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Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 2022

The 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards went to All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir (Fiction and Poetry), Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert (Nonfiction) and Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin (Picture Book). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction and Poetry

  1. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahirsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbertsource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffinsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Fiction and Poetry

  1. Borders by Thomas King and Natasha Donovansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchacsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found by Dina Nayeri and Anna Bosch Miralpeixsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History by Schele Williams and Tonya Engelsource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. Moon Pops by Heena Baek, translated by Jieun Kiaersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. War by José Jorge Letria and André Letria, translated by Elisa Amadosource (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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