{{short description|2020 novel by Traci Chee}} {{No plot|date=September 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book| | genre = [[Young adult fiction]], [[Historical fiction]] | preceded_by = | oclc = | congress = | dewey = | isbn_note = | isbn = 9780358131434 | pages = | media_type = Print | english_release_date = | release_date = September 1, 2020 | publisher = [[HMH Books for Young Readers]] | subject = [[World War II]] | name = We Are Not Free | series = | language = [[English language|English]] | country = United States | cover_artist = | illustrator = | author = [[Traci Chee]] | caption = | image = We_Are_Not_Free.jpg | translator = | title_orig = | followed_by = | illustrators = }} '''''We Are Not Free''''' is a [[Young adult fiction|young adult]] [[historical fiction]] novel by [[Traci Chee]], published September 1, 2020 by [[HMH Books for Young Readers]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' included it on their list of the 100 best young adult novels of all time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|title=The 100 Best YA Books of All Time|url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/|access-date=2022-01-30|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref>
== Reception ==
=== Reviews === ''We Are Not Free'' received starred reviews from ''[[Booklist]],''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carton|first=Debbie|date=2020-04-01|title=We Are Not Free|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/We-Are-Not-Free/pid=9729502|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Booklist}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Children's Book Review: We Are Not Free by Traci Chee. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-358-13143-4|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-358-13143-4|access-date=2022-01-20|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref> ''[[School Library Journal]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kwong|first=DeHanza|title=We Are Not Free|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=we-are-not-free|access-date=2022-01-20|website=School Library Journal}}</ref> and ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-05|title=We Are Not Free|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/traci-chee/we-are-not-free/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref>
''Kirkus Reviews'' named ''We Are Not Free'' one of the best young adult novels of 2020,<ref name=":0"/> and ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' included it on their list of the 100 best young adult novels of all time.<ref name=":1"/>
=== Awards and accolades === {| class="wikitable" |+Accolades for ''We Are Not Free'' !Year !Accolade !Result !Ref. |- |2020 |[[National Book Award for Young People's Literature]] |Finalist |<ref name=":0"/> |- | rowspan="4" |2021 |[[Michael L. Printz Award]] |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Macey|date=2021-01-25|title='Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)' wins 2021 Printz Award|url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/everything-sad-untrue-true-story-wins-2021-printz-award|access-date=2022-01-20|website=News and Press Center|publisher=American Library Association|language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Walter Dean Myers Award]] |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schaub|first=Michael|date=2021-01-22|title=Winners of the Walter Dean Myers Awards Announced|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-walter-dean-myers-awards-revealed/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nutt|first=Gina|date=2021-03-15|title=Walter Dean Myers Awards|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3942|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |[[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s [[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults|Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-01-14|title=2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-best-fiction-young-adults|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s [[Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults]] |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-01-05|title=2021 Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-top-ten-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lam|first=Anna|date=2021-01-06|title=YALSA names 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2021/01/yalsa-names-2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2022-01-20|website=News and Press Center|language=en}}</ref> |- |2022 |[[Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature|Asian/Pacific American Award]] for Youth Literature |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Winners – APALA |date=24 January 2022 |url=https://www.apalaweb.org/2022-asian-pacific-american-awards-for-literature-winners/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> |}
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