News
Awards and other news. Please visit the Journal link for all the latest from Francisco Stork.
One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Francisco X. Stork
ILLEGAL
2021 International Latino Book Award (Gold Medal)
2020 In The Margins Book Award
2020 Young Adult Book Award – Texas Institute of Letters
DISAPPEARED
2018 Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book (We Need Diverse Books)
2018 Young Adult Book Award – Texas Institute of Letters
THE MEMORY OF LIGHT
2017 Tomás Rivera Book Award – Given to authors and illustrators who
create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience.
2017 Millikin Medal for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award presented by the
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English.
The award is given to a young adult title demonstrating a positive approach
to life, widespread teen appeal and literary merit.
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD
2010 Once Upon a World Children’s Book Award for Young Adults
Awarded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives)
Schneider Family Book Award (January 2010)
Awarded by the American Library Association for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of 2009
Washington Post Best Kids’ Books of the Year
Smithsonian Notable Book of 2009
A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, 2010
YALSA Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults
2010 NPR.org Best Young Adult Fiction for 2009
2009 Booklist Editors’ Choice
Horn Book Fanfare Book
Kirkus Best Book of 2009
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2009
School Library Journal Best Book of 2009
CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010
2010 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Other Good News About Marcelo: So far (as of February 14, 2010) Marcelo will be published in sixteen languages: Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese, Slovak, Korean, Hungarian, Chinese Simplified, Turkish and Hebrew.
My favorite comment on the book: “Sir, on behalf of myself and my twin sons, who are like Marcelo, I want to thank-you for writing this book.”
