Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kwame Mbalia
24 Total Book Awards
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood (9)
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Honor, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2022
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Middle Grade Selection, 2021
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2021
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2026
Commended, 2020
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2020
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Middle Grade Selection, 2019
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic Novel (2)
Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek (1)
Middle-Grade Favorites Award, 2025
Selection, 2025
Last Gate of the Emperor (1)
On Again, Awkward Again (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2025
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2021
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2022
