Book Awards & Distinctions
for Yusef Salaam
10 Total Book Awards
Punching the Air (10)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Hi-Lo Selection, 2021
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2020
Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2024
Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020
