Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2023
Resources for titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2016 -- identifying quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of East and Southeast Asia
Sponsored by The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia
![Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2023](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/107.jpg)
- 1,201 Resources including
- 87 Videos
- 64 Book Readings
- 79 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 101 book results
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Commended, 2020)
51 Resources18 Awards
![Astonishing Color of After, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031646399X.jpg)
![Patron Saints of Nothing](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525554912.jpg)
![Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1467789038.jpg)
![Thousand Beginnings and Endings, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0062671154.jpg)
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
by Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman, Renée Ahdieh, and Sona Charaipotra
(Honor, 2018)
28 Resources5 Awards
![Place to Belong, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1481446649.jpg)
![Finding Junie Kim](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/76110_hi.jpg)
![Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/054443076X.jpg)
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story
by Marc Tyler Nobleman and Melissa Iwai
(Honor, 2018)
26 Resources6 Awards
![Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1499807031.jpg)
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando
by Andrea Wang and Kana Urbanowicz
(Honor, 2019)
24 Resources3 Awards
![Banned Book Club](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/194582042X.jpg)
Banned Book Club
by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju
(Commended, 2020)
23 Resources5 Awards
![Bronze and Sunflower](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0763688169.jpg)
![Forest of Stolen Girls, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1250229588.jpg)
![Ocean Calls, The: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1984814869.jpg)
The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story
by Tina Cho and Jess X. Snow
(Honor, 2020)
18 Resources3 Awards
![Silence of Bones, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1250229553.jpg)
![While I Was Away](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0063017113.jpg)
![Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1250206502.jpg)
Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story
by Yukie Kimura, Kõdo Kimura, and Steve Sheinkin
(Commended, 2023)
17 Resources5 Awards
![Floating Field, The: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1541579151.jpg)
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field
by Scott Riley, Phung Nguyen Quang, and Kim Lien
(Winner, 2021)
16 Resources2 Awards
![Morning Sun in Wuhan](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0358572053.jpg)
![Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/163405962X.jpg)
Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
by Misuzu Kaneko, Toshikado Hajiri, David Jacobson, and Sally Ito
(Honor, 2016)
15 Resources2 Awards
![Crossing the Farak River](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1773213970.jpg)
![Alone Like Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593181921.jpg)
![My Grandfather's Song](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/059348861X.jpg)
My Grandfather's Song
by Phùng Nguyên Quang and Huy'nh Kim Liên
(Winner, 2023)
(Winner, 2023)
15 Resources5 Awards
![Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to Be Reunited with Her Family](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1772780669.jpg)
Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to Be Reunited with Her Family
by Van Ho and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
(Honor, 2018)
14 Resources4 Awards
![Berani](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1772782602.jpg)
![Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1419721321.jpg)
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
(Winner, 2016)
13 Resources5 Awards
![Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0884484041.jpg)
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming
by Sigrid Schmalzer and Melanie Linden Chan
(Winner, 2018)
13 Resources3 Awards
![Soul Lanterns](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0593174348.jpg)
![Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1536228982.jpg)
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic
by Shan Woo Liu and Lisa Wee
(Honor, 2023)
13 Resources5 Awards
![Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1459821033.jpg)
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden
by Heather Smith and Rachel Wada
(Winner, 2019)
12 Resources6 Awards
![Brother's Keeper](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0823444945.jpg)
![Temple Alley Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1632063034.jpg)
![Girls on the Line](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1512459380.jpg)
![Turtle Ship, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1885008902.jpg)
![Weight of Our Sky, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1534426086.jpg)
![Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1684056993.jpg)
Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes
by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud, and Améziane
(Honor, 2020)
11 Resources2 Awards
![Echo in the City, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0316396826.jpg)
![Somewhere Among](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1481437860.jpg)
![Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/4805314966.jpg)
![Dragonfly Eyes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/83236_hi.jpg)
![Eighteen Vats of Water](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1954354061.jpg)
![My Father, the Panda Killer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593642961.jpg)
![Boys Don't Fry](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0374389853.jpg)
![Falling Into the Dragon's Mouth](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1627791345.jpg)