Freewater

Name: Freewater
ISBN: 9780316310680

by Amina Luqman-Dawson

Newbery Medal · 2023 · WinnerCoretta Scott · 2023 · Winner

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Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersChildren's Young Adult Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9780316310680

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Newbery Medal	2023	Winner
Coretta Scott King Book AwardsAuthor Award	2023	Winner

About This Book

Recognized by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in 2023.

About the Author

Amina Luqman-DawsonUS

Amina Luqman-Dawson is an American children's author who won the 2023 Newbery Medal for *Freewater*, a powerful historical novel set in the antebellum South that follows enslaved children who escape to a hidden free community in the swamps. It was her debut middle-grade novel.