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Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 2010

The 2010 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards went to When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Fiction and Poetry), Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge (Nonfiction) and I Know Here by Laurel Croza and Matt James (Picture Book). 6 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction and Poetry

  1. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Steadsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridgesource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. I Know Here by Laurel Croza and Matt Jamessource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Fiction and Poetry

  1. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turnersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Síssource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol, translated by Arnold J. Pomeranssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Smile by Raina Telgemeiersource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Book

  1. It's a Secret! by John Burninghamsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkneysource (opens in a new tab)

About the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

Winners, Honor Books and Special Citations, 2006-2025. 2006-2023 come from the Horn Book's Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners page; 2024 and 2025 from the Horn Book's announcement for each year. hbook.com blocks automated fetches, so the pages were read through Wayback Machine snapshots; citations point to the Horn Book URLs. Year is the award year (announced each June for books published June to May). The fiction category was named Fiction and Poetry in some years and Fiction in others; it is one category here. In 2024 the nonfiction category was Nonfiction and Poetry with a Nonfiction winner and a Poetry winner; both are Winners in Nonfiction. Special Citations (2008, 2024) have their own category. Author field names the writers, then illustrators or photographers when different, as credited; colorists are left out.

Organization: The Horn Book and The Boston Globe. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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