{{short description|American author (born 1980)}} {{Infobox writer | image = Kekla Magoon 2019 Texas Book Festival.jpg | caption = Magoon at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | genre = [[Young adult fiction]], [[middle grade fiction]], [[short stories]], [[non-fiction]] | notableworks = How It Went Down<br>[[X (young adult novel)|X]]<br>[[The Rock and the River]]<br>The Season of Styx Malone | years_active = 1999–present | website = {{URL|https://keklamagoon.com//}} | language = English | awards = Walter Dean Myers Award (2016)<br> [[Margaret A. Edwards Award]] (2021) | birth_place = [[Michigan]], U.S. | alma_mater = Vermont College of Fine Arts (MA) <br> Northwestern University (BA) | education = | children = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}} }}
'''Kekla Magoon''' (born 1980) is an American author, best known for her [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]]-nominated young adult novel [[The Rock and the River|''The Rock and the Rive''r]], ''How It Went Down'', ''The Season of Styx Malone,'' and ''[[X (young adult novel)|X]].'' In 2021, she received the [[Margaret Edwards Award]] from the American Library Association for her body of work. Her works also include [[Middle grade fiction|middle grade novels]], [[short stories]], and historical, [[socio-political]], and economy-related [[non-fiction]].
== Personal life == Magoon was born in Michigan and grew up in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://keklamagoon.com/about-kekla/|title=About Kekla|website=Kekla Magoon|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081952/https://keklamagoon.com/about-kekla/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the [[biracial]] daughter of a white American mother with Dutch and Scottish ancestry and a black Cameroonian father.<ref name=":0" /> As a child, she spent a few years living in Cameroon.<ref name=":0" />
Prior to becoming a writer, she worked for non-profit organizations in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0" /> She graduated with a bachelor's degree from [[Northwestern University]], where she majored in History, with a concentration on Africa and the Middle East.<ref name=":0" /> Magoon has a master of fine arts degree in Writing from [[Vermont College of Fine Arts]], which she was able to study via a low-residency program for children's writers.<ref name=":0" /> In 2015, she taught writing in New York City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepiratetree.com/2015/02/19/interview-with-author-kekla-magoon/|title=Interview With Author Kekla Magoon – The Pirate Tree|last=Kokie|first=E. M.|date=19 February 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081953/https://www.thepiratetree.com/2015/02/19/interview-with-author-kekla-magoon/|url-status=live}}</ref> and served as a judge for School Library Journal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=2015-judge-kekla-magoon|title=2015 Judge: Kekla Magoon|last=Commander|first=Battle|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143456/https://www.slj.com/%3FdetailStory%3D2015-judge-kekla-magoon|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she was faculty at the Highlights Foundation, a non-profit organization in [[Honesdale, Pennsylvania|Honesdale]], [[Pennsylvania]], where she taught a workshop about developing new creative strategies through meditation sessions, workshop elements, and discussion, together with authors Laurie Calkhoven and Nicole Valentine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/7405/faculty-interview-kekla-magoon/|title=Faculty Interview: Kekla Magoon|date=2017-01-13|website=Workshops for Children's Authors & Illustrators {{!}} Highlights Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081952/https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/7405/faculty-interview-kekla-magoon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/about-us/|title=About Us|date=2012-05-10|website=Workshops for Children's Authors & Illustrators {{!}} Highlights Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410220417/https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref>
She is a member of the NWP Writers Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/about/writers_council.csp|title=Writers Council - National Writing Project|website=nwp.org|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081951/https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/about/writers_council.csp|url-status=live}}</ref>
Magoon lives in Vermont and teaches writing at the [[Vermont College of Fine Arts]].<ref name=":0" />
