Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Fiction

Awards List

2005

Cinnamon Girl
(Winner)
Juan Felipe Herrera

The Tequila Worm
(Honorable Mention)
Viola Canales

Alfombras de Aserrin: Sawdust Carpets, Spanish-Language Edition
(Commended)
Amelia Lau Carling

Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos
(Commended)
Patricia Santos Marcantonio

2004

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood
(Winner)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Call Me Maria
(Honor Book)
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope
(Commended)
Youme Landowne

2002

Before We Were Free
(Winner)
Julia Alvarez

1997

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
(Winner)
Francisco Jimenez

1996

So Loud a Silence
(Honorable Mention)
Lyll Becerra de Jenkins

Award Categories

Ages 3-5

Ages 6 & Up

Ages 8-10

Ages K-3

Children/Young Adult

Fiction

Grades 2-5

Grades 4-8

Grades 8-12

Grades K-2

Grades K-4

Picture Book

Young Adult

Young Readers

Award Years

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994