2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners
PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER:
I Talk like a River written by Jordan Scott; illustrated by Sydney Smith (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
FICTION AND POETRY AWARD WINNER:
A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins)
NONFICTION AWARD WINNER:
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo (Norton Young Readers)
PICTURE BOOK HONOR BOOKS:
I Am Every Good Thing written by Derrick Barnes; illustrated by Gordon C. James (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House)
Watercress written by Andrea Wang; illustrated by Jason Chin (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
FICTION AND POETRY HONOR BOOKS:
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House)
Punching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam; illustrated by Omar T. Pasha (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
NONFICTION HONOR BOOKS:
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick Press)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre written by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Carolrhoda Books/Lerner)