Awards

2022 Freeman Book Award Winners

Children’s Literature

Eighteen Vats of Water

Ji-Li Jiang, Illustrated by Nadia Hsieh (Creston Books)

Alone Like Me

Rebecca Evans (Anne Schwartz Books)

When the Sakura Bloom

Narisa Togo (Berbay Publishing)

Nana, Nenek & Nina

Liza Ferneyhough, Illustrated by Liza Ferneyhough (Dial Books)

Operation Pangolin: Saving the World’s Only Scaled Mammal

Suzi Eszterhas, Photographs by Suzi Eszterhas (Millbrook Press)

Warrior Princess: The Story of Khutulun

Sally Deng (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Young Adult / Middle School Literature

Berani

Michelle Kadarusman (Pajama Press)

Morning Sun in Wuhan

Ying Chang Compestine (Clarion Books)

The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

Christina Matula (Inkyard Press)

Dragonfly Eyes

Cao Wenxuan, Translated by Helen Wang (Candlewick Press)

Young Adult / High School Literature

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

Chesil, Translated by Takami Nieda (Soho Teen)

K-Pop Revolution

Stephan Lee (Point)

The Red Palace

June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)

Strike the Zither

Joan He (Roaring Brook Press)

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About the awards

Honoring East And Southeast Asian Titles for Children and Young Adults

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Committee on Teaching about Asia (CTA) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and Asia for Educators (AFE) at Columbia University sponsor the annual Freeman Book Awards for new young adult and children’s literature. The awards recognize quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of East and Southeast Asia. Awards are given in two categories: Children’s and Young Adult on the several countries of East and Southeast Asia.

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