Freeman Award

Given by National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)

106 Works 11,529 Books 557 Reviews 4.0
In 2016 the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Committee on Teaching about Asia (CTA) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and Asia for Educators (AFE) at Columbia vis mere University announced the establishment of the annual Freeman Book Awards for new young adult and children’s literature. The awards recognize quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of East and Southeast Asia. Awards are given in two categories: Children’s and Young Adult on the several countries of East and Southeast Asia. The awards were inaugurated in 2016. They are named for the Freeman Foundation. The Freeman Foundation was established in 1994 through the bequest and in memory of the businessman and benefactor Mansfield Freeman, a co-founder of the international insurance and financial conglomerate American International Group, Inc., better known as AIG. It is dedicated to "augmenting international understanding between the United States and the nations of East Asia.[1] vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (30), Honorable Mention (52), Of Note (24)
Kategorier:
Years:
Alle, 2023 (19), 2022 (14), 2021 (14), 2020 (14), 2019 (12), 2018 (15), 2017 (12), 2016 (6)

Winner 30

VærkKategoriÅr
My Grandfather's Song af Phung Nguyen Quang
SET IN VIETNAM
Children’s Literature2023
The Boy from Clearwater af Yu Pei-Yun
SET IN TAIWAN
Young Adult / Middle & High School Graphic Novels2023
An Echo in the City af K. X. Song
SET IN HONG KONG
Young Adult/High School Literature2023
The Cricket War (-) af Tho Pham
SET IN VIETNAM AND THE PHILIPPINES
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2023
Eighteen Vats of Water af Ji-li JiangChildren's Literature2022
The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart af ChesilYoung Adult/High School Literature2022
Berani af Michelle KadarusmanYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2022
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field af Scott RileyChildren's Literature2021
The Waiting af Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2021
Tsunami Girl af Julian Sedgwick
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2021
Finding Junie Kim af Ellen OhYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2021
No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan af Jeff GottesfeldChildren's Literature2020
Crossing the Farak River af Michelle Aung Thin
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2020
Year of the Rabbit af Tian Veasna
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2020
Brother's Keeper af Julie LeeYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2020
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden af Heather SmithChildren's Literature2019
The Weight of Our Sky af Hanna Alkaf
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2019
Patron Saints of Nothing af Randy Ribay
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2019
All the Ways Home af Elsie Chapman
ex aequo
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2019
A Place to Belong af Cynthia Kadohata
ex aequo
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2019
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming af Sigrid SchmalzerChildren's Literature2018
Go: A Coming of Age Novel af Kazuki Kaneshiro
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2018
The Astonishing Color of After af Emily X. R. Pan
ex aequo
Young Adult/High School Literature2018
Grenade af Alan GratzYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2018
The Crane Girl af Curtis ManleyChildren's Literature2017
The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball af Dori Jones YangYoung Adult/High School Literature2017
Bronze and Sunflower af Cao WenxuanYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2017
My Night in the Planetarium af Innosanto NagaraChildren's Literature2016
Somewhere Among af Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
ex aequo
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2016
The Night Parade af Kathryn Tanquary
ex aequo
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2016

Of Note 24

VærkKategoriÅr
Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story af Yukie Kimura
SET IN JAPAN
Children’s Literature2023
Mai and the Missing Melon af Sonoko Sakai
SET IN JAPAN
Children’s Literature2023
Kozo the Sparrow af Allen Say
SET IN JAPAN
Children’s Literature2023
Okinawa (沖縄) af Shunchó HIGA
SET IN JAPAN
Young Adult / Middle & High School Graphic Novels2023
A Little Boy on Ramree Island af Aung Z. and Jill Mong
SET IN MYANMAR
Young Adult/High School Literature2023
In the Tunnel af Julie Lee
SET IN KOREA
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2023
Warrior Princess: The Story of Khutulun af Sally DengChildren's Literature2022
Operation Pangolin: Saving the World's Only Scaled Mammal af Suzi EszterhasChildren's Literature2022
Nana, Nenek & Nina af Liza FerneyhoughChildren's Literature2022
Strike the Zither af Joan HeYoung Adult/High School Literature2022
Dragonfly Eyes af Wenxuan CaoYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2022
The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei af Christina MatulaYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2022
The Forest of Stolen Girls af June HurYoung Adult/High School Literature2021
Soul Lanterns af Shaw KuzkiYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2021
How Do You Live? af Genzaburō YoshinoYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2021
Like Spilled Water af Jennie LiuYoung Adult/High School Literature2020
Almond af Won-pyung SohnYoung Adult/High School Literature2020
Banned Book Club af Hyun Sook KimYoung Adult/High School Literature2020
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team af Christina SoontornvatYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2020
The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan af Sherry ThomasYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2019
House Without Walls af Russell Ching YeungYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2019
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder af Nie JunChildren's Literature2018
The Dragon Ridge Tombs (The City of Sand) af Tianxia BachangYoung Adult/High School Literature2018
The Analects: An Illustrated Edition (graphic novel) af ConfuciusYoung Adult/High School Literature2018

