2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

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Book cover for "Finding Junie Kim"
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5 stars
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Asian Pacific Islander Children's Lit honor book
Description:
"Junie Kim just wants to fit in. So she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention to herself. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out. Then Junie's history teacher assigns a project and Junie decides to interview her grandparents, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma's fierce determination to overcome...

2. Linked

Book cover for "Linked"
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4.5 stars
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Sidney Taylor Middle Grade honor book
Description:
"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...