Penguin Random House ALA Award Winners & Honorees for Secondary Education

When a banished witch falls in love with legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology, now in trade paperback.

$19.00 US

Nov 30, 2021

Paperback

368 Pages

Ace

Lore Olympus: Volume One

Rachel Smythe

9780593160299

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love--the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new, exclusive short story!

$26.99 US

Nov 02, 2021

Hardcover

384 Pages

Inklore

Malice

Heather Walter

9781984818676

A princess isn't supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," true love is more than a simple fairy tale. “Walter’s spellbinding debut is for all the queer girls and women who’ve been told to keep their gifts hidden and for those yearning to defy gravity.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

$19.00 US

Feb 01, 2022

Paperback

496 Pages

Del Rey

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Ambushed!

The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield

Gail Jarrow

9781684378142

This thrilling title for young readers blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination and ultimately horrible death of President James Garfield.

$19.99 US

Oct 12, 2021

Hardcover

240 Pages

Calkins Creek

The Woman All Spies Fear

Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

Amy Butler Greenfield

9780593127193

For fans of Hidden Figures here is a story about an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions. A YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST • A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

$19.99 US

Oct 26, 2021

Hardcover

336 Pages

Random House Studio

Home Is Not a Country

Safia Elhillo

9780593177082

A mesmerizing novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places--for fans of The Poet X, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, and Jason Reynolds.

$11.99 US

Feb 22, 2022

Paperback

224 Pages

Make Me a World

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

9780525555278

Malinda Lo's bestselling and National Book Award longlisted masterpiece is a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 1950s. Now in paperback.

$13.99 US

Dec 28, 2021

Paperback

432 Pages

Dutton Books for Young Readers

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

Veera Hiranandani

9780525555032

New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.

$17.99 US

Sep 14, 2021

Hardcover

384 Pages

Kokila

Notable Native People

50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present

Adrienne Keene, Ciara Sana

9781984857941

An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

$18.99 US

Oct 19, 2021

Hardcover

144 Pages

Ten Speed Press

A Little Devil in America

Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

9781984801197

From Hanif Abdurraqib, the New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in the Rain, comes a stirring meditation on the modes of black performance in America.

$27.00 US

Mar 30, 2021

Hardcover

320 Pages

Random House

Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick

A novel

Kazuo Ishiguro

9780593311295

Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

$18.00 US

Mar 01, 2022

Paperback

320 Pages

Vintage

Matrix

A Novel

Lauren Groff

9781594634499

One of our best American writers, Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies.

$28.00 US

Sep 07, 2021

Hardcover

272 Pages

Riverhead Books

English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Historical Fiction: Events & Periods > Medieval

Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

9780385545686

Empire of Pain is a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.

$35.00 US

Apr 13, 2021

Hardcover

560 Pages

Doubleday

Four Hundred Souls

A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain

9780593449349

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 90 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and award-winning historian Keisha N. Blain.

$20.99 US

Feb 01, 2022

Paperback

528 Pages

One World

A Tip for the Hangman

A Novel

Allison Epstein

9780593311349

An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. Here "Marlowe [is] supremely capable, something of a trickster, a consummate liar, a fiendish lover—and someone capable of murder ... The suspense is palpable, as is the sense of doom, as Marlowe finds himself in thrall to a devil’s bargain" (The New York Times Book Review).

$17.00 US

Jan 04, 2022

Paperback

384 Pages

Anchor

Project Hail Mary

A Novel

Andy Weir

9780593135204

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

$30.00 US

May 04, 2021

Hardcover

496 Pages

Ballantine Books

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Penguin Random House ALA Award Winners & Honorees for Secondary Education

By Kaitlyn Spotts | February 9 2022 | GeneralConferences

The American Library Association (ALA) announced their 2022 literary award winners and honorees during LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience. Below you can find a selection of Penguin Random House titles that were among the winners.

To see which Elementary School titles were honored, click here.

Alex Award

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Winner

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist

Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor

Printz Award Honor

Stonewall YA Book Award Winner

Schneider Family Book Award Best Middle Grade Book Winner

Schneider Family Book Award Best Middle Grade Book Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Winner

Sydney Taylor Book Award Young Adult Honor

American Indian Youth Literature Award Young Adult Honor

Asian/Pacific American Youth Award Winner

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

ALA Notable Books Fiction

ALA Notable Books Nonfiction

RUSA Reading List Historical Fiction

RUSA Reading List Historical Fiction

RUSA Reading List Mystery Science Fiction

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