Barnes & Noble announces inaugural Children’s and YA Book Awards winners

Barnes & Noble announced the winners for their Children’s and YA Book Awards, honouring titles that have been published between March 2020 and March 2021.

This is the first year for the awards, in which Barnes & Noble book buyers and sellers single out titles by exceptional new authors and those who are early in their careers. The categories include children, young reader and YA novels.

In Children’s category, the winner is Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor while in the Young Readers category, Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston is the winning title. In Young Adult category, the winning title is Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley.