When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
YA Adoption Fiction
250 books — 59 voters
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'ConnorTyrell by Coe Booth
Homelessness in Children's Fiction
114 books — 39 voters

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine PatersonHalf a World Away by Cynthia KadohataThe Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
Kids in Foster Care
391 books — 174 voters
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
Best Multicultural Books for Children
467 books — 343 voters

The Great Greene Heist by Varian JohnsonThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderWhen I Was the Greatest by Jason ReynoldsLike No Other by Una LaMarcheFake ID by Lamar Giles
2014 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
179 books — 129 voters
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,917 books — 1,216 voters

Feed by Mira GrantZone One by Colson WhiteheadWorld War Z by Max BrooksWarm Bodies by Isaac MarionThe First Days by Rhiannon Frater
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,316 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Passage by Justin CroninThe Postman by David BrinAlas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters
Open Our Eyes by Kevin D. Hendricks
Homeless
135 books — 38 voters

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Homelessness in Fiction
217 books — 102 voters
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Myanmar/Burma
147 books — 74 voters

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Fictitious Burma
32 books — 16 voters
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Burma
28 books — 10 voters

The Return by Sonia Levitin
Books Set in Ethiopia
125 books — 80 voters
The Return by Sonia Levitin
All Things Ethiopia
66 books — 41 voters