Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., announced the 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners on June 23rd, 2021. You can watch the announcement video here and read the press release here.

Read reviews of all of the 2021 Nonfiction winners here; see below for more web extras about them.

WINNER

The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner is From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo (Norton Young Readers).

HONOR BOOKS

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick Press) received a BGHB Nonfiction Honor.

• Calling Caldecott: Wishes by Christina Soontornvat
• Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five questions for Christina Soontornvat about The Changelings by Roger Sutton

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre written by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Carolrhoda Books/Lerner) received a BGHB Nonfiction Honor.

• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2021: Five Questions for Carole Boston Weatherford about Unspeakable by Roger Sutton
• More Than a Footnote: Challenges for BIPOC Nonfiction Authors by Carole Boston Weatherford
• BGHB at 50: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Voice of Freedom: Author Carole Boston Weatherford's 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech
• R.I.P. Floyd Cooper
• Lift Every Voice: Thank You, Gusty by Floyd Cooper
• Floyd Cooper Talks with Roger about Juneteenth for Mazie
• Studio Views: Erasing Pictures by Floyd Cooper

Click here for a list of past BGHB winners and honorees. For book reviews, acceptance speeches, and more, click on the tags Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards or BGHB21.