The We Need Diverse Books Walter Awards named winners and honorees of the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature:
Teen Winner
Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley (Henry Holt and Co.)
Teen Honorees
Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
Revolution in Our Time, by Kekla Magoon (Candlewick)
Younger Readers Winner
Red, White, and Whole, by Rajani LaRocca (Quill Tree Books)
Young Readers Honoree
Borders, by Thomas King and illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Root Magic, by Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press)
Separately, the Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the National Jewish Book Awards. To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah by Dvora Hacohen was named Book of the Year.
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