ALA Awards
• For her empathetic story about a neglected and rejected 14-year-old girl who finds love and a home with an elderly, illiterate great aunt in Tending to Grace (Alfred A. Knopf);
• For expressing how the embarassment of stuttering can steal one’s ability to communicate and compromise one’s identity;
• For depicting the loving bond which develops between a lonely child and a reluctant relative when they create a home together;
• For crafting an honest and touching portrayal of self- discovery that proves that an emotional and physical hindrance does not have to become a handicap;
• The American Library Association honors
Kimberly Newton Fusco.
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June 2006
New Orleans, Louisiana
Keith Michael Fiels Michael Gorman
Executive Director President
Schneider Family Book Award
In the Middle-School Category
Presented to an author or illustrator for a book that
embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience
for child and adolescent audiences, $5,000 and this citation.
Donor: Dr. Katherine Schneider
The 2006
Schneider Family
Book Award
In the Middle-School
Category
to
Kimberly Newton Fusco