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Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 2017

The 2017 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards went to The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Fiction and Poetry), Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman (Nonfiction) and Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Picture Book). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction and Poetry

  1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomassource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligmansource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryansource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Fiction and Poetry

  1. One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Best Man by Richard Pecksource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweetsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz and Sydney Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordellsource (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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