Share Credit Ben de la Cruz Book Awards & Distinctions for Malaka Gharib 4 Total Book Awards I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir (3) Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024 Winner, 2020 View Award List Share Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024 Commended, 2020 View Award List Share SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024 Selection, 2019 View Award List Share I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is on 4 State Lists It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir (1) Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024 Commended, 2024 View Award List Share It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir is on 1 State List