Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Winners

The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) (until 1981: Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis) is an annual award established in 1956 by t The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) (until 1981: Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries have been recognised, including non-German speakers.
The award is organized by the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur, also called AKJ or Association for Children's and Youth Literature, which receives financial support, including prize money, from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Awards are given in five categories: Best Picture Book, Best Children's Book, Best Youth Book, Best Non-Fiction Book and Choice of the Youth Jury. Up to six nominations in each category are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair, and the awards are presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair by the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In each category, the winning author receives an 8000 euro cash prize, and a bronze statuette designed by Detlef Kraft representing Momo from the novel by Michael Ende.

A special award, established in 1991, is also given every year to recognise long-term individual achievement for an author, illustrator or translator. These awards generally carry a cash prize of 10,000 euros.

Since the award was established, many changes have been made. When the Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis (as the award was known until 1981) began in 1956, only two categories were recognised; Best Children's Book and Best Youth Book. In addition to these, a special prize was awarded every year in a different category. It was not until 1964 that the Best Picture Book and Best Non-fiction Book categories replaced this variable award. In 1991, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the award, the Special Prize was reintroduced to recognise individual achievement for writers, illustrators and translators. The final category recognized today, awarded by the Jugendjury, was not introduced until 2003, when it was originally called the Young People's Prize (Preis der Jugendlichen).
Awards are decided upon by two juries: the Kritikerjury (Critics' Jury) and the Jugendjury. The Kritikerjury decides the nominations and the majority of the prizes; the Jugendjury only decides the Jugendjury prize.

The Kritikerjury is appointed by the Arbeitsgruppe für Jugendliteratur once every two years, although jury members can serve two consecutive terms. The jury consists of nine members: the chair, and eight specialist judges - two for each award category.

The Jugendjury consists of the members of six German youth book clubs. It is also changed every two years, although some clubs serve consecutive terms.

Another jury decides on the Special Prize to be awarded each year. ...more

Winners

	Hard Land by Benedict Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 8,908 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Duft der Kiefern by Bianca Schaalburg really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin 4.04 avg rating — 2,359 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unsere Grube: Vierfarbiges Bilderbuch by Emma Adbåge 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dunkelnacht by Kirsten Boie 4.07 avg rating — 367 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch and Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Fire by Will Hill (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 9,123 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Kinder by Christoph Drösser 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sibiro haiku by Jurga Vilė 4.56 avg rating — 1,236 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Syden by Marianne Kaurin 4.28 avg rating — 151 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small in the City by Sydney Smith 4.22 avg rating — 1,620 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, #1) by Amy Timberlake 4.06 avg rating — 3,713 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forschungsgruppe Erbsensuppe oder wie wir Omas großem Geheimnis auf die Spur kamen by Rieke Patwardhan 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sonderpreis Neue Talente (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonrise by Sarah Crossan (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 7,677 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A wie Antarktis – Ansichten vom anderen Ende der Welt by David Böhm it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wie der Wahnsinn mir die Welt erklärte by Dita Zipfel 3.72 avg rating — 222 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freibad: Ein ganzer Sommer unter dem Himmel by Will Gmehling 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Formen: Dreieck, Quadrat, Kreis by Mac Barnett 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 27,804 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury and Nominee for Jugendbuch (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extremismus by Anja Reumschüssel 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the River by Steven Herrick (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 702 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 21,039 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polka für Igor by Iris Anemone Paul 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 821,258 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Efekt domina alebo neviditeľné pradivo prírody by Gianumberto Accinelli 4.26 avg rating — 61 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa 4.10 avg rating — 859 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heartless Troll by Øyvind Torseter 3.63 avg rating — 457 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Als ich mit Hitler Schnapskirschen aß by Manja Präkels 3.92 avg rating — 366 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) by Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 409,963 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bees: A Honeyed History by Piotr Socha 4.60 avg rating — 640 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock 3.93 avg rating — 14,532 ratings Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars