Purple Hibiscus - Honors

Honors

  • Hurston-Wright Legacy Award 2004 (Best Debut Fiction Category)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005: Best First Book (Africa)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005: Best First Book (overall)
  • Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2004
  • Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2004
  • Nominated for the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Best Books for Young Adults Award (2004)
  • Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2004/2005

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