2021 Book Awards
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Lupe Wong is half-Chinese, half-Mexican, opinionated, and determined to get straight A's in order to meet her baseball hero. What she is not is a dancer. So when she finds out that square dancing is the next unit in gym class, potentially foiling her plans, she makes it her mission to put a stop to it. The results are hysterical and unexpected. Higuera hits a home run with her debut middle grade novel full of humor and heart. Levine Querido Shelftalker |
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Tracy Beaumont is a fighter for justice: for her father on death row for her brother, accused of murder for her friends and neighbors and—especially—for herself. Random House Shelftalker |
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A box of tear stained letters written in Korean leads a young woman on a complicated family odyssey to understand why she and her brother were left in California as teens while their parents returned home for work. This challenging memoir unearths four generations of trauma, crossing borders between Korea, Japan and America in exquisite poetry and prose, ultimately revealing that love takes many forms. Tin House Books Shelftalker |
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Shirley Jackson meets “Get Out” in this atmospheric slow-burner that will linger in your mind’s shadowy corners long after you’ve departed the haunting High Place. Del Rey / Penguin Random House Shelftalker |
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This raw story of cyclical poverty is a very real look at coming up in small logging communities of the Pacific Northwest. As Ontiveros tells stories of her father Loyd, a charming, ill-tempered logger battling addiction and other demons, you can’t help feeling for this family and falling deeply into this story. They both stick with you long after you close the book. Oregon State University Press Shelftalker |
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Seeking acknowledgement from his family, sixteen-year-old Yadriel, a gay, transgender brujo, performs a ritual that will not only prove who he is but will uncover his cousin’s killer. Only, things go awry, and he instead summons the spirit of resident bad boy, Julian, who will not move on until he settles his own unfinished business. Thomas weaves a spellbinding story In this rich, multicultural narrative full of intrigue and adventure, alive with the joy of community, identity, friendship, and love. Swoon Reads / Feiwel and Friends Shelftalker |
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