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2020 YALSA Nonfiction Award
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"YALSA's [Young Adult Library Service Association] Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year."
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Free Lunch
by Rex Ogle
A sixth grader from an economically disadvantaged family struggles in a new school where he is forced to endure humiliation over his secondhand clothing and public daily requests for his school’s free lunch program.
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The Great Nijinsky : God of Dance
by Lynn Curlee
Traces the story of the genius dancer and cultural icon of the Ballets Russes, whose openly gay relationship challenged Edwardian conventions before mental illness ended his career and overshadowed the final decades of his life.
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