== Selected works == Magoon says that all her novels deal with how ordinary kids can make a difference in the world.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/78202-q-a-with-kekla-magoon.html |title=Q & A with Kekla Magoon |website=publishersweekly.com |access-date=2019-08-31 |archive-date=2019-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143458/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/78202-q-a-with-kekla-magoon.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Her debut novel, ''[[The Rock and the River]]'', set in 1968 Chicago and follows the story of the 13-year-old son of a civil rights activist and follower of [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King Jr]]., who has to deal with his brother joining the [[Black Panther Party]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thru-the-booth.livejournal.com/94280.html|title=INTERVIEW WITH KEKLA MAGOON - PART 1|last=thru_the_booth|date=2009-02-18|website=Through The Tollbooth|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412083453/https://thru-the-booth.livejournal.com/94280.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It discusses issues of class, race, and poverty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/02/11/review-of-the-day-the-rock-and-the-river-by-kekla-magoon/|title=Review of the Day: The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Production|website=blogs.slj.com|date=11 February 2009|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081950/http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/02/11/review-of-the-day-the-rock-and-the-river-by-kekla-magoon/|url-status=live}}</ref> Magoon says she spent time deliberately researching the non-violent civil rights movement, has always had an interest in history, and majored in History in college.<ref name=":1" /> She initially had the idea to write the novel between her first semester at Northwestern University and revised the first draft during her second and third semester, before submitting ''The Rock and the River'' as her thesis.<ref name=":1" />
She wrote her fourth young adult novel, ''How It Went Down'', about the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager, in response to the shooting of [[Trayvon Martin]] and [[Shooting of Michael Brown|Michael Brown]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookish.com/articles/kekla-magoon-and-lindsey-lane-talk-about-the-importance-of-perspective/|title=Kekla Magoon and Lindsey Lane Talk about the Importance of Perspective|last=Gallucci|first=Kelly|date=2014-12-22|website=Bookish|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081953/https://www.bookish.com/articles/kekla-magoon-and-lindsey-lane-talk-about-the-importance-of-perspective/|url-status=live}}</ref> Frustrated by the media coverage's bias, she decided to write a fictionalized story that explored what it would be like to be personally affected through a close family member or friend being killed.<ref name=":3" />
Magoon's sixth young adult novel ''[[X (young adult novel)|X]]'' is a fictionalized account of civil rights activist [[Malcolm X]]'s formative years and co-authored with his daughter, [[Ilyasah Shabazz]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/books/review/x-a-novel-about-malcolm-x.html|title='X,' a Novel About Malcolm X|last=Peña|first=Matt de la|date=2015-02-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081949/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/books/review/x-a-novel-about-malcolm-x.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Shabazz says her agent chose Magoon as a co-writer based on the quality of her previous work and the themes she tackled in her novels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=the-man-behind-the-legacy-ilyasah-shabazz-and-kekla-magoon-on-their-ya-novel-about-teenage-malcolm-x|title=Interview: Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon on their YA Novel About Teenage Malcolm X|last=Diaz|first=Shelley|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143456/https://www.slj.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dthe-man-behind-the-legacy-ilyasah-shabazz-and-kekla-magoon-on-their-ya-novel-about-teenage-malcolm-x|url-status=live}}</ref>
Her seventh Middle Grade novel, ''The Season of Styx Malone'', about three African American boys living in a small town in Indiana, United States, who swap their little sister for fireworks, was published by Wendy Lamb books in 2018.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5247-1595-3|website=publishersweekly.com|title=The Season of Styx Malone|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831150503/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5247-1595-3|url-status=live}}</ref> Magoon says that she loosely based the novel on a real event from her childhood, when an ice cream parlor clerk in [[North Carolina]] told them about how his father and uncle once tried to trade their baby sister.<ref name=":5" />
In July 2019 it was announced that Magoon would be publishing a non-fiction young adult novel about the legacy of the Black Panthers, called ''Until All Are Free: The Black Panther Party's Call for Revolution'' and slated for a tentative publication date with Candlewick in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/80807-rights-report-week-of-july-29-2019.html |title=Rights Report: Week of July 29, 2019 |website=publishersweekly.com |access-date=2019-08-31 |archive-date=2019-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831150504/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/80807-rights-report-week-of-july-29-2019.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Critical reception == Magoon's novels have earned starred reviews from multiple literary magazines.
