Latino Literacy Now's International Latino Book Awards

Most Inspirational Youth Chapter Book
Calling Him Dad, Virginia Kamhi, WPR Books

Best Young Adult Fiction Book
34 Pieces of You, Carmen Rodrigues, Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers
A Thunderous Whisper, Christina Diaz Gonzales, Random House Children’s Books
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers
Choke, Diana Lopez, Scholastic Books
Ciudad de Huérfanos, Avi, Editorial Bambu
Como un Galgo, Roddy Doyle, Editorial Bambu
Diego’s Dragon, Book Two: Dragons of the Dark Rift, Kevin Gerard, Crying Cougar Press
Luciérnagas en el Desierto, Daniel SanMateo, Editorial Bambu
Mr. Clean’s Last Stand, David Bueno-Hill, Broken Wing Press
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, Sonia Manzano, Scholastic Books
When The Guns Fell Silent, Edna Iturralde, WPR Publishing

Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book
The Pregnancy Project, Gaby Rodriguez with Jenna Glatzer, Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers

Best Educational Young Adult Book
Lectura de textos: Análisis e Interpretación. Narrativa, Poesía, Drama y Ensayo. Siglo XX, Eugenia Muñoz, Pearson Learning Solutions
Puberman El Enfrentamiento, Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent; Illustrator: Ivan Chacon, Villegas Editores

Most Inspirational Young Adult Book
El Sendero Hacia el Exito!, Daniel Ramirez,
Micaela: Despertar en Poesía • Waking Up to Poetry, Adalucía, Cholita Prints and Publishing Company
The Day of Yesterday, Edna Iturralde, WPR Publishing

B. NONFICTION AWARDS

Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book
Converging Dreams: Why Latinos Support Obama, Emma Sepulveda, Editorial Catalonia
Everyday Revolutionaries: Gender, Violence, and Disillusionment in Postwar El Salvador, Irina Carlota Silber, Rutgers University Press
Rafael Ferrer, Deborah Cullen, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Temas En Mi Peregrinar, Tito Lagos - Bassett, Windmills International Editions, Inc
The Arhoolie Foundation’s Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings, Agustin Gurza, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande, Atria Books
The Latino Theatre Initiative, Center Theatre Group Papers 1980-2005, Chantal Rodriguez, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
The Maid’s Daughter: Living Inside and Outside the American Dream, Mary Romero, New York University Press
The Shadow Catcher, Hipolito Acosta, Atria Books
We Became Mexican American: How Our Immigrant Family Survived to Pursue the American Dream, Carlos B. Gil, Xlibris