Year Contributor(s) Title Publisher Result Ref. 1990 MaryKate Jordan Losing Uncle Tim Albert Whitman & Co. Winner [ 9] Lesléa Newman with Diane Souza (ill.) Heather Has Two Mommies In Other Words Press Finalist [ 9] A. M. Homes Jack Macmillan George Shannon Unlived Affections Harper & Row Juvenile Susan and Daniel Cohen When Someone You Know Is Gay Evans 1992 Johnny Valentine with Lynette Schmidt (ill.)The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: and Other Stories Alyson Wonderland Winner [ 10] Lesléa Newman with Russel Crocker (ill.)Gloria Goes to Gay Pride Alyson Wonderland Finalist [ 10] Ann Heron and Meredith Maran with Kris Kovick (ill.)How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay? Alyson Wonderland Nancy Garden Lark in the Morning Farrar Straus Giroux Aaron and Walter Frickle Sudden Strangers St. Martin's Press 1993 Penny Raife Durant When Heroes Die Atheneum Winner [ 11] Joan Alden with Catherine Hopkins (ill.)A Boy's Best Friend Alyson Wonderland Finalist [ 11] Joan Alden with Catherine Hopkins (ill.)Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows Alyson Wonderland Bette Greene Drowning of Stephan Jones Bantam Books Johnny Valentine with Lynette Schmidt (ill.)The Daddy Machine Alyson Wonderland 1994 Hilary Mullins The Cat Came Back Naiad Press Winner [ 12] Christina Salat Living In Secret Bantam Books Finalist [ 12] Lesléa Newman with Annete Hegel (ill.)Saturday is Pattyday New Victoria Michael Willhoite Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit Alyson Wonderland Rik Isensee We're Not Alone Lavender Press 1995 Marion Dane Bauer (ed.)Am I Blue? Harper Children's Winner [ 13] Ann Heron (ed.)2 Teenagers In 20 Alyson Books Finalist [ 13] Stacey Donovan Dive Dutton Children's Books Scott Nunokawa Oscar Wilde Chelsea House / Infobase Publishing Patricia Quinlan Tiger Flowers Dial Press 1996 Jacqueline Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Blue Sky Press Winner [ 14] Francesca Lia Block Baby Be-Bop HarperCollins Finalist [ 14] Judith Vinga My Two Uncles Albert Whitman & Co. Kust Chandler Passage of Pride Times Books Daniel Vilmure Toby's Lie Simon & Schuster 1997 Nancy Garden Good Moon Rising Farrar Straus Giroux Winner [ 15] Michael Willhoite Daddy's Wedding Alyson Books Finalist [ 15] Elle Bass and Kate KaufmanFree Your Mind Harper Perennial Earl Alexander My Dad Has HIV Fairview Press Michael Thomas Ford The World Out There The New Press 1998 Jacqueline Woodson The House You Pass On the Way Delacorte Press / Dell Publishing Winner [ 16] Jeanne Arnold Amy Asks a Question: Grandma, What's a Lesbian? Mother Courage Finalist [ 16] Liza Ketchum Blue Coyote Simon & Schuster Paul Monette Sanctuary: a Tale of Life in the Woods Scribner Adam Mastoon The Shared Heart William Morrow and Company 1999 Kevin Jennings Telling Tales Out of School Alyson Books Winner [ 17] Francesca Lia Block I Was a Teenage Fairy HarperCollins Finalist [ 17] Joseph Kennedy with John Canemaker (ill.)Lucy Goes to the Country Alyson Books Michael Thomas Ford Outspoken Morrow Junior Books Clifford Chase Queer 13 Weisbach 2000 Ellen Wittlinger Hard Love Simon & Schuster Winner [ 18] Paula Boock Dare Truth or Promise Finalist [ 19] Lois-Ann Yamanaka Name Me Nobody William Taylor The Blue Lawn Nancy Garden The Year They Burned the Books 2001 Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels (eds.)Out of the Ordinary St. Martin's Press Winner [ 20] Jean Ferris Eight Seconds Harcourt Finalist [ 20] Nancy Garden Holly's Secret Farrar Straus Giroux Amy Sonnie (ed.) Revolutionary Voices Alyson Books Benjie Nycum The XY Survival Guide XY 2002 Julia Watts Finding H.F. Alyson Books Winner [ 21] Sara Ryan Empress of the World Viking Press Finalist [ 21] Marilyn Reynolds Love Rules Morning Glory Alex Sánchez Rainbow Boys Simon & Schuster Todd Turtle Spot Window 2003 Bonnie Shimko Letters in the Attic Academy Chicago Press Winner [ 22] Lesléa Newman Felicia's Favorite Story Two Lives Publishing Finalist [ 22] Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland King & King Ten Speed Press Andrew Calimach Lover's Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Simon & Schuster Harvey Fierstein The Sissy Duckling Simon & Schuster 2004 David Levithan Boy Meets Boy Knopf Books for Young Readers Winner [ 23] Brent Hartinger Geography Club HarperTempest Finalist [ 23] Tea Benduhn Gravel Queen Simon & Schuster Julie Anne Peters Keeping You a Secret Little, Brown and Company Alex Sánchez Rainbow High Simon & Schuster 2005 Alex Sánchez So Hard to Say Simon & Schuster Winner [ 24] Julie Anne Peters Luna Little, Brown and Company Finalist [ 24] Sharon Dennis Wyeth Orphea Proud Delacorte Press / Dell Publishing Judy MacLean Rosemary and Juliet Alice Street Editions David Levithan The Realm of Possibility Knopf Books for Young Readers 2006 Shyam Selvadurai Swimming in the Monsoon Sea Tundra Publishing Winner [ 25] Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson And Tango Makes Three Simon & Schuster Finalist [ 25] Rigoberto González Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio Lee & Low Books Alex Sánchez Rainbow Road Simon & Schuster James Howe Totally Joe Simon & Schuster 2007 David Levithan and Billy Merrell (eds.)The Full Spectrum Random House Children's Books Winner [ 26] Julie Anne Peters Between Mom & Jo Little, Brown and Company Finalist [ 26] Kim Wallace Erik & Isabelle’s Junior Year at Foresthill High Foglight Press Brian Sloan Tale of Two Summers Simon & Schuster Christian Burch The Manny Files Simon & Schuster 2008 Perry Moore Hero Hyperion Books Winner [ 27] [ 28] James St. James Freak Show Dutton Children's Books Finalist [ 27] Ellen Wittlinger Parrotfish Simon & Schuster Patrick Ryan Saints of Augustine HarperTeen Peter Cameron Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Farrar Straus Giroux 2009 Bill Konigsberg Out of the Pocket Dutton Children's Books Winner [ 29] Christian Burch Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel Simon & Schuster Finalist [ 29] David Levithan How They Met & Other Stories Knopf Children's Books Ellen Wittlinger Love & Lies: Marisol's Story Simon & Schuster Pat Schmatz Mousetraps Carolrhoda Books / Lerner Publishing Group Martin Wilson What They Always Tell Us Random House Children's Books 2010 Dale Peck Sprout Bloomsbury Publishing Winner [ 30] Malinda Lo Ash Little, Brown and Company Finalist [ 30] Michael Cart (ed.) How Beautiful the Ordinary HarperCollins Patrick Ryan In Mike We Trust HarperCollins Nick Burd The Vast Fields of Ordinary Penguin Books 2011 Jane Eagland Wildthorn Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Winner [ 31] [ 32] Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell with Amy June Bates (ill.)Christian, the Hugging Lion Simon & Schuster Finalist [ 33] Vivek Shraya with Juliana Neufeld (ill.) God Loves Hair Vivek Shraya Catherine Ryan Hyde Jumpstart the World Random House Books for Children James Klise Love Drugged Flux Books / Llewellyn Worldwide 2012 Bil Wright Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy Simon & Schuster Winner [ 34] Patrick Ryan Gemini Bites Scholastic Finalist Malinda Lo Huntress Little, Brown Books for Young Readers [ 35] Cris Beam I am J Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Lili Wilkinson PINK HarperCollins 2013 Benjamin Alire Saenz Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Simon & Schuster Winner [ 36] Malinda Lo Adaptation Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Finalist [ 36] A. S. King Ask the Passengers Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Kirstin Cronn-Mills Beautiful Music for Ugly Children Flux Books / Llewellyn Worldwide David Levithan Every Day Knopf Books for Young Readers Elissa Janine Hoole Kiss the Morning Star Amazon Children's Publishing E. M. Kokie Personal Effects Candlewick Press Molly Beth Griffin Silhouette of a Sparrow Milkweed Editions S. Bear Bergman and Suzy MalikThe Adventure of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy Flamingo