Her novels ''Light It Up'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250128898|title=Children's Book Review: Light It Up by Kekla Magoon. Holt, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-12889-8|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831150502/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250128898|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Season of Styx Malone'',<ref name=":6" /> X,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=x-a-novel|title=X: A Novel|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143458/https://www.slj.com/%3FreviewDetail%3Dx-a-novel|url-status=live}}</ref> and Ibi Zoboi's anthology ''[[Black Enough]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062698728|title=Children's Book Review: Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Edited by Ibi Zoboi. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-269872-8|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2023-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608172640/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062698728|url-status=live}}</ref> that she contributed a short story for, and ''How It Went Down''<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8050-9869-3 |title=How It Went Down |website=publishersweekly.com |access-date=2019-08-31 |archive-date=2019-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831150503/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8050-9869-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> have received starred reviews from [[Publishers Weekly]]. They also chose ''How It Went Down'' as a Publishers Weekly Pick.<ref name=":7" />
[[Kirkus Reviews]] awarded her debut novel ''Camo Girl''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/camo-girl/|title=CAMO GIRL by Kekla Magoon {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143510/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/camo-girl/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''How it Went Down'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/how-it-went-down/|title=HOW IT WENT DOWN by Kekla Magoon {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143520/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/how-it-went-down/|url-status=live}}</ref> Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti's ''1968: Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change,''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marc-aronson/1968-aronson/|title=1968 by Marc Aronson, Susan Campbell Bartoletti {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831144148/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marc-aronson/1968-aronson/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Season of Styx Malone'' a starred review, calling the latter "Heartening and hopeful, a love letter to black male youth grasping the desires within them, absorbing the worlds around them, striving to be more otherwise than ordinary."<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/the-season-of-styx-malone/|title=THE SEASON OF STYX MALONE by Kekla Magoon {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143507/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kekla-magoon/the-season-of-styx-malone/|url-status=live}}</ref>
School Library Journal gave starred reviews to ''Rebellion of Thieves,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=rebellion-of-thieves|title=Rebellion of Thieves|last=Kekla|first=MAGOON|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143500/https://www.slj.com/%3FreviewDetail%3Drebellion-of-thieves|url-status=live}}</ref> Jessica Spotswood's anthology ''A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Badass Girls'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=a-tyranny-of-petticoats-15-stories-of-belles-bank-robbers-and-other-badass-girls|title=A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Badass Girls|last=Jessica|first=SPOTSWOOD|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143501/https://www.slj.com/%3FreviewDetail%3Da-tyranny-of-petticoats-15-stories-of-belles-bank-robbers-and-other-badass-girls|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Season of Styx Malone.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=season-styx-malone-kekla-magoon-slj-review|title=The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon {{!}} SLJ Review|last=SLJ|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143507/https://www.slj.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dseason-styx-malone-kekla-magoon-slj-review|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Season of Styx Malone'' was especially praised by critics, also earning a starred review from [[Shelf Awareness]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=771|title=Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, November 30, 2018|website=shelf-awareness.com|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2020-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616081440/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=771|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[The Horn Book Magazine|The Horn Book]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=review-season-styx-malone|title=Review of The Season of Styx Malone|last=Harris|first=Monique|website=The Horn Book|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143459/https://www.hbook.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dreview-season-styx-malone|url-status=live}}</ref> and being named one of the best books of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews.<ref name=":8" />
''X,'' co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz'','' was one of five novels in 2015 to receive six starred reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=x-a-novel|title=X: A Novel|last=Piedmont|first=Joy|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143458/https://www.slj.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dx-a-novel|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Bibliography == '''Middle Grade'''
* ''Camo Girl'' (Aladdin, 2011) * Robyn Hoodlum Series *# ''Shadows of Sherwood'' (Bloomsbury USA Children's, 2015) *# ''Rebellion of Thieves'' (Bloomsbury USA Children's, 2016) *# ''Reign of Outlaws'' (Bloomsbury USA Children's, 2017) * ''Infinity Riders'' (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2016) * ''The Season of Styx Malone'' ([[Wendy Lamb Books]], 2018)
'''Young Adult'''
* The Rock and the River Series *# ''[[The Rock and the River]]'' (Aladdin, 2009) *# ''Fire in the Streets'' (Aladdin, 2012) * ''37 Things I Love'' (in No Particular Order) (Henry Holt, 2012) * ''How It Went Down'' (Henry Holt, 2014) * ''[[X (young adult novel)|X]]'', co-authored with [[Ilyasah Shabazz]] (Candlewick Press, 2015) *''Light It Up'' (Henry Holt, 2019)
'''Short Stories'''
* "For a Moment, Underground" in ''Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves'', edited by Ann Angel (Candlewick Press, 2016) * "Pulse of the Panthers" in ''A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Badass Girls'', edited by Jessica Spotswood (Candlewick Press, 2016) * "Makeshift" in ''I See Reality: Twelve Short Stories About Real Life'', edited by Grace Kendall (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016) * ''Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love''. edited by Heather Demetrios (Henry Holt, 2018) * "Out of the Silence" in ''[[Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America]]'', edited by [[Ibi Zoboi]] ([[Balzer + Bray]], 2019)
'''Non-fiction'''
