Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award

The Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award is a literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian book of young adult fiction. The book must be written in English, published in Canada during the preceding year, and nominated by the end of November. The writer must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

The Young Adult Book Award is administered and presented by the Canadian Library Association. It was established by the Young Adult Caucus of the Saskatchewan Library Association in 1980 and inaugurated by an award to Kevin Major of Newfoundland and Labrador for Far from Shore, published by Clarke, Irwin & Company of Toronto.

The companion CLA Book of the Year for Children Award was inaugurated in 1947 and has been presented annually without exception from 1963. As of 2015, two of its criteria are "appeal to children up to and including age 12" and "creative (i.e., original) writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature)". Corresponding criteria for the YA Book Award are "[appeal] to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18" and "fiction (novel, collection of short stories, or graphic novel)".

The Canadian Library Association also administers a book award for illustrators, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award.

The award has recognized one winner per year since its inception. With few exceptions, if any, the books were first published during the year preceding the award, in Canada. Each year, additional books may also receive special mention as "honour" titles.

Martha Brooks is a three-time winner of the Young Adult Book Award for 1998, 2003, and 2008, William Bell (author) is a two-time winner, in 2002 and 2007.

Two books won both the Young Adult Book Award and the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award: Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn in 1987 and Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel in 2011.

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