Horn Book Awards announced

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Horn Book Awards announced

Jun 20 2008

The annual Horn Book Awards, sponsored by the Boston Globe, for the best in children's and young adult literature have been announced. The winners are:

  • Nonfiction: The Wall by Peter Sís Foster/Farrar)
  • Fiction & Poetry: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney (Little)
  • Picture Book: At Night by Jonathan Bean (Farrar)
  • Special Citation: The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Levine/Scholastic)

The judges selected two honor books in each category including Shooting the Moon and Savvy.

Source: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

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