BCALA Children & Young Adult Literary Awards

Given by Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)

24 Works 4,069 Books 196 Reviews 4.1
Stages:
All, Winner (13), Honor (11)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (8), 2022 (8), 2021 (8)

Winner 13

WorkCategoryYear
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelleDebut Author2023
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution by Sherri WinstonFiction2023
Swim Team by Johnnie ChristmasGraphic Novel2023
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi ZoboiNonfiction2023
When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley1st Novelist2022
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney MorrisFiction2022
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. WalkerGraphic Novel2022
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. ToddNonfiction2022
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée1st Novelist2021
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick BarnesFiction2021
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar GilesFiction2021
Twins by Varian JohnsonGraphic Novel2021
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love, and Truth by Wade HudsonNonfiction2021

Honor 11

WorkCategoryYear
Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. LeeDebut Author2023
Unfadeable by Maurice BroaddusFiction2023
Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie SmithGraphic Novel2023
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life by Marilyn NelsonNonfiction2023
Wings of Ebony by J. Elle1st Novelist2022
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood by Kwame MbaliaFiction2022
Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia StephensGraphic Novel2022
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla MagoonNonfiction2022
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel1st Novelist2021
Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinneyGraphic Novel2021
Brave. Black. First. 50 African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis HudsonNonfiction2021

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