2023-2024 Winners
Youth Literature
I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C. F. Rogers
Alternating between present day and flashbacks, multiracial Filipina-American teen Marisol tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother’s sudden death.
Children’s Literature
Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li
Thanks to her Ye-Ye’s epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone–from her best friends to her older sister–is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai’s friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby’s grade, Liam Yeung, starts showing up too, Ruby’s humiliation is complete. But Nai-Nai, her friends, and Liam all surprise Ruby…
Picture Books
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung
In a mix of Eastern and Western mythologies, a mother tells her child about two forests inhabited by different, but equally enchanting dragons that coexist within the child’s heart.
2023-2024 Honors
Youth Literature – In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee
Children’s Literature – Parachute Kids by Betty Tang
Picture Book – Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans
2022-2023
Youth Literature
- Winner: Himawari House by Harmony Becker
- Honor: The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho
Children’s Literature
- Winner: Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
- Honor: Troublemaker by John Cho
Picture Books
- Winner: From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang
- Honor: Nana, Nenek & Nina by Liza Ferneyhough,
2016-2022
2016-2017
Youth
- Winner: Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
- Honor: Watched by Marina Budhos
Children’s
- Winner: The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Honor: Momotaro Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway
Picture Book
- Winner: Puddle by Hyewon Yum
2017-2018
Youth Literature
- Winner: It’s Not Like It’s A Secret by Misa Sugiura
- Honor: Saints & Misfits by S.K. Ali
Children’s Literature
- Winner: Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami (on order)
- Honor: Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
Picture Book
- Winner: A Different Pond by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
- Honor: The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Alina Chau
2018-2019
Youth Literature
- Winner: Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Honor: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan,
Children’s Literature
- Winner: Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Honor: The House that Lou Built by Mae Respicio (on order)
Picture Book
- Winner: Drawn Together by Minh Lê
- Honor: Grandmother’s Visit written by Betty Quan (on order)
2019-2020
Youth Literature
- Winner: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
- Honor: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Children’s Literature
- Winner: Stargazing by Jen Wang
- Honor: I’m Ok by Patti Kim
Picture Book
- Winner: Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson and illustrated by Rebecca Huang
- Honor: Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed and illustrated by Anoosha Syed,
2020-2021
Youth Literature
- Winner: This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda
- Honor: Displacement by Kiku Hughes
Children’s Literature
- Winner: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
- Honor: Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Picture Books
- Winner: Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung
- Honor: Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
2021-2022
Youth Literature
- Winner: Last night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Honor: We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
Children’s Literature
- Winner: Amina’s Song by Hena Khan
- Honor: Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
Picture Books
- Winner: Watercress by Andrea Wang
- Honor: A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang
*Descriptions are taken from summaries, publisher, and/or our online catalog*