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Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 2016

The 2016 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards went to The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge (Fiction and Poetry), Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin (Nonfiction) and Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo (Picture Book). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction and Poetry

  1. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardingesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejosource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Fiction and Poetry

  1. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Steadsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitzsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmessource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. One Day, the End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-than-Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai Dotlitch and Fred Koehlersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Moralessource (opens in a new tab)

About the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

Winners, Honor Books and Special Citations, 2006-2025. 2006-2023 come from the Horn Book's Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners page; 2024 and 2025 from the Horn Book's announcement for each year. hbook.com blocks automated fetches, so the pages were read through Wayback Machine snapshots; citations point to the Horn Book URLs. Year is the award year (announced each June for books published June to May). The fiction category was named Fiction and Poetry in some years and Fiction in others; it is one category here. In 2024 the nonfiction category was Nonfiction and Poetry with a Nonfiction winner and a Poetry winner; both are Winners in Nonfiction. Special Citations (2008, 2024) have their own category. Author field names the writers, then illustrators or photographers when different, as credited; colorists are left out.

Organization: The Horn Book and The Boston Globe. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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