Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2021
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
T. Kingfisher (opens in a new tab)
A fourteen-year-old wizard whose magic only works on bread has to save her city from an army.
Also on the ballot
- A Deadly EducationNaomi NovikDel ReyRunner-up
- ElatsoeDarcie Little BadgerLevine Querido
- LegendbornTracy DeonnMargaret K. McElderry/ Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
- Cemetery BoysAiden ThomasSwoon Reads
- RaybearerJordan IfuekoAmulet / Hot Key