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- ↑ "Robin Talley: 'it's important for fiction to show the breadth of the world we live in'". The Guardian. 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "Amnesty CILIP Honours". The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ↑ "The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards". www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.
- ↑ Johnson, William (8 March 2015). "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary.
- ↑ "2016 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. American Library Association.
- ↑ "2016 NOMINEES: YOUNG READERS". Kirkus Reviews.
