The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults is
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named:
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
The winner of the Coretta Scott King Award recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults is:
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Three King Honor books also were named:
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
The King Illustrator Award winner is
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua Holmes,
written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth.
Two King Illustrator Honor Books also were named: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James and written by Derrick Barnes, and Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman, illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome.
Enjoy!
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named:
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
The winner of the Coretta Scott King Award recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults is:
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Three King Honor books also were named:
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
The King Illustrator Award winner is
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua Holmes,
written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth.
Two King Illustrator Honor Books also were named: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James and written by Derrick Barnes, and Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman, illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome.
Enjoy!
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