2011 National Book Awards

by Horn Book
Nov 17, 2011 | Filed in Book Awards

2011 National Book Award Winner


Inside Out and Back Again has won the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The prize was presented on November 16, 2011, at the National Book Foundation's annual dinner and ceremony in New York City. Marc Aronson chaired the judging committee, which also included Ann Brashares, Matt de la Peña, Nikki Grimes, Will Weaver.


Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Harper/HarperCollins) review



2011 National Book Award Finalists


Chime by Franny Billingsley (Dial) review


My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson (Cavendish) review to come

Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin (Knopf) review

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion) review
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