The Good Braider is a young adult novel in verse by Terry Farish, published May 1, 2012 by Marshall Cavendish.
Reception The Good Braider received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist, as well as positive reviews from Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and Kirkus. The American Immigration Council called the book "bold and brave."
The book has been discussed in academic journals, including Journal of Children's Literature, NCTE's Talking Points, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, The ESSE Messenger, and English Journal.
Bank Street College of Education named The Good Braider one of the best children's books of 2013. +Awards for The Good BraiderYearAwardResultRef.2012Lupine Award Juvenile/Young AdultWinner2013ALA Best Fiction for Young AdultsSelection2013Boston Authors Club Young Reader AwardWinner2013–2014Georgia Peach Book AwardFinalist2014ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong LearnerSelection2014Texas Library Association TAYSHAS Reading ListSelection2017YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young AdultsTop 10Indiana Eliot Rosewater High School Book AwardWinnerGoodreads Best Multicultural Young Adult Book
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External links 2013 ALSC & YALSA Book Picks: The year's best titles for children and teens 25 Kid and YA Books That Lift Up Immigrant Voices Hearing the World: Fiction and nonfiction audiobooks from around the globe Why Verse? Poetic Novels for Historical Fiction, Displacement Stories, and Struggling Readers