The 2020 National Book Awards
Congratulations to Kacen Callender, winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Our vocabulary lists will help you get the most out of their moving novel King and the Dragonflies — and the other finalists and longlisted titles for this prestigious award.
King and the DragonfliesKing tries to help his best friend escape a troubled home while coping with the death of his brother.
We Are Not FreeDuring World War II, a group of Japanese-American teens and their families are incarcerated in an internment camp.
Every Body LookingAs Ada begins college and looks toward the future, she also needs to come to terms with her past.
When Stars Are ScatteredIn this memoir, told in graphic form, Omar Mohamed recounts his life as a Somalian refugee in Kenya.
Trowbridge RoadIn 1983, neighbors June Bug and Ziggy create their own imaginative worlds in order to escape from the realities of family trauma.
Lifting as We ClimbBlack Women's Battle for the Ballot BoxThis book explores the achievements of black women in the American suffrage movement.
AppleSkin to the CoreIn this memoir, Gansworth explores his experiences growing up on a Native American reservation.
Cemetery BoysYadriel is determined to prove to his family that he's a brujo. When he accidentally summons the ghost of classmate Julian Diaz, the two boys investigate a series of strange disappearances.
The Way BackIn this historical fantasy novel, Bluma and Yehuda Leib cross over into the land of the dead.
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