* For the Essential Viewpoints Series ** ''Gun Control'' (Abdo Publishing Company, 2007) ** ''The Welfare Debate'' (Essential Library, 2008) ** ''Sex Education in Schools'' (Essential Library, 2009) ** ''Media Censorship'' (Essential Library, 2009) * For the Essential Events Series ** ''The Salem Witch Trials'' (Abdo Publishing Company, 2008) ** ''The Zebulon Pike Expedition'' (Abdo Publishing Company, 2009) * For the Essential Lives Series ** ''Abraham Lincoln'' (Abdo Publishing Company, 2007) ** ''Nelson Mandela: A Leader for Freedom'' (Abdo Publishing Company, 2008) ** ''Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Labor Rights'' (Essential Library, 2010) * ''Today the World Is Watching You: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957'' ([[Twenty-First Century Books]], 2011) * in ''1968: Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change'' (Candlewick Press, 2018)
== Awards and accolades == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Work !Award !Result !Ref. |- | rowspan="4" |2010 | rowspan="8" |[[The Rock and the River|''The Rock and the Rive''r]] |[[Association for Library Service to Children]]'s Notable Children's Books for Older Readers |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-01-27|title=The Rock and the River {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/rock-and-river-1|access-date=2022-01-21|website=American Library Association|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121021510/https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/rock-and-river-1|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |John Steptoe New Talent Award |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2009-01-26|title=John Steptoe New Talent Award|url=http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/johnsteptoe|access-date=2019-04-12|website=Round Tables|language=en|archive-date=2011-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903142212/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/johnsteptoe.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children|NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens]] |Nominee | |- |[[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s [[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults|Best Books for Young Adults]] |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-01-21|title=The Rock and the River {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/rock-and-river-0|access-date=2022-01-21|website=American Library Association|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121021521/https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/rock-and-river-0|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |[[Audie Award for Young Adult Title]] |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 Audie Awards®|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2011-audies|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-04-12|website=Audio Publishers Association|archive-date=2022-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922015807/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2011-audies}}</ref> |- |[[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s [[Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults]] |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2011-01-11|title=Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/amazingaudiobooks/2011aayatop10|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121021451/https://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/amazingaudiobooks/2011aayatop10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Finneke|first=Jaclyn|date=2011-01-13|title=YALSA names 2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2011/01/yalsa-names-2011-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2022-01-21|website=News and Press Center|language=en|archive-date=2023-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226120722/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2011/01/yalsa-names-2011-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2012 |[[Booklist Editors' Choice]]: Books for Youth |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/booklist-editors-choice-books-youth?page=2|access-date=2022-01-21|website=American Library Association| date=28 February 2012 |archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121021459/https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/booklist-editors-choice-books-youth?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award|Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award]] |Nominee |<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2019 Updated 3/23/18|url=http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/images/CaudillCumulativeList.pdf|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=Rebecca caudill Young Readers' Book Award|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713014201/http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/images/CaudillCumulativeList.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" |2015 | rowspan="10" |''[[X (young adult novel)|X: A Novel]]'' |''[[Booklist]]''<nowiki/>'s Best Historical Fiction for Youth |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-15|title=Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 2015|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7416002|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121013416/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7416002|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |''[[Booklist]]''<nowiki/>'s Best Multicultural Fiction for Youth |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooper|first=Ilene|date=2016-02-01|title=Top 10 Multicultural Fiction for Youth: 2016|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7937579|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121013415/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7937579|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Booklist Editors' Choice|''Booklist'' Editors' Choice]]: Books for Youth |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-01|title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2015|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=7944842|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist|archive-date=2023-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212090500/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=7944842|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Coretta Scott King Award]] for Author |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coretta Scott King Awards 2016 {{!}} Kidsreads|url=https://www.kidsreads.com/features/awards/coretta-scott-king-awards-2016|access-date=2019-04-12|website=kidsreads.com|language=en|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081959/https://www.kidsreads.com/features/awards/coretta-scott-king-awards-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[National Book Award for Young People's Literature]] |Longlist |<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Book Awards 2015|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2015/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924205848/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Seabrook|first=John|date=2015-09-15|title=Awards: Man Booker; NBA Young People's; Scottish Crime|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2592|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Shelf Awareness|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121031610/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2592|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" |2016 |Cooperative Children's Book Center ''Choices 2016'' |Selection |<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Horning|first1=Kathleen T.