Rampant Emily M. Danforth The Miseducation of Cameron Post Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins 2014 Sara Farizan If You Could Be Mine Algonquin Books / Workman Publishing Company Winner [ 37] [ 38] David Levithan Two Boys Kissing Knopf Books for Young Readers Tim Federle Better Nate Than Ever Simon & Schuster Finalist [ 37] Christopher R. Michael Boy In Box Hubbub Publishing Rhiannon Argo Girls I've Run Away With Moonshine Press Bill Konigsberg Openly Straight Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Corporation Stewart Lewis with Rebecca Short (ed.)The Secret Ingredient Delacorte Press / Dell Publishing Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Cory Silverberg with Fiona Smyth (ill.)What Makes a Baby Triangle Square / Seven Stories Press 2015 Tim Federle Five, Six, Seven, Nate! Simon & Schuster Winner [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] Susan Kuklin Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out Candlewick Press Finalist [ 39] Bridget Birdsall Double Exposure Skyhorse Publishing Karelia Stetz-Waters Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before Ooligan Press Robin Talley Lies We Tell Ourselves Harlequin Teen Jay Jordan Hawke Pukawiss the Outcast Harmony Ink Press /Dreamspinner Press Suki Fleet This is Not a Love Story Harmony Ink Press /Dreamspinner Press Raziel Reid When Everything Feels Like the Movies Arsenal Pulp Press 2016 Alex Gino George Scholastic Winner [ 42] [ 43] Sarah McCarry About a Girl: A Novel St. Martin's Griffin Finalist [ 44] Will Walton Anything Could Happen Push Jerome Pohlen Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights Chicago Review Press Adam Silvera More Happy Than Not Soho Press I. W. Gregorio None of the Above Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Becky Albertalli Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Brian Selznick The Marvels Scholastic 2017 M-E Girard Girl Mans Up HarperTeen Winner [ 45] [ 46] Brie Spangler Beast Alfred A. Knopf Finalist [ 47] Juliann Rich Gravity Bold Stroke Books John Corey Whaley Highly Illogical Behavior Dial Press C. B. Lee Not Your Sidekick Novelstream Krystal Sutherland Our Chemical Hearts G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Jeff Garvin Symptoms of Being Human Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Marie Lu The Midnight Star G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 2018 Rebecca Podos Like Water Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Winner [ 48] [ 49] Sarah Dooley Ashes to Asheville Putnam Finalist [ 50] Christina Lauren Autoboyography Simon & Schuster April Daniels Dreadnought: Nemesis Diversion Books Nina Packebush Girls Like Me Bedazzled Ink Kay Haring with Robert Neubecker (ill.)Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing Dial Press Will Kostakis The Sidekicks Harlequin Teen Martin Wilson We Now Return to Regular Life Dial Press 2019 Kacen Callender Hurricane Child Scholastic Winner [ 51] Mark Oshiro Anger Is a Gift: A Novel Tor Teen / Tor Books Finalist [ 52] Adib Khorram Darius the Great Is Not Okay Dial Press Ashley Herring Blake Girl Made of Stars Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Claire Legrand Sawkill Girls Katherine Tegen Books Angelo Surmelis The Dangerous Art of Blending In Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X HarperTeen Kacen Callender This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins 2020 Lisa Jenn Bigelow Hazel's Theory of Evolution HarperCollins Winner (C) [ 53] [ 54] [ 55] Alexandra Villasante The Grief Keeper G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Winner (Y) Saundra Mitchell All the Things We Do in the Dark HarperTeen Finalist [ 56] [ 57] Nicole Melleby Hurricane Season Algonquin Young Readers Akwaeke Emezi Pet Make Me a World / Random House Robin Stevenson Pride Colors Orca Book Publishers Jaye Robin Brown The Meaning of Birds HarperTeen Rory Power Wilder Girls Delacorte Press 2021 Kacen Callender King and the Dragonflies