Sharon Flake

Discussion Guides

To spark group discussion and/or further understand the novels and characters, please download one of the guides below.

• The Novels of Sharon Flake (PDF)
• The Broken Bike Girl and the Queen of 33rd Street (PDF)
• Bang! (PDF)

Awards & Recognitions

• Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent winner
•  Coretta Scott King Award winner
• Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly magazine
• Flake named an Author to Watch by Publisher's Weekly magazine
• New York City Public Library Top Ten Books for the Teen Age
• Detroit Public Library Author of the Year

• YALSA Best Books for Young Adult Readers
• YWCA Racial Justice Award
• Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Grant

• Texas Lone Star Reading List
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
• YALSA Best Books for Reluctant Readers
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh One Community One Book
• Starred Review in Booklist magazine
• LA Times Recommended Book for Teens
• Carolyn Field Honor Book
• Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
• Booklist Editor’s Choice
• International Reading Association Young Adult’s Choices
• Booklist Top 10 Black History Books of Year
• Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year List
• Voya’s Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers

• CCBC Choices Best of-the-Best List

• Book Sense Children's Picks
• Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
• Booklist Editor’s Choice
• Booklist Top 10 Romance Novels for Youth
• CCBC Choices Noteworthy Books for Children