2022 John Newbery Honor Winner for the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children
Age Range: 8 – 12 years
Grade Level: 3 – 7
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Quill Tree Books (February 2, 2021)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006304742X
ISBN-13: 978-0063047426
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2022 John Newbery Honor
2022 Walter Dean Myers Award
2021 New England Book Award
2022 SCBWI Golden Kite Award
2022 Crystal Kite Award
2022 Massachusetts Book Award
Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2021
New York Public Library Best Book of 2021
BookPage Best Middle Grade of 2021
School Library Journal Best Middle Grade of 2021
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
2022 NCTE Notable Verse Novel
2021 Project LIT Book Club Selection
2021 Nerdy Book Club Award Winner
2021 Cybils Award Finalist
A Mighty Girl 2021 Book of the Year
A 2022 Notable Books for a Global Society Award Winner
Bank Street Best Book of 2022
2022 July Lopez Memorial Award Honor
2022-23 Vermont Golden Dome Award Nominee
2022-23 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Award Nominee
2022-23 Maryland Black Eyed Susan Award Nominee
2022 Ohio Buckeye Award Nominee
2022-23 Iowa Children’s Choice Award Nominee
2022-2023 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award Nominee
2022-2023 Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Nominee
2022-2023 SC Children’s Book Award Nominee
2023-24 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Nominee
2024 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee
2023-24 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
ABA Spring 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Top Ten Title
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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Reha has two lives: one that is Indian, one that is not. It is 1983, and she is thirteen, and in one life, she loves hanging out with friends, dancing to pop music, and watching Cyndi Lauper on MTV. In the other, she listens to Hindi film songs, wears homemade clothes, and spends her weekends with her Indian community. When Reha asks to go to a middle school dance, her mother disapproves. If only the ones who share her blood could also understand the wishes of her heart. But then her mother becomes ill, and everything Reha was worried about gets turned upside down. RED, WHITE, and WHOLE is a middle grade novel in verse about being caught between here and there, before and after, and finding a way to be whole.
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