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The list of books is out of date. Last three are updated: Standalone novels Learning to Fly (2002) Shock Point (2006) Breakout (2007) Torched (2009) The Night She Disappeared (2012) The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die (2013) The Girl I Used to Be (2016) The Lonely Dead (2019) Run, Hide, Fight Back (2019) The Girl in the White Van (2020) Playing with Fire (2021) Eyes of the Forest (2021) Two Truths And A Lie (2022) Girl Forgotten (2023) Stay Dead (2024) When We Go Missing (2025) In the Blood (2026)

April Henry’s 2016 book, The Girl I Used to Be, was a finalist for the Edgar Award and won the Anthony Award in 2017. It was named to state award lists in Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, and South Carolina. [Citations: https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-young-adult/ and https://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards/anthony-awards-2017]

April Henry had two books published in 2019. The Lonely Dead, was a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. [Citation: https://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2019/12/10/quick-picks-for-reluctant-readers-qp2020-nominees-round-up-december-10-edition/]. Run, Hide, Fight Back won Nebraska’s Golden Sower Award. [Citation: https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf]

Her 2020 book, The Girl in the White Van, was a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers and a finalist for Ohio’s Buckeye Award. [citation: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-quick-picks-reluctant-young-adult-readers]

In 2021, April Henry had two books published, Playing with Fire and Eyes of the Forest.

2022 brought Two Truths and a Lie, which was chosen by the Junior Library Guild as a Gold Standard selection and was an Amazon Editor’s Choice for Best Young Adult. YALSA named it to the 2023 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. It received Ohio’s Teen Buckeye Book Award, 2023, Grades 9-12, and was named to Pennsylvania’s Best of 2022. [citations: https://school.teachingbooks.net/stateLists.cgi?id=81896]

April Henry’s 2023 book was Girl Forgotten, which won the 2024 Edgar award for best young adult. [citations: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/95002-in-brief-may-9-2024.html and https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2024-edgar-award-winners/] It was also chosen by the Junior Library Guild as a Gold Standard selection, was a finalist for awards in Delaware and Main, was named to the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list and won the Oregon Spirit Book Award.

2024 brought Stay Dead, which has been named to state lists in Texas, Maine, Indiana, and Iowa.

Additional citations: [This could be a citation for speaking at schools] Publishers Weekly, Q & A with April Henry March 21, 2023 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/91812-q-a-with-april-henry.html

Publishers Weekly On Tour with April Henry March 5, 2020 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82603-on-tour-with-april-henry.html April P Henry (talk) 20:43, 24 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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