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)