Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2023 (Mock Sibert 2024) (29 books)

Books coming out in 2023 that are nonfiction aimed at the preschool, lower grade, middle grade or young adult readers. Do NOT include fictional stories that teach a concept, folktales/fairy tales or poetry collections (except for poetry collections that provide information on nonfiction topics such as A Strange Place to Call Home by Singer). Think in terms of books eligible for the Sibert Award 2024 (though books published outside the US and by authors outside of the US are ok for this list).

Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2017 (Mock Sibert, 2018)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2018 (Mock Sibert, 2019)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2019 (Mock Sibert, 2020)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2020 (Mock Sibert, 2021)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2021 (Mock Sibert, 2022)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2022 (Mock Sibert, 2023)
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2024 (Mock Sibert 2025)

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1	Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis by Susan Hood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 8,209 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	An American Story by Kwame Alexander 4.62 avg rating — 1,603 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford 4.46 avg rating — 924 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 881 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin 4.06 avg rating — 708 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Search for a Giant Squid: Pick Your Path by Amy Seto Forrester (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Leonard S. Marcus 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Shining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World by Veeda Bybee 4.37 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	I'm Still Here (Adapted for Young Readers): Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me by Austin Channing Brown 4.62 avg rating — 175 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It (Books for a Better Earth) by Dee Romito (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 167 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey Baptiste (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 194 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic by Jennifer Thermes (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 251 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Forest in the Sea: Seaweed Solutions to Planetary Problems (Books for a Better Earth) by Anita Sanchez (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem by Melissa Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 419 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia by P. O’Connell Pearson (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Who's Got Mail?: The History of Mail in America by Linda Barrett Osborne 3.90 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand 4.26 avg rating — 442 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti & the End of the American Dream by John Florio (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 117 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Amy Carmichael: The Brown-Eyed Girl Who Learned to Pray by Hunter Beless 4.66 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest by Nora Nickum (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane's Bright Invention Makes a Splash by Kate Hannigan (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 194 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra Neil Wallace (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 233 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Flipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America by Jan Lower (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 146 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittenstein (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 205 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The In-Between by Katie Van Heidrich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 432 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be inspired by real-life children building a more sustainable future by Rebecca Hui 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars