Awards: Moore for Human Rights Writing Winner; Jane Addams Winners

Rosalind Russell won the £1,000 (about $1,370) Moore Prize, presented annually by the Christopher G. Moore Foundation to honor excellence in human rights writing, for her narrative nonfiction work The End of Where We Begin

The 2021 jury unanimously agreed that The End of Where We Begin "met the criteria of the prize with extraordinary clarity, compassion and impact. Russell created a compelling portrait of three diverse individuals who escape South Sudan as civil war erupts. She exposes their loss of family, home and livelihood and their endless struggles to survive and live productive lives despite attack, injury, exile and trauma--made all the more difficult by the pandemic."

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The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced the winners of the 2022 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, which are given annually to "children's books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people."

Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress, written by Alicia D. Williams and illustrated by April Harrison (Anne Schwartz Books), won in the Books for Younger Children category, while How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani (Kokila) won in the Books for Older Children category.

More information about the two winners and the four honor books can be found here.

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