Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Past Winners and Finalists
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2023
As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
Written by Zoulfa Katouh
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022
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2023
The Red Palace
Written by June Hur
Feiwel and Friends, 2022
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2023
The Road to Lost
Written by Nafiza Azad
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022
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2023
TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
Written by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
Viking Books for Young Readers, 2022
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2023
Wrong Side of the Court
Written by H.N. Khan
Penguin Teen Canada, 2022
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2022
Iron Widow
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao
Penguin Teen Canada, 2021
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2022
Blood Like Magic
Written by Liselle Sambury
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021
2022
If I Tell You the Truth
Written by Jasmin Kaur
HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
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2022
Misfit in Love
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Reads, 2021
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2022
The Project
Written by Courtney Summers
Wednesday Books, 2021
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2021
Facing the Sun
Written by Janice Lynn Mather
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020
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2021
Charming as a Verb
Written by Ben Philippe
Balzer & Bray, 2020
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2021
Followers
Written by Raziel Reid
Penguin Teen Canada, 2020
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2021
He Must Like You
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Penguin Teen Canada, 2020
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2021
The Silence of Bones
Written by June Hur
Feiwel & Friends, 2020
2020
In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Press Teens, 2019
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2020
All Our Broken Pieces
Written by L.D. Crichton
Hyperion, 2019
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2020
The Candle and the Flame
Written by Nafiza Azad
Scholastic Press, 2019
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2020
Keep This to Yourself
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Company, 2019
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2020
Love from A to Z
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Readers, 2019
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2019
The House of One Thousand Eyes
Written by Michelle Barker
Annick Press, 2018
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2019
Aftermath
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Penguin Teen Canada, 2018
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2019
Easy Prey
Written by Catherine Lo
Amulet Books, 2018
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2019
Girl Like That
Written by Tanaz Bhathena
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2018
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2019
Learning to Breathe
Written by Janice Lynn Mather
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018
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2018
The Marrow Thieves
Written by Cherie Dimaline
DCB Young Readers, 2017
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2018
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada, 2017
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2018
Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Razorbill Canada, 2017
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2018
Munro vs. the Coyote
Written by Darren Groth
Orca Book Publishers, 2017
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2018
The Way Back Home
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada, 2017
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2017
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Written by E.K. Johnston
Dutton Books, 2016
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2017
Girl Mans Up
Written by M-E Girard
HarperCollins Publishers, 2016
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2017
Julia Vanishes
Written by Catherine Egan
Doubleday Canada, 2016
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2017
Shooter
Written by Caroline Pignat
Razorbill Canada, 2016
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2017
With Malice
Written by Eileen Cook
Houghlin Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
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2016
The Truth Commission
Written by Susan Juby
Razorbill Canada, 2015
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2016
5 to 1
Written by Holly Bodger
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015
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2016
Scorpion Rules
Written by Erin Bow
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2015
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2016
Trouble is a Friend of Mine
Written by Stephanie Tromly
Kathy Dawson Books, 2015
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2016
Young Man With Camera
Written by Emil Sher
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015
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2015
What We Hide
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books, 2014
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2015
The Art of Getting Stared At
Written by Laura Langston
Razorbill Canada, 2014
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2015
Blues for Zoey
Written by Robert Paul Weston
Razorbill Canada, 2014
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2015
The Bodies We Wear
Written by Jeyn Roberts
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015
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2015
The Gospel Truth
Written by Caroline Pignat
Red Deer Press, 2014