2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

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Book cover for "Black birds in the sky"
Star rating for Black birds in the sky
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honor book
Description:
"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial...
Book cover for "The city beautiful"
Star rating for The city beautiful
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Sidney Taylor Young Adult winner
Description:
"Death lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter's best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a...