43rd Annual Northern California Book Awards
Celebrating books published by Northern California authors and California literary translators in 2023
Saturday, September 7, 2024 o 2:00 pm PDT
Reception follows
Celebrate Northern California's vibrant literary scene on Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT, when the 43rd annual Northern California Book Awards will recognize the best published works of 2023 by Northern California authors and California literary translators. Reviewers and editors--members of Northern California Book Reviewers--select the awards. A reception at the library will follow the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.
The NCBAs are presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, and the San Francisco Public Library. Our community partners are Mechanics' Institute Library and Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.
Awards will be presented to Northern California authors for Fiction, Poetry, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Children's Literature.
California Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose will honor works of translation by literary translators based in California.
Nominated books will be available for purchase at the event. The winning book in each category will be announced in-person at the awards ceremony. The NCBR Annual Recommended Reading List, all of the nominated books, will be celebrated at the ceremony.
For more information: [email protected], 510.525.5476, or cell-text 510.612.3958.
2024 Awards Program
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME & SERVICE
NCBR GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
NCBR RECOGNITION AWARD
NOMINEES
POETRY
Light and Clay: New and Selected Poems, Maxine Chernoff, Madhat Press
In the Cities of Sleep, Elizabeth C. Herron, Fernwood Press
Eggtooth, Jesse Nathan, Unbound Edition Press
The Disordered Alphabet, Cintia Santana, Four Way Books
Leviathan, Michael Shewmaker, Louisiana State University Press
Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, Joseph Zaccardi, Sixteen Rivers Press
FICTION
North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House
The Dog of the North, Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press
Wildflowers, stories, Beverly Parayno, PAWA Press/Philippine American Writers and Artists
Forget I Told You This, Hilary Zaid, University of Nebraska Press
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books
CREATIVE NONFICTION
What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World, Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm, David Mas Masumoto, Artwork by Patricia Wakida, Red Hen Press
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Dutton
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater, Peggy Orenstein, Harper
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices, Noah Whiteman, Little, Brown Spark
GENERAL NONFICTION
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm, Anne E. Belden, Paul Gullixson, Lauren A. Spates, Permuted Press
Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm, Gayle Greene, Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, Lisa M. Hamilton, Little, Brown and Company
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People--And Olympic Gold, Ethan Scheiner, Pegasus Books
CALIFORNIA TRANSLATION
California Translation in Poetry
A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist, Derek Chung, translated from the Chinese by May Huang, Zephyr Press
Through the Walls of Solitude, Álamo Oliveira, translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges, Letras Lavadas Edições/Bruma Publications
Whoever Drowned Here, Max Sessner, translated from the German by Francesca Bell, Red Hen Press
Columns, Nikolai Zabolotsky, translated from the Russian by Dmitri Manin, ARC Publications
California Translation in Prose
The Short End of the Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, translated from the German by Jonathan Franzen and Jenny Watson, Picador
Blue Hunger, Viola Di Grado, translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards, Bloomsbury Publishing
Whale, Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Archipelago Books
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Younger Readers
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, Angela Dalton, illustrated by Lauren Semmer, Harper
The Shape of You, Muon Thi Van, illustrated by Miko Sato, Kids Can Press
Middle Grade
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, published simultaneously by Knopf Books for Young Readers and McSweeney's
Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey, Roaring Brook Press
Boomi's Boombox, Shanthi Sekaran, Katherine Tegan Books
Young Adult
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, Ann Jacobus, Carolrhoda Lab
All the Yellow Suns, Malavika Kannan, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, Dashka Slater, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
History of the Northern California Book Awards Since 1981, the Northern California Book Reviewers, a volunteer group of book reviewers and book review editors, have honored the work of Northern California authors. One of the group's founders was Fred Cody, proprietor of the late great independent bookstore in Berkeley. The Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement is presented every year to a member of the literary community. Previous recipients include Brenda Hillman, Isabel Allende, Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel Ellsberg, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jack Hirschman, Judy Grahn, Susan Griffin, Willis Barnstone, Adam Hochschild, Kay Ryan, Michael Pollan, Al Young, Tamim Ansary, Andrew Hoyem, Diane di Prima, Orville Schell, Philip Levine, Ronald Takaki, Francisco X. Alarcón, Carolyn Kizer, Ishmael Reed, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Hass, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Malcolm Margolin, Adrienne Rich, Wallace Stegner, Kay Boyle, William Everson, Alice Walker, Gary Snyder, Jessica Mitford, Tillie Olsen, M.F.K. Fisher, Robert Duncan, and Nancy J. Peters.
