ABSTRACT

Honor Books Tonya Bolden, Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

(Harry N. Abrams) Nikki Grimes, Dark Sons (Hyperion) Marilyn Nelson, A Wreath for Emmett Till (Houghton Mif in)

John St ep toe New Talen t Aut hor Awa rd Jaime Adoff, Jimi & Me (Hyperion)

Illust r ator Awa rd Winner Bryan Collier, Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt)

Honor Book R. Gregory Christie, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys

of Sudan by R. Gregory Christie and Mary William (Lee & Low)

John St ep toe New Talen t Illust r ator Awa rd No award presented.