PNBA Book Awards 2021
Get to know the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards recipients . Since 1964 the PNBA has presented annual awards to recognize excellence in writing from the Pacific Northwest. The only requirement is that the author and/or illustrator reside within the PNBA region (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia) and that the book be published within the current eligibility period. The Awards Committee is made up of independent booksellers representing the PNBA region.
Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By Donna Barba Higuera
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog.Don't you want to read a book that starts like that??Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues.She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some... Read more »
This Is My America
By Kim Johnson
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
This Is My America
“Strong and compelling storytelling, in addition to insightful perspective of racial injustice, bias, and the complexity of adolescence. Both the plot and the characters were engaging and complex on multiple levels, which kept me wishing I could listen faster to know what happens next.”
Tina, Leaves Book and Tea Shop
The Magical Language of Others
A Memoir
By E. J. Koh
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
A tale of deep bonds to family, place, language―of hard-won selfhood told by a singular, incandescent voice.
After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji’s parents return to Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in the family’s new California home. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself in a world made strange in... Read more »
Mexican Gothic
A Novel
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
If you enjoyed The Castle of Otranto, then you’ll love Mexican Gothic.
“If what you loved about "Northanger Abbey" was its sly twist on the gothic romance, you're going to love this new setting for an old gem. Set in 1950's Mexico, it follows a capable but callous young woman who agrees to check on a cousin in exchange for tuition for a master's degree, then begins to discover what inspired the cousin's apparent descent into madness. A wealthy and controlling old man, a manipulative new husband? Yes... and also something very unpleasant to do with mushrooms. Think "The Girl With All the Gifts" meets "Stranger Things", with a clever surprise of a romance--not a Sleeping Beauty story--it's Beauty and the Beast, and the Beast is not whom you'd expect!”
Nialle, The Haunted Bookshop
Cemetery Boys
By Aiden Thomas
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes
This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.
A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas's paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as "groundbreaking."
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.
When... Read more »