TeachingBooks | John and Patricia Beatty Award, 1989-2025

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo

50+ Resources16 Awards

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My Papi Has a Motorcycle

by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña

45+ Resources13 Awards

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Land of the Cranes

by Aida Salazar

40+ Resources13 Awards

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57 Bus, The: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater

30+ Resources9 Awards

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Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park

by María Dolores Águila and Magdalena Mora

30+ Resources5 Awards

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Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

30+ Resources4 Awards

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Circuit, The: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

by Francisco Jiménez

25+ Resources4 Awards

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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

by Firoozeh Dumas

25+ Resources5 Awards

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Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992

by Paula Yoo

20+ Resources9 Awards

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Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

by Katherine Roy

20+ Resources7 Awards

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Frankie & Bug

by Gayle Forman

20+ Resources2 Awards

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Ruby Lost and Found

by Christina Li

20+ Resources2 Awards

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The Camping Trip That Changed America

by Barb Rosenstock and Mordicai Gerstein

20+ Resources1 Awards

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Baseball in April: And Other Stories

by Gary Soto

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Brighter Than the Sun

by Daniel Aleman

15+ Resources4 Awards

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Tree Lady, The: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

by H. Joseph Hopkins and Jill McElmurry

15+ Resources5 Awards

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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

by Karen Cushman

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Dragon's Gate

by Laurence Yep

15+ Resources1 Awards

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The Way You Make Me Feel

by Maurene Goo

15+ Resources1 Awards

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The Peach Rebellion

by Wendelin Van Draanen

15+ Resources

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Summer on Wheels

by Gary Soto

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Sierra

by Diane Siebert and Wendell Minor

10+ Resources

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Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio

by Tony Johnston

10+ Resources3 Awards

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Bandit's Moon

by Sid Fleischman and Jos. A. Smith

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Operation Redwood

by S. Terrell French

10+ Resources1 Awards

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One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street

by Joanne Rocklin

10+ Resources1 Awards

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This Bridge Will Not Be Gray

by Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols

10+ Resources2 Awards

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Chang's Paper Pony

by Eleanor Coerr and Deborah Kogan Ray

10+ Resources

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Steinbeck's Ghost

by Lewis Buzbee

10+ Resources

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Perilous Journey of the Donner Party, The

The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party

by Marian Calabro

10+ Resources2 Awards

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Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California

by Jerry Stanley

10+ Resources2 Awards

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Cat Running

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

5+ Resources

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Ansel Adams: America's Photographer: A Biography for Young People

by Beverly Gherman

5+ Resources2 Awards

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Cecil Poole: A Life in the Law

by Shann F. Weston and James Haskins

5+ Resources

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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

by Jerry Stanley

5+ Resources

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Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852 (Reprint)

by Joan W. Blos

5+ Resources

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Julia Morgan Built a Castle

by Celeste Davidson Mannis and Miles Hyman

5+ Resources

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The Balloon Boy of San Francisco

by Dorothy Kupcha Leland

5+ Resources

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The Vinyl Princess

by Yvonne Prinz

5+ Resources

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The Great American Gold Rush

by Rhoda Blumberg

5+ Resources

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Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom

by Lisa Kerr and Lisa Powell Braun

5+ Resources

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John and Patricia Beatty Award, 1989-2025

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