![]() ![]() ![]() She told the booksellers and publishers present that following a challenge to her book Esperanza Rising for depicting the social and economic struggles of minorities, she had T-shirts printed with the words "contentious, unacceptable and dangerous" on them, which were taken from the challenge. "I can't do what I do without you," said Muñoz Ryan during her acceptance speech. ![]() Pam Muñoz Ryan won the middle grade award for her book Echo and Jennifer Niven received the young adult award for All the Bright Places. Holm ( Sunny Side Up) and Judy Schachner ( Dewey Bob) also spoke at the awards breakfast, while Marlee Frazee took home the picture book award for The Farmer and the Clown. "Thank you for what you do."Īuthors Jennifer L. ![]() "You are putting books in front of guarded eyes," said Aaron Hartzler, author of the YA novel What We Saw, during the children's award breakfast at the annual Southern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show in North Hollywood on Saturday. ![]()
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