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Asian Pacific Heritage Literature Award 
2001-2022
2021-2022: Watercress
by Andrea Wang

A little girl traveling through Ohio in an old car helps her family collect muddy, snail-covered watercress from a ditch in the wild before learning the story of her immigrant heritage and how foraging for fresh food helps her loved ones stay together.
2021-2022: Amina's Song
by Hena Khan

A companion to the award-winning Amina’s Voice finds Amina discouraged by the lack of interest her Greendale friends show in her visit to Pakistan before giving a class presentation about Malala Yousafzai.

 
2011-2020 Award Winners
2001-2010 Award Winners
2011-2020 Award Winners
2020-2021: Paper son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung
2020-2021: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
2019-2020: Stargazing by Jen Wang
2019-2020: Queen of Physics : How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson
2018-2019: Drawn Together by Minh Lê
2018-2019: Front Desk by Kelly Yang
2017-2018: Ellie Steps Up to the Plate by Callie Barkley
2017-2018: A Different Pond by Bao Phi
2016-2017: The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
2016-2017: Puddle by Hyewon Yum
2015-2016: Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
2015-2016: Juna's Jar by Jane Bahk
 2014-2015: Gaijin : American Prisoner of War  by Matt Faulkner
 2014-2015: Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki
 2013-2014: The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
 2013-2014: Red Kite, Blue Kite by Ji-li Jiang
 2012-2013: Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang
 2012-2013: Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth by Joan Schoettler
 2011-2012: The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan Long Shang
 2011-2012: The House Baba Built by Ed. Young
 2010-2011: Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
 2010-2011: Yasmin's Hammer by Ann Malaspina
2001-2010 Award Winners 
 2009-2010: Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
 2009-2010: Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore
 2008-2009: Roots and Wings by Many Ly
 2008-2009: Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein
 2007-2008: Hiroshima Dreams by Kelly Easton
 2007-2008: Surfer of the Century by Ellie Crowe
 2006-2007: Nothing But the Truth: (And a Few White Lies) by Justina Chen
 2006-2007: The Legend of Hong Kil Dong by Anne Sibley O'Brien
2005-2006: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
 2004-2005: The Firekeeper's Son by Linda Sue Park
 2001-2003: A Step from Heaven by Na An
 2001-2003: Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong
 
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