2024 Youth Media Award Winners

The Eyes and the Impossible

(Newbery Medal Winner)

By: Dave Eggers
Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

“Narrated by Ethan Hawke, this story gives you an inside look at the thoughts of Johannes, who is a very loveable dog. Wonderful, tender, creative, and sweet! Read more

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

By: Daniel Nayeri
Narrated by: Daniel Nayeri
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

“Action and adventure filled. Frightening and funny. It grabs you from the first sentence and takes you on a wild ride! For ages 10+. Read more

Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Clay has had his fill of home life. A global plague has brought the world to a screeching halt, and with little to look forward to but a summer of video-calling friends, vying with annoying sisters for the family computer, and tuning out his parents’ financial worries, he’s only too happy to retreat to the woods. From the moment the elegant... Read more

Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter

By: Aida Salazar
Narrated by: Aida Salazar
Length: 31 minutes

**A CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK**The remarkable true story of Jovita Valdovinos, a Mexican revolutionary who disguised herself as a man to fight for her rights!* "Graceful . . deft . . . mesmerizing. . . . Bravery and determination prevail in this inspiring tale." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Gorgeous...hits the perfect balance of lively and... Read more

Nigeria Jones

A Novel

By: Ibi Zoboi
Narrated by: Marcella Cox
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner!“An unwavering proclamation of Black girlhood.” —Candice Iloh, author of National Book Award finalist Every Body LookingFrom Ibi Zoboi, bestselling, award-winning author of American Street and coauthor of Punching the Air, comes a bold new YA coming-of-age story that explores race, feminism, and complicated... Read more

Kin

Rooted in Hope

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Leon Nixon
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Poetry Award Winner

An “imaginative and moving” (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.

I call their... Read more

An American Story

By: Kwame Alexander
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 11 minutes

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history.

From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the... Read more

There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
Length: 6 minutes

You are INVITED. To a most marvelous party. For a most marvelous man. A man who turned the alphabet into THUMP A BUMP. Who turned words into JAZZ into RIVERS into BUSTIN' A MOVE. All of his word-children will be there, uh-huh. Because it’s a party for LANGSTON.Langston Hughes. King o’ Letters. Renaissance Man. So don’t be shy. Come on in. To the... Read more

There Goes the Neighborhood

By: Jade Adia
Narrated by: Mela Lee
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

A raised fist against the destructive forces of gentrification and a love letter to communities of color everywhere, Jade Adia's unforgettable debut tells the darkly hilarious story of three best friends willing to do whatever it takes to stay together. The gang is fake, but the fear is real. Rhea's neighborhood is fading away—the mom-and-pop... Read more

The Collectors: Stories

By: M. T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King & David Levithan
Narrated by: Becca Q. Co, Frankie Corzo, Vas Eli, Mx. Nicky Endres, Guy Lockard, Alex McKenna, Anthony Rey Perez, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Victoria Villarreal & A.S. King
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.

From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres... Read more

Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh
Narrated by: Mila Myles
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

A Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they’ve got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation.... Read more

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

By: Shannon Gibney
Narrated by: Shannon Gibney
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee.

Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be, a book woven from her true story of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee and... Read more

Fire from the Sky

By: Moa Backe Åstot
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Length: TBA

From 23-year-old Sámi debut novelist and reindeer owner Moa Backe Åstot, Fire From the Sky is a queer coming-of-age story about heritage, family ties and ageold commitments to the past.

Ánte’s life has been steeped in Sámi tradition. It is indisputable to him that he, an only child, will keep working with the reindeer. But there is something else... Read more

Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow
Narrated by: Will Collyer
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Jack Gantos, a hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart, and speaking your truth. Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the... Read more

Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
Narrated by: Sue Ann Pien
Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

A extraordinary novel-in-verse for fans of Starfish and A Kind of Spark about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference.Selah knows her rules for being normal.She always, always sticks to them. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes... Read more

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the courage to tell him a terrible secret about life with her mom and new stepdad? This contemporary novel by the award-winning author of The Someday Birds is a must-read for fans of Leslie Connor and Ali Standish.Maudie always looks forward to the summers... Read more

Tilly in Technicolor

By: Mazey Eddings
Narrated by: Justis Bolding & Chris Nelson
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning from ADHD has left her burned-out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister’s start-up isn’t exactly how Tilly wants to spend her
summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a... Read more

Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest
Narrated by: Ali Stroker
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and much-needed disability representation in this story about a girl who's determined to follow her dreams.By the time Effie Galanos starts her senior year, it feels like she's already been thinking about college applications for an eternity-after all,... Read more

Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington
Narrated by: Angel Pean
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us.

I'm safe here.

That's how Sadie feels, on a perfect summer day, wrapped in her girlfriend's arms. School is out, and even though she’s been struggling to manage her... Read more

Whalefall

A Novel

By: Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

“A completely addictive page turner! I consumed it in one big gulp! Marvelous! Read more