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Celebrating books published by Northern California authors and California literary translators in 2023
Saturday, September 7, 2024 o 2:00 pm PDT
Reception follows
Celebrate Northern California's vibrant literary scene on Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT, when the 43rd annual Northern California Book Awards will recognize the best published works of 2023 by Northern California authors and California literary translators. Reviewers and editors--members of Northern California Book Reviewers--select the awards. A reception at the library will follow the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.
The NCBAs are presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, and the San Francisco Public Library. Our community partners are Mechanics' Institute Library and Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.
Awards will be presented to Northern California authors for Fiction, Poetry, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Children's Literature.
California Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose will honor works of translation by literary translators based in California.
Nominated books will be available for purchase at the event. The winning book in each category will be announced in-person at the awards ceremony. The NCBR Annual Recommended Reading List, all of the nominated books, will be celebrated at the ceremony.
For more information: [email protected], 510.525.5476, or cell-text 510.612.3958.
2024 Awards Program
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME & SERVICE
NCBR GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
NCBR RECOGNITION AWARD
NOMINEES
POETRY
Light and Clay: New and Selected Poems, Maxine Chernoff, Madhat Press
In the Cities of Sleep, Elizabeth C. Herron, Fernwood Press
Eggtooth, Jesse Nathan, Unbound Edition Press
The Disordered Alphabet, Cintia Santana, Four Way Books
Leviathan, Michael Shewmaker, Louisiana State University Press
Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, Joseph Zaccardi, Sixteen Rivers Press
FICTION
North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House
The Dog of the North, Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press
Wildflowers, stories, Beverly Parayno, PAWA Press/Philippine American Writers and Artists
Forget I Told You This, Hilary Zaid, University of Nebraska Press
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books
CREATIVE NONFICTION
What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World, Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm, David Mas Masumoto, Artwork by Patricia Wakida, Red Hen Press
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Dutton
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater, Peggy Orenstein, Harper
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices, Noah Whiteman, Little, Brown Spark
GENERAL NONFICTION
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm, Anne E. Belden, Paul Gullixson, Lauren A. Spates, Permuted Press
Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm, Gayle Greene, Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, Lisa M. Hamilton, Little, Brown and Company
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People--And Olympic Gold, Ethan Scheiner, Pegasus Books
CALIFORNIA TRANSLATION
California Translation in Poetry
A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist, Derek Chung, translated from the Chinese by May Huang, Zephyr Press
Through the Walls of Solitude, Álamo Oliveira, translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges, Letras Lavadas Edições/Bruma Publications
Whoever Drowned Here, Max Sessner, translated from the German by Francesca Bell, Red Hen Press
Columns, Nikolai Zabolotsky, translated from the Russian by Dmitri Manin, ARC Publications
California Translation in Prose
The Short End of the Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, translated from the German by Jonathan Franzen and Jenny Watson, Picador
Blue Hunger, Viola Di Grado, translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards, Bloomsbury Publishing
Whale, Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Archipelago Books
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Younger Readers
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, Angela Dalton, illustrated by Lauren Semmer, Harper
The Shape of You, Muon Thi Van, illustrated by Miko Sato, Kids Can Press
Middle Grade
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, published simultaneously by Knopf Books for Young Readers and McSweeney's
Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey, Roaring Brook Press
Boomi's Boombox, Shanthi Sekaran, Katherine Tegan Books
Young Adult
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, Ann Jacobus, Carolrhoda Lab
All the Yellow Suns, Malavika Kannan, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, Dashka Slater, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
History of the Northern California Book Awards Since 1981, the Northern California Book Reviewers, a volunteer group of book reviewers and book review editors, have honored the work of Northern California authors. One of the group's founders was Fred Cody, proprietor of the late great independent bookstore in Berkeley. The Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement is presented every year to a member of the literary community. Previous recipients include Brenda Hillman, Isabel Allende, Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel Ellsberg, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jack Hirschman, Judy Grahn, Susan Griffin, Willis Barnstone, Adam Hochschild, Kay Ryan, Michael Pollan, Al Young, Tamim Ansary, Andrew Hoyem, Diane di Prima, Orville Schell, Philip Levine, Ronald Takaki, Francisco X. Alarcón, Carolyn Kizer, Ishmael Reed, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Hass, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Malcolm Margolin, Adrienne Rich, Wallace Stegner, Kay Boyle, William Everson, Alice Walker, Gary Snyder, Jessica Mitford, Tillie Olsen, M.F.K. Fisher, Robert Duncan, and Nancy J. Peters.
