Pura Belpre Award Winners Author

Awards List

2023

Frizzy (Winner)
Claribel A. Ortega

Oct-2022
/ General Fiction

The Notebook Keeper (Honor Book)
Stephen Briseno

Jul-2022
/ General Fiction

The Coquies Still Sing (Honor Book)
Karina Nicole Gonzalez

Aug-2022
/ General Fiction

Tumble (Honor Book)
Celia C. Perez

Aug-2022
/ General Fiction

2021

Efren Divided (Winner)
Ernesto Cisneros

Apr-2020
/ General Fiction

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez (Honor Book)
Adrianna Cuevas

Jul-2020
/ General Fiction

Lupe Wong Won't Dance (Honor Book)
Donna Barba Higuera

Sep-2020
/ General Fiction

2020

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Winner)
Carlos Hernandez

Mar-2019
/ Science Fiction

Lety Out Loud (Honor Book)
Angela Cervantes

Feb-2019
/ General Fiction

The Other Half of Happy (Honor Book)
Rebecca Balcarcel

Aug-2019
/ General Fiction

2019

The Poet X (Winner)
Elizabeth Acevedo

Mar-2018
/ General Fiction

They Call Me Guero (Honor Book)
David Bowles

Nov-2018
/ General Fiction

2018

Lucky Broken Girl (Winner)
Ruth Behar

Apr-2017
/ General Fiction

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora (Honor Book)
Pablo Cartaya

May-2017
/ General Fiction

The First Rule of Punk (Honor Book)
Celia C. Perez

Aug-2017
/ General Fiction

2017

The Only Road (Winner)
Alexandra Diaz

Oct-2016
/ General Fiction

2016

The Smoking Mirror (Honor Book)
David Bowles

Mar-2015
/ Fantasy

Mango, Abuela, and Me (Honor Book)
Meg Medina

Aug-2015
/ General Fiction

2015

I Lived on Butterfly Hill (Winner)
Marjorie Agosin

Mar-2014
/ Historical

2014

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass (Winner)
Meg Medina

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote (Honor Book)
Duncan Tonatiuh

May-2013
/ General Fiction

The Living (Honor Book)
Matt De La Pena

Nov-2013
/ Action Adventure

2013

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Winner)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Mar-2012
/ General Fiction

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano (Honor Book)
Sonia Manzano

Sep-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

Under the Mesquite (Winner)
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

Hurricane Dancers (Honor Book)
Margarita Engle

Mar-2011
/ General Fiction

Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller (Honor Book)
Xavier Garza

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

2011

The Dreamer (Winner)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Apr-2010
/ General Fiction

90 Miles to Havana (Honor Book)
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Aug-2010
/ General Fiction

2009

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (Winner)
Margarita Engle

2008
/ General Fiction

Just in Case (Honor Book)
Yuyi Morales

Oct-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

Los Gatos Black on Halloween (Honor Book)
Marisa Montes

Sep-2006
/ General Fiction

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach (Honor Book)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Aug-2007
/ Fantasy

2006

The Tequila Worm (Winner)
Viola Canales

2005
/ Romance

2002

Esperanza Rising (Winner)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Oct-2000
/ Historical

1998

Parrot in the Oven (Winner)
Victor Martinez

Oct-1996
/ General Fiction

Spirits of the High Mesa (Honor Book)
Floyd Martinez; Floyd Martainez

Jul-1997
/ General Fiction

1996

Bossy Gallito (Honor Book)
Lucia M. Gonzalez

Jun-1999
/ General Fiction

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