"A library book, I imagine, is a happy book." Cornelia Funke

"Everything puts me in mind of a story." Ben Franklin

Monday, February 2, 2009

Minnesota Book Award Finalists Announced!

The finalists from the category near and dear to my heart, Young People's Literature:

  • Black Box (Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books) by Julie Schumacher
  • Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) (Scholastic Press/Scholastic Inc.) by Alison McGhee
  • Saturday Night Dirt: A Motor Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Will Weaver-
  • Twelve Long Months (Scholastic Press/Scholastic Inc.) by Brian Malloy

I am very excited to hear what will be chosen as the winner! My husband and I will be attending the April gala. If you are a Minnesotan, then you should too. It's fun!

To find the finalists in other categories: Click me

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