And the nominees are . . .

The Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2017-18 Peach Award. Please remember to cast your vote for the 2016-17 Peach Award by Wednesday, March 15. Winners will be announced at the KSU Conference on Young Adult Literature on Monday, March 20. Stay tuned for details!
Title | Author | Genre |
All American Boys | Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely | Realistic |
Anatomical Shape of a Heart, The | Jenn Bennett | Realistic, Romance |
Code of Honor | Alan Gratz | Realistic |
Dan Versus Nature | Don Calame | Humor |
Darkest Corners, The | Kara Thomas | Mystery/Thriller |
Dumplin' | Julie Murphy | Realistic, Romance |
First Time She Drowned, The | Kerry Kletter | Realistic, Mental Health |
Girl In Pieces | Kathleen Glasgow | Realistic |
Girl Mans Up | M-E Girard | Realistic, LGBTQIA |
Holding Smoke | Elle Cosimano | Mystery, Fantasy |
Illuminae | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | Fantasy |
Labyrinth Lost | Zoraida Cordova | Fantasy |
My Lady Jane | Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows | Historical, Humor, Romance |
Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here | Anna Breslaw | Realistic |
Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo | Fantasy |
This Savage Song | Victoria Schwab | Fantasy |
True Letter from a Fictional Life | Kenneth Logan | Realistic, LGBTQIA |
We Are the Ants | Shaun David Hutchinson | Sci-Fi, LGBTQIA |
When We Collided | Emery Lord | Romance |
Wolf by Wolf | Ryan Graudin | Historical (alternate history), Fantasy |