Annal:2002 Pura Belpré Award for Narrative
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Pura Belpré Award for Narrative in the year 2002. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2002 Belpré–narrative winner
- 2000 LATimes–Young Adult finalist
- Score: 16.52
When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses and servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.
- 2002 Belpré–narrative honor
- Score: 6.52
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education. A sequel to the award-winning The Circuit.
Iguanas in the Snow: And Other Winter Poems
Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Christina Gonzalez
- 2002 Belpré–narrative honor
- Score: 6.52
In their final collection of seasonal poetry, poet Francisco X. Alarcón and artist Maya Christina Gonzalez invite us to celebrate winter - by the seashore, in the magical city of San Francisco, and in the ancient redwood forests of the Sierras.
