2024 Mind the Gap Awards: The books that didn't win at ALA

by Horn Book
Aug 19, 2024 | Filed in Book Awards

Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. The books that didn’t win.

 

Stopped

Let’s Go! by Michael Emberley

Elena Rides by Juana Medina
   
Eclipsed

Sunshine by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

When the Stars Came Home by Brittany Luby; illus. by Natasha Donovan
   
Wilted

My Baba’s Garden by Jordan Scott; illus. by Sydney Smith

Big Tree by Brian Selznick
   
All wet

When You Can Swim by Jack Wong

Maybe a Whale by Kirsten Pendreigh; illus. by Crystal Smith
   
Not happily ever after Once upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner; illus. by Grace Lin
   
If only

Only Only Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

Wishing Season by Anica Mrose Rissi
   
It could've been... Mine! by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric Rohmann
   
Malarkey! Tomfoolery! by Michelle Markel; illus. by Barbara McClintock
   
Not all heroes wear capes

Cape by Kevin Johnson; illus. by Kitt Thomas

The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud

Coretta’s Journey by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by R. Gregory Christie

 

From the July/August 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards. See how The Horn Book reviewed the 2024 Mind the Gap Award recipients here. For speeches, profiles, and articles, click the tag ALA 2024.

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