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2021-2022 Awards Winners

Adult Fiction 

The Adult Fiction winner is Shadow Life, written by Hiromi Goto; illustrated by Ann Xu, published by First Second, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. 

The Adult Fiction Honor is Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Adult Non-Fiction 

The Adult Non-Fiction winner is Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho, published by Feminist Press.

The Adult Non-Fiction Honor is Forced Out: A Nikkei Woman’s Search for a Home in America by Judy Y. Kawamoto, published by University Press of Colorado.

Youth Literature 

The Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature winner is Last Night at the Telegraph Club, written by Malinda Lo, and published by Dutton Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House.

The Youth Literature Honor is We Are Not Free, written by Traci Chee, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Children’s Literature

The winner is Amina’s Song, written by Hena Khan, and published by Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

The Children Literature Honor title Finding Junie Kim, written by Ellen Oh, and published by HarperCollins.

Picture Books

The Picture Book winner is Watercress, written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin, and published by Neal Porter Books.

The Picture Book Honor title is A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi, written by James Yang, published by Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House.

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