Scholastic Winner (C) [ 58] [ 59] [ 60] Mike Curato Flamer Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Winner (Y) Phil Bildner A High Five for Glenn Burke Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers Finalist [ 61] Lev A. C. Rosen Camp Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Vincent Kirsch From Archie to Zack Abrams Books for Young Readers Peter Mercurio and Leo Espinosa Our Subway Baby Dial Press Agnes Borinsky Sasha Masha Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers Niki Smith The Deep & Dark Blue Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Trung Le Nguyen The Magic Fish Random House Graphic Leah Johnson You Should See Me in a Crown Scholastic 2022 JR Ford and Vanessa FordCalvin G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Winner (C) [ 62] [ 63] Ashley Herring Blake Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Finalist (C) [ 64] Charlotte Sullivan Wild with Charlene Chua (illus.) Love, Violet Farrar, Straus and Giroux Rob Sanders Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt APA Magination Press Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester The Fabulous Zed Watson! HarperCollins Publishers A. R. Capetta The Heartbreak Bakery Candlewick Press Winner (Y) [ 62] [ 63] Adiba Jaigirdar Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating Page Street Kids Finalist (Y) [ 64] Aden Polydoros The City Beautiful Harlequin Trade Publishing /Inkyard Isaac Fitzsimons The Passing Playbook Dial Books for Young Readers Linsey Miller What We Devour Sourcebooks Fire 2023 Wallace West Mighty Red Riding Hood Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Winner (C) [ 65] Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders , illus. by Byron McCray A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Finalist (C) [ 66] Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu , Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson, illus. by Daniel Sousa Kapaemahu Kokila Nina LaCour Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle Candlewick Press Robb Pearlman , illus. by Dani JonesThe Sublime Ms. Stacks Bloomsbury Publishing Maulik Pancholy Nikhil Out Loud HarperCollins /Balzer + Bray Winner (M) [ 65] David Levithan Answers In the Pages Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Finalist (M) [ 66] Kyle Lukoff Different Kinds of Fruit Dial Books for Young Readers Maggie Horne Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One HarperCollins /Clarion Books Michael Leali The Civil War of Amos Abernathy HarperCollins Sonora Reyes The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Balzer + Bray /HarperCollins Winner (Y) [ 65] Vincent Tirado Burn Down, Rise Up Sourcebooks Finalist (Y) [ 67] Angeline Jackson with Susan McClelland Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica Dundurn Press Anna-Marie McLemore Lakelore Feiwel & Friends Jen Ferguson The Summer of Bitter and Sweet Heartdrum /HarperCollins 2024 Nina LaCour , with Sonia Albert (ill.)The Apartment House on Poppy Hill Chronicle Books Winner (C) [ 68] Meeg Pincus and Meridth Mckean GimbelDoor by Door Crown Books for Young Readers Finalist (C) [ 69] Andy Passchier Gender Identity for Kids Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Harry Woodgate Grandad's Pride Little Bee Books A. J. Irving and Kip AlizadehThe Wishing Flower Knopf Books for Young Readers Robin Gow Dear Mothman Amulet Books Winner (M) [ 68] Leah Johnson Ellie Engle Saves Herself Disney Hyperion Finalist (M) [ 69] Karen Wilfrid Just Lizzie HarperCollins / Clarion Books Michael Leali Matteo HarperCollins Alden Van Otterloo The Beautiful Something Else Scholastic Press Abdi Nazemian Only This Beautiful Moment HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray Winner (Y) [ 68] Maxine Rae Cold Girls Flux Books Finalist (Y) [ 69] Keith F. Miller, Jr. Pritty HarperCollins / HarperTeen Brittany N. Williams That Self-Same Metal Amulet Books Gabe Cole Novoa The Wicked Bargain Random House Books for Young Readers