![]() Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline's first and only friend - and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. ![]() But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won't stop following her, and - worst of all - Caroline's mother left home one day and never came back. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award! Winner of the Lambda Literary Award! Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.īEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is a book that I created to highlight books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books.Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways. ![]() To examine any of the items listed, please click on image of item. Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhosīootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18, each year. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens. Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil WrightĪ + e 4ever drawn and written by Ilike Merey Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer Jackson, photographs by Caitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwella The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. ![]() Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor by Larry Dane Brimnerĭrawing from Memory written and illustrated by Allen Say Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children.īalloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweetīlack & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. The rest of the 2012 ALA awards are here. Here are the rest of the 2012 Children’s and Young Adult book awards…”The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.” Best Young Adult and Children’s Books of 2012
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