BGHB 2020: King and the Dragonflies

by Horn Book
Oct 15, 2020 | Filed in Book Awards

We've reached the culmination of Fiction and Poetry week in our first-ever, month-long virtual Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards celebration.

 

Today, chair Julie Danielson introduces the 2020 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Winner King and the Dragonflies:

 

The 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry is presented to Kacen Callender for King and the Dragonflies published by Scholastic Press.

Here is Kacen receiving their silver bowl and being interviewed via video by Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton:

 

Read the Horn Book's review of King and the Dragonflies here, peruse extra content about Kacen Callender here, and learn more about the awards here.

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