Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2018

Akata Warrior

Nnedi Okorafor (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 496 pages

Sunny, a Nigerian American girl with magic, goes on a dangerous journey with her friends to stop the end of the world.

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Also on the ballot

Summer in OrcusT. KingfisherSofawolf PressRunner-up
In Other LandsSarah Rees BrennanBig Mouth House
A Skinful of ShadowsFrances HardingeMacmillan UK / Harry N. Abrams US
The Art of StarvingSam J. MillerHarperTeen
The Book of Dust: La Belle SauvagePhilip PullmanKnopf