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Coretta Scott King Award

Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.” Below are winners of interest to teens. For a complete list of winners, please check the Official Website

Author Honor Books

cover of November Blues
November Blues
by Sharon Draper
This stunning sequel to the Coretta Scott King Honor Book The Battle of Jericho has energy, pathos, and drama, and doesn’t shrink from telling kids what it’s to be 16-years-old and pregnant.
cover of Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the three-time heavyweight champ through 12 rounds of a remarkable life. Rap-inspired verse weaves and bobs and jabs with relentless energy, capturing the great gift of rhyme of the man who shed the name Cassius Clay to take on the world as Muhammad Ali.