Pedro and Me
LC Class | RC607.A26 W5726 2000 |
Pedro and Me is an autobiographical
AIDS educator Pedro Zamora after the two met while on the reality television series The Real World: San Francisco. It was published in September 2000
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Awards
Pedro and Me won numerous awards such as:
- GLAAD Media Award for Best Comic Book
- Publishers Weekly Best Book (2000)
- Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Best in Children's Literature (2000)
- Eisner Nomination for Best Original Graphic Novel (2000)
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award (2001)
- Notable Children's Book Selection, American Library Association (2001)
- American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Roundtable Nonfiction Honor book
- YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
- YALSA Notable Graphic Novels
- Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
- America's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Highly Recommended List (Award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs—CLASP)
References
- Winick, Judd (2000). Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned. Henry Holt and Company/New York. ISBN 0-8050-6403-6.
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