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Author record · 2012 to 2025

Gail Jarrow: Awards and Best-of Lists

Gail Jarrow has won 1 award, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (2022) for Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 25 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-upsChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2025White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-UpsSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction Middle to High School
2024Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost HoaxesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2024Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost HoaxesSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction Middle to High School
2023American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the SouthYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2022Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President GarfieldYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Nonfiction
2022American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the SouthChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2022American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the SouthNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2022American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the SouthSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2021Ambushed!Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2021Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and DiseaseNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2020The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and DrugsNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Nonfiction for Children
2020Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and DiseaseChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2020Blood and GermsKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2019Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of AmericaRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Informational Book
2019The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and DrugsChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2019The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and DrugsBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers
2019The Poison EatersKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2018Spooked!: How A Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of AmericaChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2018Spooked: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of AmericaBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers
2018Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of AmericaSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2016Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded AmericaNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2016Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded AmericaChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2016Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded AmericaSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2016Bubonic PanicKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2014Red Madness: How A Medical Mystery Changed What We EatChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2014Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We EatSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2013The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American MagicianNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2012The Amazing Harry KellarKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's

Books

  1. American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South4 sources · 2022 to 2023
  2. Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America4 sources · 2016
  3. Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America4 sources · 2018 to 2019
  4. The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs4 sources · 2019 to 2020
  5. Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease3 sources · 2020 to 2021
  6. Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield2 sources · 2021 to 2022
  7. Red Madness: How A Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat2 sources · 2014
  8. Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes2 sources · 2024
  9. The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician2 sources · 2012 to 2013
  10. White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-ups2 sources · 2025