In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2014 - celebrating fiction and non-fiction titles of high-interest appeal for readers who may identify with BIPOC youth, street culture youth, restrictive custody youth, and/or reluctant readers
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- 1,068 Resources including
- 126 Videos
- 49 Book Readings
- 64 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 103 book results
Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Fiction Winner, 2023)
61 Resources18 Awards
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Nonfiction Honor, 2020)
42 Resources10 Awards
Milo Imagines the World
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Fiction Winner, 2022)
41 Resources10 Awards
Run Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell
(Nonfiction Winner, 2022)
41 Resources5 Awards
Illegal
by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano
(Fiction Honor, 2019)
29 Resources8 Awards
I Am Alfonso Jones
by Tony Medina, Stacey Robinson, and John Jennings
(Fiction Honor, 2018)
19 Resources4 Awards
Surviving the City
by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
(Fiction Winner, 2020)
19 Resources5 Awards
The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel
by Patti Laboucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings
(Fiction Honor, 2016)
18 Resources3 Awards
My Shoes And I / Mis Zapatos y Yo
by René Colato Laínez and Fabricio Vanden Broeck
(Fiction Honor, 2020)
16 Resources1 Awards
The Reckoner Rises, Volume 1: Breakdown
by David Alexander Robertson, Scott Henderson, and Donovan Yaciuk
(Fiction Honor, 2021)
14 Resources1 Awards
War Brothers: The Graphic Novel
by Sharon McKay and Daniel LaFrance
(Fiction Honor, 2014)
13 Resources3 Awards
For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
by Michael W. Waters and Keisha Morris
(Fiction Honor, 2021)
12 Resources1 Awards
Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States
(Nonfiction Honor, 2021)
11 Resources1 Awards
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
(Nonfiction Honor, 2023)
11 Resources3 Awards
Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth
by Latin American Youth Center
(Nonfiction Winner, 2019)
10 Resources3 Awards
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
by Julian Voloj, Claudia Ahlering, and Jeff Chang
(Nonfiction Honor, 2016)
9 Resources1 Awards
Colorblind: A Story of Racism
by Johnathan Harris, Anthony Zuiker, and Garry Leach
(Nonfiction Honor, 2020)
9 Resources1 Awards
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
(Nonfiction Honor, 2021)
9 Resources2 Awards
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin, Jr.
(Nonfiction Honor, 2023)
9 Resources2 Awards
We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa, and Matt Sasaki
(Social Action Honor, 2022)
9 Resources1 Awards
When You Hear Me (You Hear Us): Voices On Youth Incarceration
by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
(Nonfiction Honor, 2023)
8 Resources3 Awards
The Boy Who Carried Bricks: A True Story
by Alton Carter
(Nonfiction Honor, 2016)
7 Resources1 Awards
Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
by Ben Westhoff
(Nonfiction Honor, 2017)
6 Resources1 Awards
