Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Past Winners and Finalists

Only This Beautiful Moment
Written by Abdi Nazemian
Balzer + Bray, 2023
 

Brighter Than the Sun
Written by Daniel Aleman
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2023
 

Delicious Monsters
Written by Liselle Sambury
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2023
 

Something More
Written by Jackie Khalilieh
Tundra Books, 2023

The Space Between Here & Now
Written by Sarak Suk
Quill Tree Books, 2023

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
Written by Zoulfa Katouh
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022
 

The Red Palace
Written by June Hur
Feiwel and Friends, 2022

The Road to Lost
Written by Nafiza Azad
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
Written by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
Viking Books for Young Readers, 2022
 

Wrong Side of the Court
Written by H.N. Khan
Penguin Teen Canada, 2022

 

Iron Widow
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao
Penguin Teen Canada, 2021

Blood Like Magic
Written by Liselle Sambury
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021

If I Tell You the Truth
Written by Jasmin Kaur
HarperCollins Publishers, 2021

Misfit in Love
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Reads, 2021

The Project
Written by Courtney Summers
Wednesday Books, 2021

Facing the Sun
Written by Janice Lynn Mather
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020
 

Charming as a Verb
Written by Ben Philippe
Balzer & Bray, 2020

Followers
Written by Raziel Reid
Penguin Teen Canada, 2020

He Must Like You
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Penguin Teen Canada, 2020
 

The Silence of Bones
Written by June Hur
Feiwel & Friends, 2020

In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Press Teens, 2019
 

All Our Broken Pieces
Written by L.D. Crichton
Hyperion, 2019
 

The Candle and the Flame
Written by Nafiza Azad
Scholastic Press, 2019
 

Keep This to Yourself
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Company, 2019
 

Love from A to Z
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Readers, 2019
 

The House of One Thousand Eyes
Written by Michelle Barker
Annick Press, 2018
 

Aftermath
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Penguin Teen Canada, 2018

Easy Prey
Written by Catherine Lo
Amulet Books, 2018

Girl Like That
Written by Tanaz Bhathena
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2018
 

Learning to Breathe
Written by Janice Lynn Mather
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018
 

The Marrow Thieves
Written by Cherie Dimaline
DCB Young Readers, 2017

The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada, 2017

Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Razorbill Canada, 2017
 

Munro vs. the Coyote
Written by Darren Groth
Orca Book Publishers, 2017

The Way Back Home
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada, 2017

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Written by E.K. Johnston
Dutton Books, 2016

Girl Mans Up
Written by M-E Girard
HarperCollins Publishers, 2016
 

Julia Vanishes
Written by Catherine Egan
Doubleday Canada, 2016

Shooter
Written by Caroline Pignat
Razorbill Canada, 2016

With Malice
Written by Eileen Cook
Houghlin Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
 

The Truth Commission
Written by Susan Juby
Razorbill Canada, 2015

5 to 1
Written by Holly Bodger
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015

Scorpion Rules
Written by Erin Bow
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2015
 

Trouble is a Friend of Mine
Written by Stephanie Tromly
Kathy Dawson Books, 2015
 

Young Man With Camera
Written by Emil Sher
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015

What We Hide
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books, 2014

The Art of Getting Stared At
Written by Laura Langston
Razorbill Canada, 2014

Blues for Zoey
Written by Robert Paul Weston
Razorbill Canada, 2014

The Bodies We Wear
Written by Jeyn Roberts
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015
 

The Gospel Truth
Written by Caroline Pignat
Red Deer Press, 2014