The ALA Youth Media Awards were handed out on Monday, February 2nd and the winner of the Newbery Award for the most distinuginshed contribution to American literature for children went to.... The Crossover by Kwame Alexander!
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with
highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his
declining health.
There were also two Honor Books:
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing
loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how
to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The moving story of the author's childhood told in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South
Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place.
In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African
American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow
and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement.
Congratulations to all!
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