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Sydney Taylor Book Award 2020
The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award went to White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio (Middle Grade), The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy (Picture Book) and Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin (Young Adult). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.
Winners
Middle Grade
- White Bird: A Wonder Storysource (opens in a new tab)
Picture Book
- The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Comesource (opens in a new tab)
Young Adult
- Someday We Will Flysource (opens in a new tab)
Honor Books
Middle Grade
- Anya and the Dragonsource (opens in a new tab)
- Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germanysource (opens in a new tab)
Picture Book
- Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Storysource (opens in a new tab)
- The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Musicsource (opens in a new tab)
Young Adult
- Dissenter on the Benchsource (opens in a new tab)
- Sick Kids in Lovesource (opens in a new tab)
About the Sydney Taylor Book Award
Gold medal winners and silver Honor Books from AJL's list of all Sydney Taylor Book Award winners, honors and notables. Year is the award year AJL prints, announced each January for books published the prior year. Categories use AJL's current names: Picture Book, Middle Grade and Young Adult, called Younger Readers, Older Readers and Teen Readers before 2020. The teen category began in 2007, so 2006 has two categories. Notable Books and the Body-of-Work Award are excluded. Author fields name the writer, not the illustrator.
Organization: Association of Jewish Libraries. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
Shares the most books with
- National Jewish Book Awards 39 shared books