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Blue Hen Book Award: 2023 Winners and Nominees

The Blue Hen Book Award is a children’s choice award sponsored by the Youth Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. The award encourages literacy and library use by children and teens.

There's a Ghost in This House

For Young Readers

Starfish

For Middle Readers

The Okay Witch

Middle Reader Graphic Novel

The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

For Middle Readers

Legendborn

For Teen Readers

Heartstopper

Teen Reader Graphic Novel

For Young Readers

Hurry Up! by Kate Dopirak; Christopher Silas Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534424975
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes; Gordon C. James (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780525518778
If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452137797
Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis; Kenard Pak (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823443260
There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN: 9780593466186

For Middle Readers

The Becket List by Adele Griffin; LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781616207908
Buster by Caleb Huett
ISBN: 9781338541885
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook
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ISBN: 9781682632857
The Magical Reality of Nadia by Bassem Youssef; Catherine R. Daly; Douglas Holgate (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781338572285
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
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ISBN: 9781984814500

Graphic Novels for
Middle Readers

Lightfall: the Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062990471
Max Meow Book 1: Cat Crusader by John Gallagher
ISBN: 9780593121054
Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte; Ann Xu (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062973870
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534431461
The Worry (Less) Book by Rachel Brian
ISBN: 9780316495196

For Teen Readers

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
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ISBN: 9781250766564
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
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ISBN: 9781534441606
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi; Yusef Salaam
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ISBN: 9780062996480
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
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ISBN: 9781419739828
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
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ISBN: 9780316490573

Graphic Novels for
Teen Readers

The Hazards of Love Vol. 1 by Stan Stanley
ISBN: 9781620108574
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338617436
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
ISBN: 9780593356074
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
ISBN: 9781984851598
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia; Gabriel Picolo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781401286231