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The 2017 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards judges and winners. Back row, L-R: Judge Pauletta Bracy, Matthew Cordell, Nikki Grimes, Steve Sheinkin, Angie Thomas, Judge Sheila Geraty, Deborah Heiligman, Melissa Sweet, Sydney Smith, Chair Julie Roach, Richard Peck, Joanne Schwartz. Front: Ashley Bryan. Photo: Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe.
All week we’ve been posting the moving and inspiring acceptance speeches from our 2017 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards winners. We’ve collected all of the speeches below, along with reviews of the winning books and some extras (interviews! articles! previous speeches!) on the winners and their work. See the January/February 2018 issue of The Horn Book Magazine to see the judges’ remarks and additional photos; browse the new BGHB website for more on the awards’ fifty-year history.
Picture Book category
- Ashley Bryan, Picture Book Award winner for Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
- Matthew Cordell, Picture Book honoree for Wolf in the Snow
- author Joanne Schwartz, Picture Book honoree for Town Is by the Sea
- illustrator Sydney Smith, Picture Book honoree for Town Is by the Sea
- Reviews of the recognized books
- Extras on the winners and their books
Fiction & Poetry category
- Angie Thomas, Fiction & Poetry Award winner for The Hate U Give
- Richard Peck, Fiction & Poetry honoree for The Best Man
- Nikki Grimes, Fiction & Poetry honoree for One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
- Reviews of the recognized books
- Extras on the winning authors and their books
Nonfiction category
- Deborah Heiligman, Nonfiction Award winner for Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
- Steve Sheinkin, Nonfiction honoree for Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
- Melissa Sweet, Nonfiction honoree for Some Writer!: The story of E. B. White
- Reviews of the recognized books
- Extras on the winning authors and their books
Click on the tag BGHB17 for more resources on this year’s winners.
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