Book Awards & Distinctions
for Amber McBride
20 Total Book Awards
Me (Moth) (6)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2021
William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2025
Finalist, 2022
We Are All So Good at Smiling (4)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2023
The Leaving Room (3)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025
Poemhood: Our Black Revival (3)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Gone Wolf (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Middle Grade Selection, 2023
Onyx & Beyond (2)
