's presidential reelection campaign.
  • The Swallows

    The Swallows

    By Lisa Lutz

    The arrival of a new teacher with a complicated past ignites a student rebellion against Stonebridge Academy's misogynistic culture, which has gone unchecked for years.