Author record · 2012 to 2025
Elizabeth Rusch: Awards and Best-of Lists
Elizabeth Rusch has 3 shortlist or finalist places and 17 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Marjorie Priceman, Tom Uhlman
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women's Soccer—and Beyond | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | The Twenty-One | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2021 | You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Democracy and Deliver Power to the People | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | You Call This Democracy? | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2020 | You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Return Power to the People | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | You Call This Democracy? | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2019 | Mario y el Agujero en el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro planeta | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How A Chemist Saved Our Planet | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2018 | The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2017 | The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World. (Scientists in the Field) | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Next Wave | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2014 | Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2013 | The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2013 | Volcano Rising | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books | |
| 2013 | Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Mighty Mars Rovers | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Democracy and Deliver Power to the People4 sources · 2020 to 2021
- A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women's Soccer—and Beyond3 sources · 2024 to 2025
- The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity3 sources · 2012 to 2013
- The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano2 sources · 2017 to 2018
- Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives1 source · 2014
- Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives1 source · 2013
- Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World. (Scientists in the Field)1 source · 2017
- Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How A Chemist Saved Our Planet1 source · 2019
- Mario y el Agujero en el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro planeta1 source · 2019
- The Next Wave1 source · 2014
- The Twenty-One1 source · 2023
- Volcano Rising1 source · 2013