The full set of National Book Awards 2022 longlist are right here and as soon as once more comics have obtained recognition in the Young People’s Literature class. Two of the ten titles on this 12 months’s National Book Awards 2022 Young People’s longlist are graphic novels – Johnnie Christmas’ Swim Team; and Dawud Anyabwile, Derrick Barnes, and Tommie Smith’s Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice.
The ten titles in the National Book Awards 2022 longlist might be whittled down into finalists on Tuesday October 4 earlier than a winner declared November 16.
Johnnie Christmas’ Swim Team e-book synopsis:
“Bree can’t await her first day at her new center faculty, Enith Brigitha, dwelling to the Mighty Manatees—till she’s caught with the solely elective that matches her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The considered swimming makes Bree greater than a bit queasy, but she’s compelled to dive headfirst into one in every of her best fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an aged occupant of her residence constructing and former swim crew captain, is prepared to assist.
“With Etta’s coaching and a variety of onerous work, Bree all of the sudden finds her swim-crazed group relying on her to show the faculty’s failing crew round. But that’s simpler mentioned than executed, particularly when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has every part they should depart the Mighty Manatees of their wake.
“Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?”
Dawud Anyabwile, Derrick Barnes, and Tommie Smith’s Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice synopsis:
“On October 16, 1968, throughout the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter dash, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both males have been compelled to go away the Olympics, obtained loss of life threats, and confronted ostracism and persevering with financial hardships.
“In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award–winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.”
Graphic novels (and image books) have persistently made it into the Young People’s Literature class in recent times – a number of of which grew to become finalists. Shing Yin Khor’s The Legend of Auntie Po in 2021; Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed’s When Stars Are Scattered in 2020; and Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s graphic memoir Hey, Kiddo in 2018. A graphic novel gained the class in 2016 – John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell’s March: Book Three.
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