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Africana

Coretta Scott King Awards

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Call Number: PZ7.5.YOON
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely
Call Number: PZ7.5 .REYN
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz; Kekla Magoon
Call Number: PZ7.5 .SHAB
The Old African by Julius Lester; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .LEST
Black Hands, White Sails by Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack
Call Number: SH381.5 .M38 1999
Bird by Zetta Elliott; Shadra Strickland
Call Number: PZ7.ELLI

17 Middle Grade and YA Books That Spotlight #BlackJoy 2020

Asian

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.

Jet Black and the Ninja Wind by Leza Lowitz; Shogo Oketani
Call Number: PZ7.5 .LOWI
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Call Number: PZ7.5 .PREU
The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata; Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .KADO
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Call Number: PZ7.5 .HAN

LatinX

Pura Belpré Award
Presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Tomás Rivera Book Award
Américas Book Award
Quality children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States

Accidental Love by Gary Soto
Call Number: PZ7.5 .SOTO
Suckerpunch by David Hernandez
Call Number: PZ7.5 HERN
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Call Number: PZ7.5 .OLDE
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: PZ7.5.DIAZ
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Call Number: PZ7.5.SANC

Middle Eastern

Middle East Book Award
Recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the Middle East and its component societies and cultures.

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Call Number: PZ7.5 TAHI
Printz Winner 2023
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Call Number: PZ7.5 .KHOR
Love from a to Z by S. K. Ali
The Beduins' Gazelle by Frances Temple
Call Number: PZ7.5 .TEMP
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
Call Number: PZ7 .LAIR

Native American

American Indian Youth Literature Awards
Presented every two years, the awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Printz Winner 2022
The House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle
Call Number: PZ7 .TING
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.5 .ALEX
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Call Number: PZ7.5 .MIKA
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales by Joseph Bruchac (Retold by); Stefano Vitale (Illustrator)
Call Number: E98.F6 B8915 2007
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle; Jeanne Rorex Bridges (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .TING
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

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