2025 Thumbs Up! Award

The Thumbs Up! Award recognizes and promotes an outstanding contribution to teen literature that has both literary quality and teen appeal for those 13 to 18 years of age. The award was established in 1986 by the Teen Services Division of the Michigan Library Association.

The winner of the 2025 Thumbs Up! Award is Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, published by Peachtree Teen.

2025 Thumbs Up! Top Ten Titles

•  Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
• I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk
• This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed
• The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le
• Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
• Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis
• A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
• Icarus by K. Ancrum
• Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
• Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill

Award Seals

Download the Thumbs Up! 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.)