Book Awards & Distinctions
for Yusef Salaam
10 Total Book Awards
Punching the Air (10)
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png.pagespeed.ce.Mab2xOF0V-.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2021
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Hi-Lo Selection, 2021
![Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024](/images/awards/41.jpg.pagespeed.ce.CHKJARFBtY.jpg)
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2021
![Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023](/images/awards/147.png.pagespeed.ce.nDFd7JXV8J.png)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2020
![Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2024](/images/awards/132.JPG.pagespeed.ce.iFLhwg5jQj.jpg)
Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2024
Selection, 2022
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020