Honorable Mention 52

VærkKategoriÅr
Boys Don't Fry af Kimberly Lee
SET IN MALAYSIA
Children’s Literature2023
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic af Shan Woo Liu
SET IN MALAYSIA AND CHINA
Children’s Literature2023
Maria Orosa Freedom Fighter: Scientist and Inventor from the Philippines af Norma Olizon-Chikiamco
SET IN PHILIPPINES
Children’s Literature2023
Lost in Taiwan af Mark Crilley
SET IN TAIWAN
Young Adult / Middle & High School Graphic Novels2023
Saving H'Non: Chang and the Elephant af Trang Nguyen
SET IN VIETNAM
Young Adult / Middle & High School Graphic Novels2023
My Father, The Panda Killer af Jamie Jo Hoang
SET IN VIETNAM AND AMERICA
Young Adult/High School Literature2023
Catfish Rolling af Clara Kumagai
SET IN JAPAN
Young Adult/High School Literature2023
Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods af Grace Lin
SET IN CHINA
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2023
Mèo and Bé af Doan Phuong Nguyen
SET IN VIETNAM
Young Adult/Middle School Literature2023
Morning Sun in Wuhan af Ying Chang CompestineChildren's Literature2022
Alone Like Me af Rebecca EvansChildren's Literature2022
When the Sakura Bloom af Narisa TogoChildren's Literature2022
The Red Palace af June HurYoung Adult/High School Literature2022
K-Pop Revolution af Stephan LeeYoung Adult/High School Literature2022
The Star Festival af Moni Ritchie HadleyChildren's Literature2021
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear af Trang NguyenChildren's Literature2021
The Freedom Swimmer af Wai ChimYoung Adult/High School Literature2021
Colorful: A Novel af Eto MoriYoung Adult/High School Literature2021
The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy af Seán Michael WilsonYoung Adult/High School Literature2021
While I Was Away af Waka T. BrownYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2021
Temple Alley Summer af Sachiko KashiwabaYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2021
The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story af Tina ChoChildren's Literature2020
A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story af Caren StelsonChildren's Literature2020
Rice af 880-01 Cheng, Yuhong.Children's Literature2020
The Silence of Bones af June HurYoung Adult/High School Literature2020
Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes af Lun ZhangYoung Adult/High School Literature2020
Beyond Me af Annie Donwerth-ChikamatsuYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2020
The Moose of Ewenki af Gerelchimeg BlackcraneChildren's Literature2019
When Spring Comes to the DMZ af Uk-bae LeeChildren's Literature2019
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando af Andrea WangChildren's Literature2019
Indigo Girl af Suzanne KamataYoung Adult/High School Literature2019
Girl of the Southern Sea af Michelle KadarusmanYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2019
Confucius: The Heart of China af DemiChildren's Literature2018
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story af Marc Tyler NoblemanChildren's Literature2018
The Turtle Ship af Helena Ku RheeChildren's Literature2018
Girls on the Line af Jennie LiuYoung Adult/High School Literature2018
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings af Ellen OhYoung Adult/High School Literature2018
Too Young to Escape af Van HoYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2018
Shadow of the Fox af Julie KagawaYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2018
Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter af Atelier SentoYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2018
Chibi Samurai Wants a Pet: An Adventure with Little Kunoichi the Ninja Girl af Sanae IshidaChildren's Literature2017
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea af Sungju LeeChildren's Literature2017
My First Book of Vietnamese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book of Vietnamese Language and Culture af Phuoc Thi Minh TranChildren's Literature2017
An's Seed (English and Chinese Edition) af Zaozao WangChildren's Literature2017
Tanabata Wish af Sara FujimuraYoung Adult/High School Literature2017
Want af Cindy PonYoung Adult/High School Literature2017
Ten: A Soccer Story af Shamini FlintYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2017
Hotaka (Through My Eyes) af John HeffernanYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2017
The Emperor's Riddle af Kat ZhangYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2017
Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko af Misuzu KanekoChildren's Literature2016
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story af Caren StelsonYoung Adult/High School Literature2016
Falling into the Dragon's Mouth af Holly ThompsonYoung Adult/Middle School Literature2016

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