Américas Award
A commended list of books published in 1999 for children and teens
Staff -- School Library Journal, 8/1/2000
The Américas Award is given annually in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected nonfiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).
The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2) cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration, and design; and 4) potential for classroom use. Suggested reading level by grade is designated in parentheses.
Annotated lists of all Américas commended titles (1993-1999) can be found at www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLA/outreach_americas.html.
1999 AMÉRICAS AWARD WINNER
CrashBoomLove: A Novel in Verse
by Juan Felipe Herrera,
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas
by Carmen Lomas Garza
Cuba: After the Revolution
by Bernard Wolf
COMMENDED LIST
Angels Ride Bikes/Los ángeles andan en bicicleta
by Francisco Alarcón
Carnaval
by George Ancona
Island in the Sun
by Harry
Belafonte & Lord Burgess.
A Is for the Americas
by
Cynthia Chin-Lee & Terri de la Peña
Erandi's Braids
by Antonio
Hernández Madrigal
Asphalt Angels
by Ineke
Holtwijk
I'm José and I'm Okay: Three Stories from Bolivia
by Werner Holzwarth
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Story/
No tiene que ser así: una
historia del barrio
by Luis J. Rodríquez
Two Days in May
by Harriet
Peck Taylor
