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2020-2021 Awards Winners

Adult Fiction

The APALA Adult Literature Fiction committee has selected How Much of These Hills is GoldA Novel written by C Pam Zhang published by Riverhead Books as the Adult Fiction winner.

The honor title is How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa, published by Little, Brown and Company.

Adult Non-Fiction

The Adult Non-Fiction Committee has selected America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States written by Erika Lee, published by Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group as the Adult Non-Fiction winner. 

The honor title is Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films by Arthur Dong, published by Angel City Press. 

Youth Literature

The Youth Literature Committee has selected This Light Between Us written by Andrew Fukuda, published by Tor Teen Book as the Youth Literature Award Winner. 

The honor title is Displacement by Kiku Hughes, published by First Second, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.

Children’s Literature

The Children’s Literature Committee has selected When You Trap a Tiger written by Tae Keller, published by Random House Children’s Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books a division of Penguin Random House as the Children’s Literature Award Winner. 

The honor title is Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park, published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Picture Book

The Picture Books Committee has selected Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist, written by Julie Leung and illustrated by Chris Sasaki, published by Schwartz & Wade an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.

The honor winner is Danbi Leads the School Parade written and illustrated by Anna Kim, published by Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.