2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards
 

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1. Last night at the Telegraph Club

Book cover for "Last night at the Telegraph Club"
Star rating for Last night at the Telegraph Club
Author:
Lo, Malinda
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
Asian Pacific Islander Young Adult winner, Stonewall Young Adult winner, Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten book and Printz honor book
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA LO
Duraleigh Road - Young Adult
YA LO
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
YA LO
Description:
"Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite...

2. Watercress

Book cover for "Watercress"
Star rating for Watercress
Author:
Wang, Andrea
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
Caldecott winner, Newbery honor book, and Asian Pacific Islander Picture Book winner
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.