2012 South Asia Book Award Winners Revealed
August 21, 2012
The South Asia National Outreach Consortium has announced the two winners of this year's South Asia Book Award. The organization recognizes "up to two outstanding works of literature, from early childhood to secondary reading levels, which accurately and skillfully portrays South Asia or South Asians in the diasporas, that is the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world." In addition, several titles are also chosen for two lists: "Honor Books" and "Highly Commended Books."
Winners
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Henry Holt and Company, 2011)
Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2011)
Honor Books
Sita’s Ramayana by Samhita Arni with illustrations by Moyna Chitrakar (Groundwood Books, 2011)
Following My Paint Brush by Dulari Devi & Gita Wolf (Tara Books Pvt. Ltd, 2010)
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books, 2011)
Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
Highly Commended Books
Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan by Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter (Annick Press, 2011)
The Wise Fool: Fables from the Islamic World by Shahrukh Husain with illustrations by Micha Archer (Barefoot Books, 2011)
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2011)
Karma by Cathy Ostlere (Razorbill, Penguin Group, 2011)
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (Scholastic Inc., 2011)