Book Awards & Distinctions
for Paula Yoo
32 Total Book Awards
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement (8)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2025
Winner, 2021

CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2025
Winner, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2022
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992 (8)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2024

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Winner, 2025

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2024

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Winner, 2025
Twenty-Two Cents: The Story of Muhammad Yunus (8)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2015

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2015
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story (3)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006
Want to Play? (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2016
Good Enough (1)
The Perfect Gift (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2018
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story (1)

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2010