The YouPer (Young Person) Award recognizes and promotes quality literature for youth in chapter book format. This award was given for the first time in 2014 by the Michigan Library Association. The award is given annually to one chapter book originally published in English during the calendar year that has captured the attention of the youth librarians throughout the State of Michigan for its ability to communicate through literature to an intended audience.
Download the YouPer Award seals to use at your library! Winner, Honor Book and Top Ten Title award seals are available for download here: (To download, right-click on the seal and save it as an image.)
2023 YouPer Award Winner
The winner of the 2023 YouPer Award is Three Strike Summer written by Skyler Schrempp and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books.
We announced the winners and honor books of the 2023 Mitten, YouPer and Thumbs Up! Awards at the MLA 2023 Youth Literary Awards. The awards selection group members worked throughout the year spending thousands of hours reading, reviewing and ranking hundreds of books to determine the top titles published in 2022. Watch the announcement below!
2023 YouPer Award Winner
Three Strike Summer By Skyler Schrempp
Top Ten Titles
(Listed in random order)
Answers in the Pages Author: David Levithan Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
A Rover’s Story Author: Jasmine Warga Publisher: Balzer + Bray
The Door of No Return Author: Kwame Alexander Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Swim Team Author: Johnnie Christmas Publisher: HarperAlley
Falling Short Author: Ernesto Cisneros Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration Author: Elizabeth Partridge Illustrator: Lauren Tamaki Publisher: Chronicle Books
In the Key of Us Author: Mariama J. Lockington Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1) Author: Roseanne A. Brown Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Little Monarchs Author: Jonathan Case Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Three Strike Summer Author: Skyler Schrempp Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