|title=CCBC choices 2016|last2=Lindgren|first2=Merri V.|last3=Schliesman|first3=Megan|last4=McKnight Townsend|first4=Emily|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison|year=2016|isbn=978-0-931641-26-8|location=Madison, Wisconsin|pages=105|oclc=945196735}}</ref> |- |[[Coretta Scott King Award]] for Author |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-31|title=X: A Novel {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/x-novel|access-date=2022-01-21|website=American Library Association|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121013415/https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/x-novel|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-11|title=Coretta Scott King Honor Books: 2016|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Coretta-Scott-King-Honor-Books/pid=7999820|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121013413/https://www.booklistonline.com/Coretta-Scott-King-Honor-Books/pid=7999820|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children]] |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zaraska|first=Marta|date=2016-02-09|title=Awards: NAACP Image Literature; Arabic Fiction|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2686|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.shelf-awareness.com|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121013415/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2686|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Variety Staff|date=2016-02-06|title='Straight Outta Compton,' 'Empire,' Michael B. Jordan Top NAACP Image Awards|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/naacp-awards-winners-list-image-creed-queen-latifah-1201698809/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227131516/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/naacp-awards-winners-list-image-creed-queen-latifah-1201698809/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Walter Dean Myers]] |Honor |<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Kirch|first=Claire|date=2016-01-20|title=Reynolds, Kiely Win WNDB's Debut Walter Award|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/69190-reynolds-kiely-win-wndb-s-debut-walter-award.html|access-date=2022-01-20|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120203806/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/69190-reynolds-kiely-win-wndb-s-debut-walter-award.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s [[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults|Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-01|title=Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2016|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=8007093|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101225755/https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=8007093|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2017 |''How It Went Down'' |Magnolia Award for 9-12 |Nominee |<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=2017 Magnolia Award Nominations|url=https://www.usm.edu/sites/default/files/groups/fay-b-kaigler-childrens-book-festival/pdf/2017_nominations.pdf|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=The Magnolia Book Awards|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412082001/https://www.usm.edu/sites/default/files/groups/fay-b-kaigler-childrens-book-festival/pdf/2017_nominations.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''Shadows of Sherwood'' |[[Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award]] |Nominee |<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List 2016 – 2017|url=https://libraries.vermont.gov/sites/libraries/files/Masterlist1617.pdf|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=State of Vermont Department of Libraries|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509005633/https://libraries.vermont.gov/sites/libraries/files/Masterlist1617.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2018 |''[[X (young adult novel)|X: A Novel]]'' |Rhode Island Teen Book Award |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018 Nominees|url=https://riteenbookaward.org/ritba/2018-nominees|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Rhode Island Teen Book Award|archive-date=2021-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024230554/https://riteenbookaward.org/ritba/2018-nominees|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2019 | rowspan="2" |''The Season of Styx Malone'' |[[Coretta Scott King Award]] for Author |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Season of Styx Malone {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/season-styx-malone|access-date=2019-04-12|website=ala.org|archive-date=2019-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412090602/http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/season-styx-malone|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]], Fiction and Poetry Award |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Presenting the 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners — The Horn Book|url=https://www.hbook.com/2019/05/featured/presenting-the-2019-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners/|access-date=2019-05-31|website=hbook.com|archive-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531130405/https://www.hbook.com/2019/05/featured/presenting-the-2019-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''[[Revolution in Our Time]]: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People'' |[[National Book Award for Young People's Literature]] |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-10-06|title=National Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/10/06/194761/national-book-award-2021-shortlists-announced/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-date=2021-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006025606/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/10/06/194761/national-book-award-2021-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | |[[Margaret Edwards Award]] |'''Winner''' |<ref>[http://www.ala.org/yalsa/edwards-award Edwards Award], [https://web.archive.org/web/20210126171717/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/edwards-award Archived link], American Library Association, accessed January 30, 2021</ref> |- |2022 |''Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People'' |[[Walter Dean Myers Award]] |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|last=S. L. J. Staff|date=2022-01-19|title=2022 Walter Dean Myers Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=2022-walter-dean-myers-award-winners-announced|access-date=2022-01-20|website=School Library Journal|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120061802/https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=2022-walter-dean-myers-award-winners-announced|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schaub|first=Michael|date=2022-01-20|title=Walter Dean Myers Award Winners Are Revealed|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/walter-dean-myers-award-winners-are-revealed/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120194432/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/walter-dean-myers-award-winners-are-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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