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The Kirkus Prize is an American literary award conferred by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews. Established in 2014, the Kirkus Prize bestows US$ 150,000 annually. Three authors are awarded US$ 50,000 each, divided into three categories: Fiction , Nonfiction , and Young Readers' Literature . [ 1 ]
Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. [1] The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media , is headquartered in New York City . [ 2 ] Kirkus Reviews confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction , nonfiction , and young readers' literature .
A starred review is a book review marked with a star to denote a book of distinction or particularly high quality. [1] [2] A starred review can help to increase media coverage, bookstore placement and sales of a book. [3] [4] [5]
The Sun Is Also A Star is a #1 New York Times best seller. [2] Both the book [4] and audiobook [5] are Junior Library Guild selections.. The book received starred reviews from Booklist, [6] The Horn Book, [4] Kirkus, [2] Publishers Weekly, [7] School Library Journal, [8] and Shelf Awareness, [9] as well as a positive review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.
[1] Kirkus Reviews called Recursion an "exciting, thought-provoking mind-bender". [2] It said the book is a stimulating exploration of grief and memory and how they define who we are. [2] Rebecca Vnuk wrote in Booklist that readers may not understand the physics behind the story, "but, in a peculiar way, that's part of the fun." [3]
At the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, the novel received a cumulative "Rave" rating based on 12 reviews: 6 "Rave" reviews and 6 "Positive" reviews. [16] Kirkus Reviews called the novel an "acid indictment of Asian stereotypes and a parable for outcasts ...
Lauded by the Washington Post as "admirably comprehensive", [15] George Lucas was hailed by Kirkus as a "sweeping, perceptive biography," and was named one of the Best Books of 2016. [16] In May 2019, Dutton published Jones' biography of children's author Dr. Seuss, Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination.
Kirkus Reviews named They Called Us Enemy one of the best books of the year. [6] The book also "claimed the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critic’s Poll," an annual review "compiled by asking participating critics to list up to 10 trade book releases they consider the best graphic novel and comics works of the year." [1]