SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES GOODBYE HOMEBOY FOR TOP
HONORS
SAN FRANCISCO_The 2020 San Francisco Book Festival has named Goodbye Homeboy:
How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement by Steve Mariotti and
Debra Devi (BenBella Books) as the winner of its annual competition honoring the
best books of the spring.
Tortured by nightmares about the teens who roughed him up, Steve Mariotti
sought counseling. When his therapist suggested that he face his fears, Mariotti
closed his small import-export business and became a teacher at the citys most
notorious public school--Boys and Girls High in Bed-Stuy.
There he noticed that whenever he connected their lessons to
entrepreneurship, even his most disruptive students got excited about learning.
That success inspired him to found the nonprofit Network for Teaching
Entrepreneurship to bring entrepreneurship education to low-income youth. More
than a million young people have graduated from his programs, proving a spark of
hope can empower everyone to overcome hardships.
Other winners in the competition:
GAY
WINNER: People Ive Met From The Internet Stephen Van Dyck
RUNNER-UP: She Who Doesnt Sin Martha Emily Bellinger
HONORABLE MENTION:
- The Two Ruths Martha Emily Bellinger
GENERAL FICTION:
WINNER: Opposition Research Rick Robinson
RUNNER-UP: Madam In Silk Gini Grossenbacher
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Sir Bone Funk Eddie Tebbe
- A Light on Altered Land Becky Bohan
- The Darkness Robbi Sommers Bryant
- Artificial Light D. Dupree
- Never Too Soon Tamika Christy
- Treasure of the Blue Whale Steven Mayfield
- Seat 24H Rosemary Rudland
- In The Shape Of A Man Paul Clayton
- Whisperwood Van Temple
- The Slave Players Megan Allen
- The Baja Redemption Richard Bonte and James Crew Allen
- Operation Olive Tree Jemil Metti
- The Legend of See Bird: Kiamichi Karl L. Stewart
- The Others: The Beginning Praveen Kumar Neelappa
-
Kidnapped on Safari Peter Riva
WILD CARD
WINNER: Mind The Gap, A Novel George Tombs
RUNNER-UP: When The Heart Listens Mara Purl
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Meat Hunter Megan Allen
- The Slave Players Megan Allen
- The Vast Venus Conspiracy Raymond A Keller
HOW-TO
WINNER: Common Financial Sense Harris Nydick/Greg Makowski
RUNNER-UP: ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You
Raise Your Kids Wendy Thomas Russell
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Mystery Shopper Training Program Bethany Mooradian
- The Art of Forgiveness Carolyn CJ Jones
YOUNG ADULT
WINNER: Fly, Fly Away Pamela Bauer Mueller
RUNNER-UP: The Redemption Lauren Hudson
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Ice Queen Felicia Farber
- Right Now Is Worth It Thomas Corrigan
- Lollygag Robert W. West
- Athenas Secrets Donna Del Oro
POETRY
WINNER: All The Marvelous Stuff Nils Peterson
RUNNER-UP: Leave Smoke Jeff Walt
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Swerve: Poems on Environmentalism
- Ellery Akers
- Blu Diamonds Kevin Hollingsworth
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WINNER: Goodbye Homeboy Steve Mariotti, Debra Devi
RUNNER-UP: The Common Wife Lindy Hughes
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Immigrants Herbert Ausbel
- Anchorless Jolie P. Hoang
GENERAL NON-FICTION
WINNER: Goodbye Homeboy - Steve Mariotti, Debra Devi
RUNNER-UP: Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America Conor Dougherty
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Ninas Memento Mori Matthias Freese
- Conscious Change Today Kashonia Carnegie
- Your Crocodile Has Arrived Laurie McAndish King
- Secrets from the Sofa Kenneth Herman
CHILDRENS BOOKS
WINNER: More Fairy Tales For Life Linda Champion
RUNNER-UP: Black Bear Goes To San Francisco Denise Lawson
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Brody the Lion Kristin Wegner
- Whats So Special About Today? Kelsey Clark
- Four Bears in a Box Dreama Denver
- Welcome to Chuckle Giggle Nu Keith Johnson
- To Be or Knot to Be - Melanie Burgess
SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS
WINNER: The Two Ruths Martha Emily Bellinger
RUNNER-UP: Higher Consciousness Meditation Blair Abee
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Conscious Change Today Kashonia Carnegie
- Homage to Spirit Blair Abee
- Save Him William Hayes
- God and Country Joe Bylinski
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
WINNER: The Undersea Art of Indonesia Charles Rawlings
RUNNER-UP: Selected Early Creative Works Donald M. Ferguson
HISTORY
WINNER:
The Hanford Plaintiffs Trisha T. Pritkin
RUNNER-UP: The Mystery of Barbara Fritchie Tamara Thayer
HONORABLE MENTION:
- The Last Moon De Ann Luben
SCIENCE FICTION
Winner: The Last Lumerian S.G. Blaise
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