43rd Annual Northern California Book Awards
Celebrating books published by Northern California authors and California literary translators in 2023
Saturday, September 7, 2024 o 2:00 pm PDT
Reception follows
Celebrate Northern California's vibrant literary scene on Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT, when the 43rd annual Northern California Book Awards will recognize the best published works of 2023 by Northern California authors and California literary translators. Reviewers and editors--members of Northern California Book Reviewers--select the awards. A reception at the library will follow the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.
The NCBAs are presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, and the San Francisco Public Library. Our community partners are Mechanics' Institute Library and Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.
Awards will be presented to Northern California authors for Fiction, Poetry, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Children's Literature.
California Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose will honor works of translation by literary translators based in California.
Nominated books will be available for purchase at the event. The winning book in each category will be announced in-person at the awards ceremony. The NCBR Annual Recommended Reading List, all of the nominated books, will be celebrated at the ceremony.
For more information: [email protected], 510.525.5476, or cell-text 510.612.3958.
2024 Awards Program
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME & SERVICE
NCBR GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
NCBR RECOGNITION AWARD
NOMINEES
POETRY
Light and Clay: New and Selected Poems, Maxine Chernoff, Madhat Press
In the Cities of Sleep, Elizabeth C. Herron, Fernwood Press
Eggtooth, Jesse Nathan, Unbound Edition Press
The Disordered Alphabet, Cintia Santana, Four Way Books
Leviathan, Michael Shewmaker, Louisiana State University Press
Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, Joseph Zaccardi, Sixteen Rivers Press
FICTION
North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House
The Dog of the North, Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press
Wildflowers, stories, Beverly Parayno, PAWA Press/Philippine American Writers and Artists
Forget I Told You This, Hilary Zaid, University of Nebraska Press
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books
CREATIVE NONFICTION
What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World, Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm, David Mas Masumoto, Artwork by Patricia Wakida, Red Hen Press
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Dutton
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater, Peggy Orenstein, Harper
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices, Noah Whiteman, Little, Brown Spark
GENERAL NONFICTION
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm, Anne E. Belden, Paul Gullixson, Lauren A. Spates, Permuted Press
Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm, Gayle Greene, Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, Lisa M. Hamilton, Little, Brown and Company
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People--And Olympic Gold, Ethan Scheiner, Pegasus Books
CALIFORNIA TRANSLATION
California Translation in Poetry
A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist, Derek Chung, translated from the Chinese by May Huang, Zephyr Press
Through the Walls of Solitude, Álamo Oliveira, translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges, Letras Lavadas Edições/Bruma Publications
Whoever Drowned Here, Max Sessner, translated from the German by Francesca Bell, Red Hen Press
Columns, Nikolai Zabolotsky, translated from the Russian by Dmitri Manin, ARC Publications
California Translation in Prose
The Short End of the Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, translated from the German by Jonathan Franzen and Jenny Watson, Picador
Blue Hunger, Viola Di Grado, translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards, Bloomsbury Publishing
Whale, Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Archipelago Books
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Younger Readers
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, Angela Dalton, illustrated by Lauren Semmer, Harper
The Shape of You, Muon Thi Van, illustrated by Miko Sato, Kids Can Press
Middle Grade
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, published simultaneously by Knopf Books for Young Readers and McSweeney's
Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey, Roaring Brook Press
Boomi's Boombox, Shanthi Sekaran, Katherine Tegan Books
Young Adult
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, Ann Jacobus, Carolrhoda Lab
All the Yellow Suns, Malavika Kannan, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, Dashka Slater, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
History of the Northern California Book Awards Since 1981, the Northern California Book Reviewers, a volunteer group of book reviewers and book review editors, have honored the work of Northern California authors. One of the group's founders was Fred Cody, proprietor of the late great independent bookstore in Berkeley. The Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement is presented every year to a member of the literary community. Previous recipients include Brenda Hillman, Isabel Allende, Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel Ellsberg, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jack Hirschman, Judy Grahn, Susan Griffin, Willis Barnstone, Adam Hochschild, Kay Ryan, Michael Pollan, Al Young, Tamim Ansary, Andrew Hoyem, Diane di Prima, Orville Schell, Philip Levine, Ronald Takaki, Francisco X. Alarcón, Carolyn Kizer, Ishmael Reed, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Hass, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Malcolm Margolin, Adrienne Rich, Wallace Stegner, Kay Boyle, William Everson, Alice Walker, Gary Snyder, Jessica Mitford, Tillie Olsen, M.F.K. Fisher, Robert Duncan, and Nancy J. Peters.
read more
Celebrating books published by Northern California authors and California literary translators in 2023
Saturday, September 7, 2024 o 2:00 pm PDT
Reception follows
Celebrate Northern California's vibrant literary scene on Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT, when the 43rd annual Northern California Book Awards will recognize the best published works of 2023 by Northern California authors and California literary translators. Reviewers and editors--members of Northern California Book Reviewers--select the awards. A reception at the library will follow the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.
