The results are in! 371 votes were cast and the winner is Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. Described as “raw, shocking, and deeply bittersweet,” Collins’ novel received 70 votes.

The full list of nominees, ordered by number of votes received, is:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (70)
Fake Skating by Lynn Painter (63)
Refugee the graphic novel by Alan Gratz (54)
Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell (37)
Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough (33)
Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson (33)
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (30)
Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang (27)
Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town That Looked Away by Candy J. Cooper (15)
Joe & the Wreck of the Tribune by Jaqueline Halsey (9)

Twenty-eight staff also cast a vote for their favourite, with Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins emerging as the winner. This is the first year the same novel has won both the student and staff vote.

The full list of nominees, ordered by number of votes received, is:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (6)
Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town That Looked Away by Candy J. Cooper (5)
Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang (3)
Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough (3)
Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell (3)
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (3)
Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson (2)
Refugee the graphic novel by Alan Gratz (2)
Fake Skating by Lynn Painter (1)
Joe & the Wreck of the Tribune by Jaqueline Halsey (0)