Simpson Library: Juvenile/Young Adult Literature: APALA

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (APALA)

The goal of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.

2024-2019 Award Winning Books

2024 Winners To Be Posted When Announced

Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Call Number: Young Adult PN6727.B37578 H63 2021
APALA (Young Adult) Winner (2023)
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
Call Number: Juvenile PS3625.E35 M35 2022
APALA (Children's) Winner (2023)
From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang; Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile HV640 .Y368 2021
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2023)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.L778786 Las 2021
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2022)
National Book Award (Young People's Literature) Winner (2021)
Amina's Song by Hena Khan
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.K526495 Aq 2021
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2022)
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.W3645 Wat 2021
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2022)
Caldecott Medal Winner (2022)

This Light Between Us: a Novel of World War II by Andrew Fukuda
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.F9515375 Li 2020
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2021)
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.K418 Whe 2020
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2021)
Newbery Medal Winner (2021)
Paper Son by Julie Leung
ISBN: 9781524771874
Simpson Library does not own this book, so please InterLibrary Loan it or check your local public library
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2021)

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Call Number: D769.8.A6 T347 2019
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2020)
Stargazing by Jen Wang (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.7.W3599 S7 2019
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2020)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson; Rebecca Huang (Illustrator)
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2020)

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.1.K5362 D37 2018
ALAPA (Youth Literature) Winner (2019)
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) by Kelly Yang
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.Y365 F7 2018
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2019)
Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan. Santat (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.L39 D7 2018
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2019)