{"id":307,"date":"2023-05-27T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T16:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franciscostork.com\/journal\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2023-05-27T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T23:13:26","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franciscostork.com\/journal\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Awards and other news. Please visit the Journal link for all the latest from Francisco Stork.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/2016\/09\/08\/one-thing-leads-another-interview-francisco-x-stork\/<\/p>\n\n\n

ILLEGAL<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2021 International Latino Book Award (Gold Medal)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 In The Margins Book Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 Young Adult Book Award – Texas Institute of Letters<\/strong>

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DISAPPEARED<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2018 Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book <\/strong>(We Need Diverse Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018  Young Adult Book Award – <\/strong>Texas Institute of Letters


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THE MEMORY OF LIGHT<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2017 Tom\u00e1s Rivera<\/em> Book Award<\/strong>  – Given to authors and illustrators who
create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 Millikin Medal for Excellence in Young Adult Literature<\/strong>


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THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award<\/strong> 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.


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MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2010 Once Upon a World Children’s Book Award for Young Adults<\/strong>
<\/strong>Awarded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schneider Family Book Award (January 2010)<\/strong>
Awarded by the American Library Association for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/em> Notable Children’s Book of 2009<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post Best Kids’ Books of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smithsonian Notable Book of 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YALSA Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 NPR.org Best Young Adult Fiction for 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009 Booklist<\/em> Editors’ Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horn Book<\/em> Fanfare Book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirkus<\/em> Best Book of 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publishers Weekly<\/em> Best Book of 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

School Library Journal<\/em> Best Book of 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC\/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Good News About Marcelo:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favorite comment on the book:<\/strong> “<\/strong>Sir, on behalf of myself and my twin sons, who are like Marcelo, I want to thank-you for writing this book.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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