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Book Award Spotlight 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Finalists
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A burning
by Megha Majumdar
An opportunistic gym teacher and a starry-eyed misfit find the realization of their ambitions tied to the downfall of an innocent Muslim girl who has been wrongly implicated in a terrorist attack. A first novel.
Available on Overdrive, eRead Illinois, and in print
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Deacon King Kong : A Novel
by James McBride
In the aftermath of a 1969 Brooklyn church deacon’s public shooting of a local drug dealer, the community’s African-American and Latinx witnesses find unexpected support from each other when they are targeted by violent mobsters.
Available on Overdrive, eRead Illinois, and in print
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Homeland elegies : a novel
by Ayad Akhtar
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
Available on Overdrive, eRead Illinois, and in print
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Fathoms : The World in the Whale
by Rebecca Giggs
Blending together natural history, philosophy and science, this stunning meditation on the extraordinary lives of whales takes readers on an exploration of the natural world to reveal what whales can teach us about ourselves, our planet and our relationship to other species. Illustrations.
Available in print
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Just us : an American conversation
by Claudia Rankine
A collection of essays, poems, and images examine the power of whiteness in everyday interactions and urges readers to begin the conversation and discover what it takes to breach the silence and violence.
Available on Overdrive, eRead Illinois, and in print
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Memorial Drive : a daughter's memoir
by Natasha D. Trethewey
The former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Native Guard shares a chillingly personal memoir about the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather.
Available in print
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*Visit http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/carnegie-medals to see the longlist and past winners.
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