The NCBAs are presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, and the San Francisco Public Library. Our community partners are Mechanics' Institute Library and Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.
Awards will be presented to Northern California authors for Fiction, Poetry, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Children's Literature.
California Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose will honor works of translation by literary translators based in California.
Nominated books will be available for purchase at the event. The winning book in each category will be announced in-person at the awards ceremony. The NCBR Annual Recommended Reading List, all of the nominated books, will be celebrated at the ceremony.
For more information: [email protected], 510.525.5476, or cell-text 510.612.3958.
2024 Awards Program
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME & SERVICE
NCBR GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
NCBR RECOGNITION AWARD
NOMINEES
POETRY
Light and Clay: New and Selected Poems, Maxine Chernoff, Madhat Press
In the Cities of Sleep, Elizabeth C. Herron, Fernwood Press
Eggtooth, Jesse Nathan, Unbound Edition Press
The Disordered Alphabet, Cintia Santana, Four Way Books
Leviathan, Michael Shewmaker, Louisiana State University Press
Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, Joseph Zaccardi, Sixteen Rivers Press
FICTION
North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House
The Dog of the North, Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press
Wildflowers, stories, Beverly Parayno, PAWA Press/Philippine American Writers and Artists
Forget I Told You This, Hilary Zaid, University of Nebraska Press
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books
CREATIVE NONFICTION
What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World, Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm, David Mas Masumoto, Artwork by Patricia Wakida, Red Hen Press
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Dutton
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater, Peggy Orenstein, Harper
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices, Noah Whiteman, Little, Brown Spark
GENERAL NONFICTION
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm, Anne E. Belden, Paul Gullixson, Lauren A. Spates, Permuted Press
Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm, Gayle Greene, Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, Lisa M. Hamilton, Little, Brown and Company
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People--And Olympic Gold, Ethan Scheiner, Pegasus Books
CALIFORNIA TRANSLATION
California Translation in Poetry
A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist, Derek Chung, translated from the Chinese by May Huang, Zephyr Press
Through the Walls of Solitude, Álamo Oliveira, translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges, Letras Lavadas Edições/Bruma Publications
Whoever Drowned Here, Max Sessner, translated from the German by Francesca Bell, Red Hen Press
Columns, Nikolai Zabolotsky, translated from the Russian by Dmitri Manin, ARC Publications
California Translation in Prose
The Short End of the Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, translated from the German by Jonathan Franzen and Jenny Watson, Picador
Blue Hunger, Viola Di Grado, translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards, Bloomsbury Publishing
Whale, Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Archipelago Books
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Younger Readers
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, Angela Dalton, illustrated by Lauren Semmer, Harper
The Shape of You, Muon Thi Van, illustrated by Miko Sato, Kids Can Press
Middle Grade
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, published simultaneously by Knopf Books for Young Readers and McSweeney's
Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey, Roaring Brook Press
Boomi's Boombox, Shanthi Sekaran, Katherine Tegan Books
Young Adult
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, Ann Jacobus, Carolrhoda Lab
All the Yellow Suns, Malavika Kannan, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, Dashka Slater, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
History of the Northern California Book Awards Since 1981, the Northern California Book Reviewers, a volunteer group of book reviewers and book review editors, have honored the work of Northern California authors. One of the group's founders was Fred Cody, proprietor of the late great independent bookstore in Berkeley. The Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement is presented every year to a member of the literary community. Previous recipients include Brenda Hillman, Isabel Allende, Juan Felipe Herrera, Daniel Ellsberg, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jack Hirschman, Judy Grahn, Susan Griffin, Willis Barnstone, Adam Hochschild, Kay Ryan, Michael Pollan, Al Young, Tamim Ansary, Andrew Hoyem, Diane di Prima, Orville Schell, Philip Levine, Ronald Takaki, Francisco X. Alarcón, Carolyn Kizer, Ishmael Reed, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Hass, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Malcolm Margolin, Adrienne Rich, Wallace Stegner, Kay Boyle, William Everson, Alice Walker, Gary Snyder, Jessica Mitford, Tillie Olsen, M.F.K. Fisher, Robert Duncan, and Nancy J. Peters.
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