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The winners in the books for adults category were:
“After the Last Border” by Jessica Goudeau,
“A Knock at Midnight” by Brittany K. Barnett;
“Nothing General About It” by “General Hospital” star Maurice Benard with Susan Black;
“Voyage of Mercy” by Stephen Puleo;
“Wheels of Courage” by David Davis, and
“Grace from the Rubble” by Jeanne Bishop, which chronicled the unlikely friendship that developed between Bud Welch, who lost his daughter, Julie, in the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, and Bill McVeigh, whose son, Timothy, carried out the bombing.
Winners in the children’s books categories were:
“Trying” by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Elise Hurst, preschool and up.
“Tiara’s Hat Parade” by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell, kindergarten and up.
“Fauja Singh Keeps Going” by Simran Jeet Singh, illustrated by Baljinder Kaur, ages 6-up.
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“Nacho’s Nachos” by Oliver Dominguez, ages 8-up.
“Five Things About Ava Andrews” by Margaret Dilloway. ages 10-up.
Everything Sad is Untrue” by Daniel Nayeri, young adult.
The Christopher Awards were created in 1949 to celebrate writers, producers, directors, authors and illustrators whose work, according to the organization, “affirms the highest values of the human spirit.”
